Right here, you’ll discover half one among iVT‘s hand-picked preview of the perfect, most progressive and groundbreaking new automobiles and applied sciences being unveiled at Bauma Munich 2025
Liebherr’s L 566 H hydrogen wheel loader and autonomous drive
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The huge Liebherr stand is at all times a centrepiece for Bauma, with an enormous vary of automobiles sure to seize consideration. Chief amongst them this 12 months will likely be a hydrogen-powered prototype, the L 566 H, that includes a totally autonomous working system for it and different wheel loaders.
The L 566 H is the primary giant wheel loader geared up with a hydrogen combustion engine. Based mostly on the L 566 XPower, the machine is to endure a two-year trial at Strabag’s Gratkorn quarry in Austria, the place it’s projected to scale back CO2 emissions by as much as 100 tonnes yearly – equal to about 37,500 litres of diesel.
“We’re working very intently with Strabag to determine the logistics of hydrogen supply and storage at building websites,” says Larissa Luntz, Liebherr’s head of public relations. “We’ve put in a fuelling station on the check website to grasp the prices and infrastructure necessities.”
The corporate can be introducing Liebherr Autonomous Operations, a system that allows driverless wheel loader operation for repetitive duties. This has made it to the ultimate three of the Digitalization class within the Bauma Innovation Awards, with the winner to be introduced on the night earlier than Bauma opens.
“You don’t want any particular IT expertise to provoke the wheel loader deployment. The system may be very intuitive and requires just a few inputs for the job,” says Dr Manuel Bös, head of rising applied sciences at Liebherr. The machine makes use of 3D environmental sensors to navigate and might function with out GPS reception, making it appropriate for indoor and underground use.
The autonomous system builds on present security options. “Final time at Bauma, we showcased some help methods like our braking help and impediment recognition applied sciences. These kind the inspiration for autonomous operation,” says Luntz. “We began with operator help, and now we’re transferring in direction of absolutely autonomous functionality.”
Operators can swap between guide and autonomous operation. The system is designed to scale back element and tyre put on whereas decreasing total gas consumption by constant operation patterns.
Guests to Liebherr’s stand will be capable to see reside demonstrations of the autonomous wheel loader all through the day, whereas the hydrogen-powered L 566 H will likely be on show. Each machines are a part of the corporate’s ongoing work to develop sensible and environment friendly options for decreasing emissions and rising automation in building tools.
HG’s E2000 effectivity breakthrough
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Danish producer HG is making at its first-ever Bauma look and showcasing its E2000, an all-electric two-ton dumper that makes use of in-wheel motors to create what the OEM believes is essentially the most environment friendly powertrain ever created for an articulated automobile.
The E2000 can function for as much as 12 hours on a single cost – a feat that CEO Nikolaj Birkerod attributes to the corporate’s distinctive method to electrical drive expertise.
“We determined to work in a different way,” explains Birkerod. “As a substitute of changing energy from a battery by a standard transmission unit, we have now 4 particular person motors, one in every wheel. Relying on how the machine turns and at what angle, every wheel makes use of simply the correct amount of power throughout driving. This ends in 50% much less power consumption in comparison with different electrical machines out there.”
This progressive wheel-motor system required vital improvement in software program management methods. “The wheels must coordinate precisely how they’re turning backward, ahead, at what velocity and what pressure,” Birkerod notes. “From a coding and software program perspective, we have to have a solution for each given state of affairs to maintain it operating easily.”
The E2000’s sensible options embody excessive swivel tip performance for precision unloading and one-pedal driving for enhanced operator consolation. The machine will be charged from 20% to 80% in simply 2.5 hours utilizing both a 400V industrial connection, 220V EU plug, or a Kind 2 automotive charger, providing flexibility for numerous work environments.
Earlier than its worldwide debut at Bauma, HG carried out intensive area testing in Denmark, with 25 items working for a 12 months and a half. In keeping with official Danish authority calculations, the E2000 provides a ten% price benefit over standard options over a seven-year interval, making it an economically enticing choice for building corporations seeking to transition to sustainable tools.
Volvo Building Gear’s EC230 is up to date and upgraded
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Volvo Building Gear is protecting the covers tightly on its all-new zero-emission machine, which gained’t be unveiled till the second day of Bauma, at 10am on 8 April. Nonetheless, simply earlier than this version of iVT went to press the OEM did reveal some particulars of its new lineup that will likely be launched in Munich, together with an replace to its EC230 Electrical excavator. The EC230 is only one automobile in what will likely be a 100% zero-emission line-up at Bauma – an {industry} first for a serious OEM.
At a powerful 23 tonnes the EC230 is at present the biggest battery electrical automobile in Volvo’s vary. The up to date model will supply prolonged working occasions of 7-8 hours per cost, powered by a 600V lithium-ion battery with a 450 kWh capability. The machine can attain 80% cost from 20% in a single hour utilizing a 250-kW charger.
“The primary-generation EC230 Electrical offered worthwhile buyer insights and market suggestions which performed a pivotal position in shaping this new technology mannequin,” says Kurt Deleu, head of excavator product administration at Volvo CE.
Invoice Legislation, senior VP at Volvo CE, agrees that the challenges of electrification have modified the standard automobile improvement cycle. “With a few of these machines, we do what we name a buyer pilot launch program,” says Legislation. “That is the place we do very small launches, not excessive quantity, be taught all we will, deliver them again in, replace them shortly after which get them out once more.”
The excavator incorporates the corporate’s new-generation options, together with an enhanced cab atmosphere, an clever electrohydraulic system, and HD Volvo Sensible View with folks and impediment Classification. The hydraulic effectivity has been improved by 10%.
Trying to the long run Legislation emphasizes Volvo’s dedication to zero-emission machines in all their kinds, whereas additionally catering for various market calls for: “We imagine in transformation and battery electrical – presumably fuel-cell electrical going ahead. We additionally perceive that not everyone is on the identical velocity and journey in numerous markets, nations, or segments.”
Mecalac’s Revo990 rotating-cab backhoe
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Turning heads on the Mecalac stand will likely be its brand-new backhoe loader, the Revo990, that includes a cab that rotates as an entire unit, overcoming limitations of the standard fixed-cab design the place operators should flip their seat to modify between working the entrance loader and rear excavator.
“To go from loading place to excavating place on a standard backhoe, there are round 17 actions – placing the steering wheel up, placing the seat again, turning the seat, placing on the park brake…” says Patrick Brehmer, Mecalac’s head of design and product administration. “With the Revo990, it’s one single motion with one finger, and in three seconds you flip your cab and also you’re going through the precise approach for both excavating or loading.”
The rotating cab design provides sensible benefits past operator consolation. The machine will be pushed with the cab in any place, which is especially helpful for operations like ditch cleansing alongside roads the place the operator must see the work space whereas transferring the machine.
The redesign additionally allowed Mecalac to decrease the engine place, bettering ahead visibility for loading operations. All driving controls stay accessible no matter cab place, permitting operators to maneuver the machine whereas sustaining their most well-liked orientation for the duty at hand, updating a automobile design that has remained largely unchanged since its introduction within the Nineteen Fifties.
The Revo990 will likely be displayed alongside different new Mecalac machines at Bauma 2025, together with an up to date 12 Sequence vary and additions to their electrical machine lineup. The corporate’s 1,500m2 sales space will characteristic 27 machines, with 500m2 devoted to tools demonstrations.
Manitou’s rotating telehandler hydrogen fuel-cell prototype
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Manitou Group will showcase a brand new hydrogen fuel-cell-powered telehandler idea at Bauma, with full particulars accessible when the covers are pulled off the automobile on the primary day of the truthful.
“Innovation is on the coronary heart of our DNA. We’ve at all times been progressive, pioneering,” says Frank Lethorey, Manitou communications supervisor. “This step is concrete and is a practical different to diesel and battery electrical. Manitou Group is a key participant in decarbonization and is engaged on hydrogen expertise for telehandlers. The modularity of our electrical merchandise directs us now in direction of the gas cell expertise. This prototype relies on our electrified machines, which already meet the identical specs as their combustion-powered predecessors (aside from vary).”
The second-generation machine will construct on expertise from Manitou’s first hydrogen fuel-cell prototype, unveiled in December 2022. This primary machine was a hard and fast telehandler with 18-metre lifting top and 4-tonne load capability, operating off inexperienced hydrogen from a station positioned at Mantiou’s personal check centre. “This second prototype will likely be a rotative telehandler,” reveals Lethorey. It’s promised that the brand new machine can even run off inexperienced hydrogen.
“The general CO2 steadiness doubtlessly higher than electrical, relying on how H2 is produced. At Manitou Group, we undoubtedly deal with inexperienced hydrogen,” says Lethorey. “There aren’t any CO2 or particulate emissions with hydrogen gas cells. Furthermore, this powered power on-board vary is much like electrical, with a recharging time much like diesel. And we have now the potential of recharging with cell off-grid stations.”
The brand new automobile will add to the corporate’s rising zero-emission portfolio, demonstrated throughout the 25 machines from each Manitou and Gehl which will likely be proven on the 1,600 m² outside stand. Amongst these improvements will likely be two electrical high-lift telehandler fashions. Designed for full-day operation whereas complying with stringent low emission zone laws, the brand new ME 430 Carry electrical forklift with lithium-ion batteries and a 3.5-tonne capability, and the brand new 30kW quick charger for the MT telehandler and ME Carry electrical ranges are scheduled for launch in Q2 2025. “We’ll have a big space devoted to our low emission options,” says Lethorey.
Komatsu’s PC7000-11E, the electrical big
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At Bauma, Komatsu will likely be demonstrating what’s virtually sure to be the biggest electrical machine on the occasion – a 692 tonne, cable-electric PC7000-11E hydraulic mining excavator in backhoe configuration.
The PC7000-11E aligns with Komatsu’s dedication to sustainable mining options. Geared up with a class-leading 44m³ bucket, the cable-connected electrical excavator is designed to work with Komatsu’s mining truck vary from the 730E as much as the 980E fashions.
“Numerous large mining prospects are requesting electrical machines as they goal to go zero emission,” says Marc Blondeel, communications supervisor at Komatsu. “For that, we have now an answer for each mannequin we’re manufacturing for mining, ranging from PC3000 as much as PC8000. Each mannequin is obtainable as an electrical model.”
The electrical drive expertise reduces carbon footprint by as much as 95% in comparison with diesel equivalents. Working prices are considerably decrease, too, with the elimination of diesel gas and discount in components, upkeep, and lubrication prices leading to as much as 50% financial savings in TCO in comparison with standard diesel drives.
One problem with electrical backhoe excavators as giant because the PC7000 has been cable administration. “The problem is a backhoe machine is at all times transferring backwards, and the cable is coming from the again,” says Blondeel. “So there’s a small threat to the cable.” Komatsu has overcome this with a totally computerized cable drum to make manoeuvring within the pit safer and simpler.
The PC7000 is only one of 34 machines Komatsu will likely be presenting throughout greater than 7,500m2 of exhibition house, together with 13 new fashions such because the PC220LCi-12 excavator that includes new iMC 3.0 built-in machine management expertise, and a totally redesigned cab; and the brand new WA475-11 and
WA485-11 wheel loaders with elevated payload, bucket capability and enhanced gas effectivity
The corporate’s indoor demonstration at Bauma will focus solely on its wide selection of electrical machines, together with the PC33E-6, pre-production fashions PC20 Electrical and PC26 Electrical, market pilots PC138E-11 and the PC210LCE-11, in addition to a number of idea machines.
Guests can even discover Komatsu’s digital options, together with Sensible Building, Sensible Quarry, and a full suite of telematics options designed to optimise website operations by data-driven decision-making. Plus, the OEM has promised a number of latest machine bulletins throughout the week of the extremely anticipated occasion itself.
Hitachi’s ZE300 hydrogen combustion excavator
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Hitachi Building Equipment Europe is increasing its zero-emission portfolio with the revealing of a brand-new excavator at Bauma, powered by a hydrogen combustion engine.
The brand new ZE300 machine, developed by KTEG (a three way partnership with Kiesel Expertise, introduced at Bauma 2022), will likely be based mostly on Hitachi’s present ZX300 platform, and is a part of the OEM’s transfer into bigger zero-carbon tools, including to its present electrical vary.
“The massive headline for us this 12 months is that we’re rising the portfolio. So final Bauma, we have been as much as practically 15 tonnes with our electrical excavators, however now we’re going to 30 tonnes with the hydrogen excavator,” Wilbert Blom, product supervisor for excavators at Hitachi Building Equipment Europe tells iVT. “So we can provide zero-emission options for wide selection of purposes with a variety of equipment sizes.”
The hydrogen engine for the ZE300 comes from Deutz and has already been confirmed nevertheless, Blom notes, adapting it for building tools introduced distinctive challenges: “It’s already been examined with stationary hundreds, however the problem was to make this engine prepared when it comes to the software program configuration for an excavator, which has completely altering hundreds and which has
a extremely dynamic demand in direction of the power provide.”
The hydrogen excavator continues to be present process configuration work with testing anticipated to start in Q3 or This autumn of 2025, making the Bauma show a real first have a look at this new machine.
Additionally debuting at Bauma would be the ZE150W, a 15-ton electrical wheeled excavator anticipated to be accessible for buy in mid-2026, which options progressive electrical drive parts. “Prior to now, zero emission machines simply changed diesel engine with batteries, and then you definately have been powering the pump with it and the remaining stayed the identical,” says Blom. “On this one, you have got electrical axles. You’ve an electrical swing. So these features are immediately powered out of the batteries.”
Hitachi can even showcase an up to date model of its 13.5 tonne ZE135 electrical excavator, first unveiled at Bauma 2022, with elevated battery capability (300 kilowatt hours, up from 200) and new autonomous operation capabilities, which can allow it to execute duties like trench digging autonomously based mostly on digital fashions enter by a pill or laptop computer.
Guests to Hitachi’s stand can even see the KMC1200 demolition machine, which gained the World Demolition Award in 2024. The machine incorporates a configurable growth system that may attain as much as 51 meters with a 3-tonne attachment or 28 meters with a 15-tonne device.
Hitachi plans to unveil a further shock on the occasion with an idea crawler excavator mannequin that represents concepts for the long run.
Kramer’s 3106 industry-first telehandler
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At Bauma, Kramer will likely be celebrating its a centesimal anniversary and in addition unveiling its new 3106 telehandler that includes an built-in computerized weighing system to reinforce materials dealing with precision.
Whereas in recent times weighing methods have been launched on high-end wheel loaders, Kramer believes the 3106 is the primary time an built-in weighing system has been included right into a telehandler.
“What’s actually particular concerning the machine isn’t instantly seen in photos,” Viktoria Sondermann, advertising group chief for Kramer, tells iVT. “You’d see if you a driving on the show. It’s an built-in computerized weighing system, which works utterly independently of the attachment within the entrance, utilizing sensors to generate the load of the fabric within the shovel.”
This innovation permits operators to set particular loading targets. “You possibly can say, ‘I wish to load a container with most three tons,’ for instance. The weighing system mechanically calculates how a lot you’ve already put in there,” says Sondermann. “You possibly can outline a sure aim, or you may simply weigh the fabric within the shovel. That is fairly particular – it’s actually new that it’s built-in in telehandlers. That’s one thing which isn’t available on the market but.”
Past its weighing capabilities, the 3106 impresses with sturdy specs. The machine delivers a most payload of three,100kg and might attain a most stacking top of 5.83 meters making it versatile for numerous building purposes. Powered by a Deutz engine producing 82kW/112hp, the telehandler combines excessive efficiency and energy with agility.
Customary tools features a prime velocity of 40 km/h, a reversing fan with computerized operate, and 4 steering modes with computerized synchronization which additional enhances operational effectivity and ease of use for the operator.
Extra highlights on the 6,000m2 Bauma stand, which will likely be shared with sister model sister model Wacker Neuson, will likely be new 5-Sequence wheel loaders with enhanced cabs. A brand new 5045 can even be launched with low weight (2.6t) and excessive energy (as much as 33kW) whereas nonetheless being transportable on a 3.5t trailer with out toll costs. Kramer can even show its highly effective 8-series wheel loaders.
Bauma 2025 attendees can have the chance to see these machines in motion throughout reside demonstrations on the Kramer stand, experiencing firsthand how a century of experience interprets into cutting-edge building tools options.
Kobelco’s SK90 & SK20 battery electrical excavators
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Kobelco Building Equipment Europe is to debut its first-ever battery electrical excavators in Munich, the SK20, based mostly on the SK17, and the SK90, derived from the SK75 platform.
Each machines ship six to seven hours of steady operation on a single cost whereas sustaining the efficiency traits which have made their standard counterparts well-liked.
“We are going to use Bauma because the worldwide launch platform for our first battery-operated electrical mini excavators – it’s an enormous premiere for us,” says Xenia Kolijn, basic supervisor of communications at Kobelco.
Following Bauma, Kobelco plans to deploy 4 machines – two of every mannequin – to seller rental fleets within the Netherlands for real-world testing and information assortment. “The Netherlands is the biggest market in terms of zero-emission machines,” says Olivier Rasmont, basic supervisor of product engineering at Kobelco. “We have to get some expertise, get some hours. Utilizing the seller rental fleet makes a whole lot of sense.”
Though not bodily current on the exhibition, Kobelco can be highlighting its hydrogen fuel-cell, 14-tonne excavator prototype by video shows of it working in Japan. This represents one other step within the firm’s dedication to zero-emission building tools. The prototype works for 4 hours on a single hydrogen cost with simply 10 minutes required for refilling.
Guests to Bauma can even have the chance to expertise Kobelco’s progressive Okay-DIVE distant operation system in a specifically designed pavilion. This groundbreaking expertise permits operators to manage excavators throughout worldwide borders.
“From Munich, guests at our stand will be capable to function one machine at a website in Denmark, and on the identical time function one other machine at our check website in Japan,” says Rasmont. “Clients will be capable to swap from one machine to a different, and we will even use the cockpit as a simulator.”
Wacker Neuson’s EZ10E and EZ26e new electrical excavators
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Wacker Neuson is to showcase the growth of its zero emission portfolio in Munich with two new battery electrical excavators, the 1 tonne EZ10e and the two.6 tonne EZ26e – its largest electrical excavator but. The brand new additions be part of the present EZ17e, which means the OEM now provides three electrical excavators in its vary.
Complementing the excavators is a brand new electrical wheel loader, the WL300e, additional increasing the corporate’s electrical wheel loader lineup. “We have already got two fashions, and now we have now three,” says Susanne Gruner, communications supervisor at Wacker Neuson,. “So for any software the place you utilize one among our wheel loaders, there’s now a battery model.”
To assist the rising marketplace for used electrical tools, Wacker Neuson can even introduce an authorized battery examine service accessible from spring 2025. “When you have a used machine and also you wish to promote it and somebody doubts concerning the state of well being of the battery, you should buy a certification,” explains Gruner. “It’s clear, and it says how good the state of well being of the battery is.”
Past its deal with electrification, Wacker Neuson can be introducing superior security and effectivity applied sciences for its standard tools. The DV60 Twin View dumper options an progressive skip change system that allows fast substitute of the skip – a primary within the {industry}. “For our prospects, it significantly widens up the vary of purposes you are able to do with just one machine,” says Gruner.
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