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Trime goes T-ZERO – Diesel-Free Lighting and Power by 2025

|Date: March 31, 2021

Trime goes T-ZERO – Diesel-Free Lighting and Power by 2025

Could all contractor and hire firms soon have access to fossil fuel free construction machinery? This is ...

Could all contractor and hire firms soon have access to fossil fuel free construction machinery? This is the proposition put forward by the Trime Group, a leading manufacturer of site lighting, power ...

March 31, 2021
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SMT GB charges on with environmental pledge by opting for a new fleet of fully electric company cars

|Date: March 30, 2021

SMT GB charges on with environmental pledge by opting for a new fleet of fully electric company cars

Marking another big step forward towards achieving its ambitious environmental objectives, SMT GB takes a ...

Marking another big step forward towards achieving its ambitious environmental objectives, SMT GB takes an industry lead by swapping its entire company car fleet from diesel and hybrid to fully electr ...

March 30, 2021
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Komatsu announce collaboration with Proterra

|Date: March 08, 2021

Komatsu announce collaboration with Proterra

Komatsu Ltd. has signed a collaboration agreement with Proterra Inc of the United States, to receive the ...

Komatsu Ltd. has signed a collaboration agreement with Proterra Inc of the United States, to receive the supply of Proterra’s industry-leading battery systems with the aim of having Komatsu electrify ...

March 08, 2021
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JCB | Zero to hero

|Date: February 24, 2021

JCB | Zero to hero

JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Construct ...

JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Construction Plant News Editor, Lee Jones reports. It was 75 years ago last year that JCB began its jour ...

February 24, 2021
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Volvo CE and Volvo Trucks customer deliveries of all-electric products

|Date: January 28, 2021

Volvo CE and Volvo Trucks customer deliveries of all-electric products

Launching a new generation of zero exhaust emissions products, leading French contractor Eiffage has take ...

Launching a new generation of zero exhaust emissions products, leading French contractor Eiffage has taken delivery of an all-electric Volvo FE Electric truck and a Volvo ECR25 Electric compact excava ...

January 28, 2021
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M O’Brien takes charge with JCB electric loadalls

|Date: January 19, 2021

M O’Brien takes charge with JCB electric loadalls

Thirty years after launching its business with a single JCB backhoe loader, M O'Brien Plant Hire has orde ...

Thirty years after launching its business with a single JCB backhoe loader, M O'Brien Plant Hire has ordered JCB’s latest innovation – the brand new full 525-60E electric Loadall telescopic handler. M ...

January 19, 2021
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JCB adds first electric model to popular site dumper range

|Date: November 19, 2020

JCB adds first electric model to popular site dumper range

JCB is launching its first ever electric site dumper with the unveiling of a one tonne high-tip model pow ...

JCB is launching its first ever electric site dumper with the unveiling of a one tonne high-tip model powered by lithium-ion battery technology. Designed to work indoors, underground and in emissions- ...

November 19, 2020
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Kubota unveils electric prototype in Kyoto

|Date: January 20, 2020

Kubota unveils electric prototype in Kyoto

Kubota, a leading manufacturer of machinery, has unveiled an electric prototype for the construction sect ...

Kubota, a leading manufacturer of machinery, has unveiled an electric prototype for the construction sector. The mini excavator model will be powered by lithium-ion batteries and are currently display ...

January 20, 2020
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Volvo Trucks presents heavy-duty electric concept trucks

|Date: December 11, 2019

Volvo Trucks presents heavy-duty electric concept trucks

How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for trans ...

How can the environmental and climate impact of heavy goods traffic be reduced while the demand for transport continues to increase? Volvo Trucks, having recently started sales of electric trucks for ...

December 11, 2019
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64% of AFI’s MEWP fleet is now Electric or Hybrid

|Date: December 06, 2019

64% of AFI’s MEWP fleet is now Electric or Hybrid

AFI group of companies, one of the UK's leading powered access specialists, has invested significantly to ...

AFI group of companies, one of the UK's leading powered access specialists, has invested significantly to replace their powered access fleet towards more specialist hybrid or electric equipment to kee ...

December 06, 2019
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