BUILDING WITH BELTDRAULIC™ Electrifying Heavy Machinery: It's About More Than the Battery

Electric heavy machinery promises lower energy costs, but replacing a diesel engine with a battery is only part of the equation. Just as important is how efficiently a machine turns stored energy into useful work. Consider an electric excavator: every kilowatt-hour lost moving fluid through pumps and valves is energy drawn from its battery that cannot be used to dig or lift.