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Roadbuilding
Ride and drive high-tech trucks at Calstart HTUF’s SE Regional Fleet Workshop
Calstart’s High-Efficiency Truck Users Forum (HTUF) is hosting its 2013 Southeast Regional Fleet Workshop in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 22. The workshop gives industry professionals and other interested attendees the chance to learn more about creating a clean, cost-effective fleet. Participants will also have an opportunity to ride and drive technologically-advanced medium- and heavy-duty trucks […]
May 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
Caterpillar 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator wins Edison Award
Caterpillar’s 336E H hydraulic hybrid excavator won a 2013 Silver Edison innovation award in the Energy/Transportation category at the 26th annual Edison Awards, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. Caterpillar received the award last week in Chicago, Illinois. This is Caterpillar’s first nomination and first year winning an Edison Award. According to the awards’ website, […]
April 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
RJS Construction purchases first John Deere 644K electric hybrid wheel loaders
Back in February, we gave you an in-depth look at John Deere’s new 644K wheel loader and the electric hybrid technology that powers it. And recently, RJS Construction was handed the keys to the first two units off the assembly line. The Superior, Wisconsin company took ownership of the first two 644Ks at an event […]
April 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ritchie Bros. lists 5 things to look for at Bauma
Sixteen exhibition halls. More than 6.1 million square feet of indoor, outdoor and demonstration exhibit area. Though Bauma, the world’s largest construction equipment show, offers quite a bit of equipment to see, it offers much more ground to cover. And all this week editors Marcia Gruver Doyle and Tom Jackson will be pounding the ground in […]
April 15, 2013
Construction Equipment
Live chat archive: Caterpillar answers questions on new 336E H hybrid excavator
April 12, 2013
Construction Equipment
Join us April 11th for a live chat with Caterpillar about the 336E H hybrid excavator
Caterpillar unveiled its 336E Hybrid excavator to the press back in October and very soon after was named to Equipment World‘s list of 2013 Innovations Award winners. Why? The machine uses a hydraulic hybrid system that Cat says provides a 25-percent reduction in fuel consumption compared to the current 336E. And when placed side by […]
April 5, 2013
Equipment
Opinion: Diesel and the truth about MPG ratings
America is a great country, but amazingly, breathtakingly and mindbogglingly ignorant about cars and fuel efficiency. If you look in the center of the photo above you’ll see a readout of 65 mpg. That’s the mileage a friend of ours, Peter Causer, of Volvo Construction Equipment, got in his Ford Focus 1.8 liter turbodiesel while […]
January 28, 2013
Technology
Caterpillar unveils the 336EH, its first hybrid excavator
Caterpillar unveiled its very first hybrid excavator, the Cat 336EH. The machine is an all-hydraulic hybrid capable of up to 25 percent greater fuel efficiency than the standard 336E and up to 50 percent greater fuel efficiency over the Cat 336D.
October 16, 2012
Construction Equipment
Freightliner produces 500,000th vehicle
Freightliner Trucks celebrated the production of its 500,000th vehicle at its Mount Holly, North Carolina, plant on September 12. Freightliner gave the keys of the 500,000th truck to Duke Energy officials at a Town Hall meeting at the plant. The truck will join Duke Energy’s fleet of field service vehicles. The Mount Holly plant, which […]
September 18, 2012
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