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The Construction Site of Tomorrow: Results of 3 Years of Field-Testing Electric Excavators

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: “The Construction Site of Tomorrow” is a 3-year collaboration of a consortium of seven contractors, two knowledge institutes, and the construction machinery supplier on the deployment of heavy-duty electric excavators. The practical experiences of “The Construction Site of Tomorrow” have resulted in technical improvements of the machines, new insights about energy consumption in different use cases, experience with the deployment of the machines, and practicalities around charging the machines’ batteries in different situations. In this paper, we elaborate on the findings of the project, including the usability of the machines, their energy consumption, and total costs of ownership. This work has been coordinated by FIER Sustainable Mobility. The project was sponsored by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.

Source: World Electric Vehicle Journal

DOI: 10.3390/wevj17020062

Authors: Willem Christiaens, Harm Weken, René van Gijlswijk, Michiel Zult

Institution: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Language: English

Topic: Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,689