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Electric & Autonomy

Battery machines, charging infrastructure, and operator-free equipment moving from pilot to fleet.

Eleven electric utility tractors averaged 7.2 working hours mowing and loading, but managed 2.4 hours pulling a disc.

Hannah GreerNov 126 min read

Nine machines worked 1,400 hours between tree rows in California and Washington with a remote supervisor watching four at a time.

Priya RamanNov 116 min read

Energy costs land 40% to 60% below diesel, but depot upgrades are adding six-figure line items that nobody budgeted for.

Marcus BellNov 66 min read

Two driverless compactors followed a paver across 14 lane-kilometres, hitting density targets on every pass logged by the state inspector.

Dana WhitlockSep 285 min read

The loader matched its diesel twin on uptime, but refuelling logistics remain the open question.

Dana WhitlockSep 236 min read

A trailer-mounted swap unit lets electric compact machines keep digging all day without waiting on a charger or a grid connection.

Luis OrtegaSep 204 min read

Rental houses are pairing battery trailers with electric compact machines so contractors can go electric before the grid connection arrives.

Luis OrtegaSep 114 min read