Construction equipment is going electric. Here’s what it’s like behind the wheel. | I tested a 55,000-pound electric excavator. New ways to power off-road machines, which mostly run on diesel, could cut about 3 percent of U.S. carbon emissions.
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Honestly this makes a lot of sense. In many cases heavy equipment sits idle most of the day and only gets used in short bursts once everything is setup and ready for it. Give these suckers swappable battery packs with cells that can be opened easily and maintained in a heavy equipment shop and I think you have a legitimate game changer here.