MOOG Construction’s energy skunkworks ZQUIP made headlines last year by bringing the cordless power tool battery model to the world of industrial-grade heavy equipment – now, they’re making it even easier for job sites to make every kilowatt count by enabling them to switch from diesel to electric and back, on the same machine. (!)
Battery swapping. The idea is simple enough, and its widespread adoption over the last two or three decades of power tools has proven its effectiveness in some of the toughest proving grounds the world over. Construction sites, demolition crews, and landscapers trust their cordless tools – and they’ve often wondered aloud when the EV industry will catch up with the hardware space.
MOOG Construction’s ZQUIP seemed to be the first Western company to get on the ball, developing a proof-of-concept model built on a Caterpillar CAT 308 8-ton excavator that took the…
