The Government’s Low Emissions Heavy Vehicle Fund is now live.
Funding limits vary according to each weight class, but basically there will be 25% off the cab chassis price of any zero or low-emissions truck that features on ECCA’s approved list over 5900kg GVM.

Etrucks® commends this initiative. With the LEHVF, the total cost of ownership of our EV trucks will now be less than diesel trucks in many applications.

Our flagship Windrose E1400 is already the industry leader in its class for the three most important BEV parameters, TCO, payload and duration. With the LEHVF grant the initial price drops considerably.
We can now also offer the E1400 in “ultra light” configuration for those who don’t need over 600km duration. The tare weight can be as low as 9700kg.

Contact us for the details and to start the application process for a part-funded vehicle.

All the following trucks from Etrucks® also qualify for the LEHVF grants.

Our ultra light class one Qingling EVM100. At 2315kg GVM with a 100kWh battery the EVM100 are up to a tonne lighter than competitors class one trucks. 260km duration is achievable, over 300km with the optional 120kWh battery via the Bosch integrated drive axle.

The very smart small Farizons are the biggest selling small electric trucks in the world with 22% market share in China. Both SWB and the larger battery LWB versions are available to order now. The SWB can be class one if you prefer.

Our waste industry trucks include the RCV10E 10cbm rear loaders. The XCMG superstructure is mounted on a Qingling 12,495kg GVM cab chassis with a tare of 7,710kg. The trucks feature a 162kWh CATL battery.

The same truck can be offered as the SL8E skip truck with 5 tonne payload. The skip truck uses a HVYA bin lifting superstructure.

Our 12t XCMG E400 has a 5t payload as a metro tipper. Fitted with an integrated drive axle and Hyva hydraulics these are ideal to complement your electric diggers and loaders. We also have one being built as a curtainsider with tail lift.

In other news the Windrose seen towing a 1000kWh charging unit built in a 20′ container.

The 4×2 version of the Windrose was also on display at IAA in Hannover last week, it will be released in late 2026.

Some of the kiwi attendees at IAA heading off for a test ride in the 6×4 Windrose:
https://youtu.be/x3llK-_zoWA

Several suppliers had powered semi trailers on display including Trailer Dynamics using the same bottom swap CATL Qiji battery packs as used on our Farizon G3.

A very smart milk tanker trailer with two steering axles.

Completely from left field this EV truck range from Kaiyun Motors that looked like they were built from zinc coated sheet steel.

IAA was dominated by new energy trucks powered by batteries, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen internal combustion, bio-methane, and bio-diesel. There were a few diesel trucks on the main stands, but you had to seek them out.

There were other aerodynamic shaped BEV trucks on display as well, this one also attracted a lot of attention.

I was in Hefei recently for some more Windrose testing. We used 109kWh of battery to travel 104km on the test track at a steady 80kph loaded to 49t gross. That is 1.05kWh/km, which indicates a duration of 624km with 10% battery remaining. Very impressive.

Yep we were loaded, not that you noticed much with 1400hp available. The truck on the right is the demo unit on it’s way to New Zealand.

Windrose will exhibit at IAA in Hannover, hall 12, stand B71. Etrucks® will be on site on the 19th and the 20th of September. Let me know if you would like to meet at the stand to check out the truck, or book a test drive.

Customer tests are also continuing including a Shanghai to Nanjing round trip for Rittal

A video of a previous test with Kerry Logistics.
https://youtu.be/T1k2628fAFA

Our revamped website is up and running. Quite a few new products are listed.
https://etrucks.co.nz/

We managed to get the Landex and Etrucks® team together, not so easy with so much going on .

Handover day for Isaac Construction’s XC968EV wheel loader at their state of the art asphalt plant in Christchurch.
16% of all wheel loaders sold in China in July were electric. Electric wheel loaders are expected to exceed diesel wheel loader sales as soon as 2027.

And charging up the loader out on site with Isaac’s dual gun 200kWh battery trailer charger.

Gavin Shoebridge’s Ecotricity video chatting with Noel De Bruin about the charging trailer, the XCMG electric digger and E400 is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPj34hVIngk

Handover day for Bullocks Concrete and Gravel XC968EV loader, at their aggregates facility in Bulls.
There are now 50 units of this model that have clocked over 20,000 hours.

For grid limited sites we can now offer the 22.5t XCMG XC975 PHEV wheel loader. You can save 30% in diesel use compared to a conventional loader, even more if you have the ability to charge it often. 

A video of it in electric drive mode is here.
https://youtu.be/rkvWrcCW2lc

XCMG/Schwing have reduced the weight of the E700 8×4 mixer truck by a remarkable 3,300kg. They are now only 12,000kg ready to go with a 6cbm electric drive bowl.

The rubber suspension and the electric mixer bowl drive.

A video of 100 or so units lined up in the stock yard.
https://youtu.be/VBSl7qwKnXs

Some more highway testing, this time a hydrogen fuel cell truck in Chongqing last week.

Farizon has now delivered 300,000 new energy commercial vehicles powered by batteries, methanol or hydrogen. Unfortunately the G3 pictured, won’t be offered in RHD for a few years.

The 700kWh battery in the 35t XC9108EV, currently the largest battery electric wheel loader available to order from XCMG.

A video of the XC9108EV is here
https://youtu.be/Qxbd2cTtiuk

A line up of XCMGs EV equipment at a recent exhibition.

Our two latest TF1300 mini telehandlers have arrived and are ready to deliver to the Kennedy Family in Auckland, and Andrew Walters in Fielding

A Mantall XE120W heading out to Jetflight Air Services in Auckland.

Congratulations to XCMG on the roll out of their solar arrays across their factories in Xuzhou. This is one of the buildings at the road machinery factory.

23% of XCMGs total energy use now comes from solar and 26% of their revenue from the renewables sector

I guess it’s a backhoe with a turntable? Conventional backhoes are quite good loaders but not so great as a digger, this one is the other way around.

Applications are now open for round 14 of the Low Emission Transport Fund. A great opportunity to receive up to 50% funding for innovative uses of zero emissions trucks and equipment, on and off highway.
The link is here:
https://www.eeca.govt.nz/co-funding-and-support/products/letf-vehicles-technology-off-road-and-marine/
It’s nice to see Leach and Co’s XC968EV loader at the Southern Landfill as the picture on the announcement page. Contact us for details of our range of on and off highway EVs to meet your use case.

Our 200kWh charging trailers have arrived, seen here charging an excavator and loader at the same time. These trailers are the key to getting the most out of your EV machines at any grid limited site.

They can also be used as a virtually silent and emission free generator via a range of AC outlets.

Come and see the trailer charging a range of EV trucks at Eroads Fleet day at Mystery Creek next Wednesday the 7th of August.

Windrose are now testing with AP Moller/Maersk and Kerry Logistics in China. The demonstration unit for New Zealand will arrive in early October.

The drivers will love the center line cabin, as well as the 1400hp available….

Kerry Logistics recently ran from Jinan to Nanjing, and achieved 677km at 49t

We have ordered our first EVM100 “ultralight” class one truck. Featuring a 100kWh CATL centerline battery and 140kW Bosch integrated drive axle they have a remarkably low tare weight of 2350kg. The low weight means durations of over 250km are easily achieved.

A concept drawing of a proposed ultralight EV 6m3 concrete mixer truck. The tare is a remarkable 12,000kg, more or less the same as a diesel equivalent.

XCMGs latest 3t EV skid steer with a 38kWh battery for 6 hour run time.

The XE270E is now available for export with dual gun CCS2 charging.

Etrucks® are delighted to announce we are now the New Zealand dealers for the Windrose E1400 long range BEVs. These very slippery semi tractors achieve a range of 670km at 49 tonne. That means the Auckland to Wellington run is possible with minimal on highway charging, perhaps none at all.

The 729kWh battery can accept either MCS or dual gun CCS2 charging. Either system can add 400km range in 35 minutes. The peak power is 1400hp, with over 900hp being continuously available from the two integrated drive axles.

A demonstration unit will be shipped to New Zealand in September for comprehensive testing. The center-line cabin offers a unique driving experience

Our 12t GVM E400s have arrived in New Zealand. We can now offer fully electric contractors packages with metro tippers, excavators and wheel loaders.

We will exhibit the E400 and the Farizon H9E at Eroads Fleet Day at Mystery Creek on August 7th.

XCMG has now ticked past 25,000 heavy EV trucks (over 30t GCM) sold, and should achieve 10,000 units this year. A drive by of one of the charging areas on a typical day at the factory.
https://youtu.be/jKXTat16gYc

Another couple of XC968EV loaders heading out, this one to Isaac Construction in Christchurch. XCMG are now building 500 electric loaders a month.

This one is off to Bullock Group in Whanganui and is their second EV loader

Thanks to everyone who stopped by at our stand at the Fieldays.