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October 2023 Newsletter

Delivery day for Leach & Co's XC968EV fitted with solid tyres and ready for work at the Southern Landfill, Ōwhiro Bay, Wellington. Louis at the Concrete NZ conference in Hamilton with another XC968EV. At the recent BICEs exhibition in Beijing the fully...

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September 2023 Newsletter

First up thanks to Firth for a loan of their fully electric 8x4 mixer truck to exhibit at  Emobility in Auckland last week. We also exhibited at the NZ Civil Contractors Conference recently, featuring Isaac Group's fully electric XE35U-E excavator and XC918EV wheel...

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August 2023 Newsletter

Our first robotic battery swapping station for trucks has arrived. It will be assembled in Penrose next to SH1, to swap E700 batteries.   On a grander scale this ship in China also has a battery swap system with 50,000kWh stored in a series of 20' containers. Another...

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July 2023 Newsletter

XCMGs market leading EV range on display at our Fieldays® display. The roll out of the fully electric XC968EVs continues around the world. This unit running in a large aggregates yard in Thailand. The delivery ceremony of the thirty units heading off to Henan....

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June 2023 Newsletter

Come and see us at the National Fieldays®, June 14th to 17th at Mystery Creek. We will be on our usual site D24 near the South Gate We will display a range of electric machines including the New Zealand debut of our fully electric excavator the XE35U-E and the XC918EV...

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May 2023 Newsletter

It is XCMG's customer festival this week in Xuzhou to display the latest technology. As part of that festival we can offer discounts on any confirmed new build orders placed until the end of May. If you are considering new XCMG equipment, its a good time to place that...

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April 2023 Newsletter

A glimpse into the future with XCMG's XDR80TE-AT. There is no cabin, these are for autonomous operation only. I saw the prototype at the factory a couple of months ago but wasn't allowed to photograph it. The 80t capacity truck features battery swapping capability for...

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March 2023 Newsletter

We attended the Con-Ex show in Las Vegas last week. The star of the XCMG stand was the battery electric XGE105 with 67t capacity. This model will soon offer a robotic battery swapping option for continuous use. The brochure is here:...

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February 2023 Newsletter

Last week I made my first trip back to China and XCMG after a three year break due to the Covid pandemic. Innovation and growth have continued at XCMG unabated. The green ones are heavy duty with 70t GVM for steel mills etc. This is the first E400 and has been built...

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