Capital Equipment News March 2023

NEW ELECTROMOBILITY

Volvo Penta and Gradall collaborated on an electric excavator concept that was unveiled in March. The powerful excavator ticks all the boxes for a heavy-duty machine, while also ticking the boxes for electromobility.

A new electric excavator concept thanks to a collaboration

to be in a situation where we were mixing and matching from 10 different suppliers and trying to make it all work seamlessly. Volvo Penta’s full systems approach and expertise, together with proven Volvo Group technology, was the ideal solution for us. This is a natural progression of our existing partnership towards where we’re both heading in the future,” he adds. Well matched With growing interest from Gradall’s municipality customers for quieter, cleaner solutions that meet intensifying sustainability demands and regulations, collaborative discussions between Gradall and Volvo Penta began last year. “Expanding our partnership with Gradall into electromobility is an exciting development for us,” says Hannes Norrgren, President of Volvo Penta’s Industrial Business Unit. “This is our first electrification project

Volvo Penta and Gradall collaborated on a new electric excavator concept. The electrified concept model of its multipurpose, highway-speed wheeled excavator, powered by Volvo Penta’s electric driveline signifies the strength and evolution of the two companies ʼ long-standing partnership, as well as Volvo Penta’s ability to act as a full system supplier of the latest electromobility technology.

V olvo Penta and the leading North American telescopic boom excavator manufac turer Gradall Industries showcased the latest de velopment in their partnership, an elec trified version of the OEM’s XL 4100 V highway speed wheeled excavator. The excavator is a zero-emissions concept machine, named EL41H4. The partnership between Volvo Penta and Gradall began in 2014 when Volvo Penta became the exclusive supplier of 5

and 8-litre Tier 4 Final engines for Gradall’s diesel-powered telescopic boom excavators. After nearly a decade, the partnership made Volvo Penta the obvious choice for Gradall’s first step into electromobility. “We were looking for a major power solutions provider with a good track record to partner with,” says Mike Popovich, President of Gradall. “We see Volvo Penta as a power partner rather than an engine supplier – this is a turnkey solution to them. We didn’t want

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