Tag: electric drive loaders

Construction Equipment

How Cat’s 988K XE electric drive loader achieves up to 49% efficiency gains

In building its first electric-drive wheel loader, Caterpillar focused on what customers say are their applications. The result, Cat says, is a new machine with higher efficiency, lower maintenance and longer engine life expectancy. The 988K XE will deliver 25 percent overall improvement in tons per gallon, on average, when compared to the standard […]

November 27, 2017

Construction Equipment

Cat unveils 988K XE electric drive wheel loader with up to 49% efficiency boost

Delivering 25 percent greater overall efficiency, Caterpillar says its latest wheel loader, the 988K XE, is designed “for demanding jobsites where fuel efficiency makes a difference in the machine’s total cost of operation.” The fuel savings are thanks to the new loader’s electric drive system. However, the machine retains the Cat C18 ACERT engine, mechanical […]

August 25, 2017