Full profile interview: Company Financials
25 Sep 2025

Shandong Lingong (SDLG)
Background: Company financials
8 May 2025

Caterpillar: Electric Construction Machines
Background: Company financials
26 Aug 2024

Dieci: Electric Telehandler
Background: Suppliers
22 Aug 2024

SANY: Electric Mobile Cranes
CATL supplies SANY with LFP batteries for all of its electric mobile cranes.
Background
19 Jul 2024

XCMG: Electric & Autonomous Mining Vehicles
XCMG is a world-leading OEM of construction and mining machines. This profile will focus on the company's developments in the electrification and automation of mining vehicles.
Included are:
Full profile interview: SWOT
27 May 2024

Sinoboom
Full profile interview: SWOT
23 Apr 2024

Kato: Electric Mini-Excavators
Full profile interview: SWOT
4 Apr 2024

Zoomlion: Electric Mining Vehicles
Full profile interview: SWOT
12 Feb 2024

Bobcat: Fully Electric Skid Steer Loader
- lower operating costs
- quieter operation
- zero emissions for indoor operation
Replacing the hydraulics with electric linear actuators further reduces the maintenance required on these machines.
Electric linear actuators offer the potential for more precise and responsive control.
Autonomous technologies within farming can improve productivity and labour costs, especially for crops like apples and grapes which need lots of attention.
Bobcat has electric mini-excavators in production.
Bobcat is a well-known brand in skid steer loaders and founded the market. It is fitting for it to be delivering the first fully electric skid steers.
Full profile interview: Partners
5 Jan 2024

John Deere: Electric Construction Machines
Kreisel is a battery supplier with immersion cooling technologies. John Deere acquired a majority stake in Kreisel in 2022.
Background: Company financials
3 Jan 2024

Develon: Electric Construction Vehicles
Background: Partners
19 Dec 2023

Kobelco
In 2019 Deutz was announced as a partner to Kobelco to assist with electrification work.
Update: Competitors
15 Dec 2023

JCB
Volvo CE is a leader in the electrification of construction equipment and has a comprehensive range of excavators and loaders. Volvo CE is also interested in hydrogen power for construction.
Full profile interview: SWOT
8 Dec 2023

Volvo CE
lower energy cost, lower maintenance, less noise, less heat, easy indoor/underground operation and more.
Strong portfolio of electric machines.
Available in most major construction markets.
IDTechEx thinks Volvo CE is a leader in terms of electric machine options, commercialisation progress and availability across different regions.
Currently researching hydrogen technologies which could be a future solution.
Innovative new business model proposed with TARA and the TA15.
Background: Competitors
30 Nov 2023

LiuGong
Largest supplier of construction equipment, based in US. Multiple electric vehicle projects.
Background: Company financials
27 Nov 2023

Snorkel
Full profile interview
23 Nov 2023

XCMG: Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co
XCMG is one of the biggest construction equipment manufacturers in the world. It is taking electrification seriously with a range of new pure electric machines ranging from 2-tonne up to 40-tonne and more for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). This profile takes a deep dive into XCMG's electric vehicle range and strategy.
Included are:
Background: Competitors
20 Nov 2023

Kubota
Largest supplier of construction equipment, based in US. Multiple electric vehicle projects.
Background: Company financials
16 Nov 2023

Zoomlion
Full profile interview: SWOT
30 Oct 2023

Komatsu: Electrification of Construction Machines
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
The PC210 has an exceptionally large battery and should be able to comfortably deliver 8-hour duty cycles.
The PC33R-6 is currently available in Europe.
Komatsu is already working with electric linear actuators which bring benefits such as increased precision and further reduced maintenance.