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Electrical Component Shortage Requires Action

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The situation also hampers the ability of electric utilities to provide reliable service to customers and to restore power after outages caused by severe storms and other natural disasters. In addition to electrical transformers, switchboards and circuit breakers are also in short supply.

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Five Star Electric wins $67M New York MTA cabling project

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The Tutor Perini subsidiary will lay approximately 150,000 feet of fiber-optic cable for North America’s largest transportation network.

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Volvo VNR Electric Model Intro'd in U.S.

Construction Equipment

Volvo Trucks North America announced the commercial introduction and sales start of its zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric vehicle to the North American market. The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric truck model has a scheduled production start of early 2021. The Volvo VNR Electric offers the same…

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Bobcat Chooses Partner for Electric/Hydraulic Compact Excavators

Construction Equipment

Doosan Bobcat North America and Green Machine Equipment, a manufacturer of renewable power drive systems, have announced a strategic partnership to produce electric/hydraulic Bobcat compact excavators. Green Machine will custom retrofit Bobcat excavators with their proprietary battery technology to…

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Volvo Awarded Grant For More Electric Trucks

Construction Equipment

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Program is providing $20 million in funding, supplemented by…

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Volvo to Introduce All-Electric Trucks in North America

Construction Equipment

Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric truck demonstrators in California next year, commercializing them in North America by 2020. Several smart technologies will be used in the units including remote diagnostics and geofencing. These features will monitor all truck performance aspects, and…

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Hino, Toyota Developing Fuel Cell-Electric Tractor

Construction Equipment

A heavy fuel cell-electric tractor is on the way from Hino Trucks and Toyota Motor North America, which jointly announced the development October 6. The tractor, based on Hino’s XL8 chassis, should be ready for introduction in the first half of 2021, said Glenn Ellis, Hino VP for sales and customer…