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January 2023 newsletter

Back into it for 2023 and plenty of work on for Landex and Etrucks. Our three E700 8x4 bulk tippers on delivery day to Ghella Abergeldie - JV for Watercare's Central Interceptor project. XCMG has signed a 1000 unit order for the hydrogen FCEV version of our E700...

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End of year newsletter 2022

Wishing you Merry Christmas and a Happy 2023 from the team at Landex and Etrucks® Thanks to everyone who came to visit us at the Fieldays. The PM didn't make it to our stand but did make the time to view Milk-E Mainfreight also displayed their E700 tractor. Our first...

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Fieldays 2022 newsletter

Landex and Etrucks® will exhibit at our normal site at the Fieldays®   from November 30th to December 3rd at Mystery Creek in Hamilton. D24 is in the Heavy Equipment precinct near the South Exit. We will feature the New Zealand debut of the XC968EV our 20t fully...

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November 2022 newsletter

XCMG had their largest ever display at Bauma in Munich last week. A short video of the stand is here: https://youtu.be/YlstsBmxCR4 The fully electric excavators the XE27U-E and the XE35U-E were on display. The 4300kg XE35U-E has a 70kWh battery giving 8 hours run time...

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September 2022 newsletter

New truck releases at IAA Transport in Hanover were overwhelmingly new energy options, mostly battery EV, but also from gases of various types. The Benz GenH2 was pushing the boundaries the furthest with 880hp powered by fuel cells from liquid hydrogen stored on truck...

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August 2022 newsletter

Battery swapping is now underway everyday in Penrose for various customers. Some comments from Tony, the driver of the Phoenix Metalman semi: “ The Etruck is awesome to drive, very smooth and quiet. The battery swap process takes only 5 minutes once the truck is in...

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July 2022 newsletter

Fonterra have launched their E700 Milk-E, New Zealand's first electric milk tanker. At 46t gross, this is the largest on highway BEV in New Zealand. Their first promo video is here. https://youtu.be/J0kfDG9tJxs Fonterra kindly loaned us Milk-E to exhibit at the Eroads...

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Recent Etrucks® news

The first battery swapping E700 4x2 built for the European market. A walk around is here: https://youtube.com/shorts/56E43cux9j4? Fully electric concrete mixer trucks leaving the factory in Xuzhou. A short video is here: https://youtu.be/ppkITLX2-XI XCMG have retained...

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E400 model coming soon

We can now offer the fully electric E400 as a 12t GVM 4x2 cab chassis. This will be our first electric truck with an integrated axle, no transmission or prop shaft. XCMG will use this cabin.

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