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John Deere Celebrates 50 Years Of Backhoe Loaders

John Deere commemorates years of manufacturing backhoe loaders by celebrating the launch of its first model in 1971 the JD310. Committed to customers’ needs John Deere continues to incorporate the latest innovations and power solutions into its lineup of backhoe loaders including its first-ever joint test of a battery electric backhoe loader with National Grid. John Deere is celebrating 50 years of backhoe loaders a history of innovation and excel...

Compact Leader

With a number of new machine launches in the past 2 months – including the latest generation 100 horsepower R-Series B730 backhoe loader – Bobcat’s range of compact construction equipment has never been larger says Gaby Rhayem Bobcat’s Regional Director for the Middle East and Africa. Bobcat’s launch calendar has been extraordinarily busy over the past 12 months including an all-new backhoe loader rotary telehandlers and compaction equipment. In a...

Case Wins Prestigious Good Design Award For Design Of “Project Zeus”

“Project Zeus” is the CASE EV backhoe loader — the construction industry’s first electric backhoe loader; award recognises “most innovative and cutting-edge industrial product and graphic designs produced around the world”. CASE Construction Equipment has earned a 2020 Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press for “Project Zeus”: the CASE 580 EV (electric vehicle) backhoe loader — th...

John Deere Joint Tests Its First Electric Powered Backhoe With National Grid

The John Deere-developed backhoe will be used on National Grid jobsites John Deere is working with National Grid an electricity natural gas and clean energy delivery company to joint test its electric backhoe concept. The John Deere-developed backhoe will be used on National Grid jobsites proving out the concept to help further enhance and improve the electric vehicle design. John Deere a leading manufacturer of construction equipment and National...

All Electric Machinery

With a slew of new electric construction equipment launches in 2020 OEMs are getting serious about clean emission machines for both specialised and general applications. JCB’s electric tipper is perfect for indoor work. With electric vehicles becoming mainstream in the passenger vehicle market and a number of manufacturers offering and developing electric commercial vehicles how fast will the same trend develop in the construction equipment indust...