Battery-powered excavator from Takeuchi

Takeuchi is set to reveal its e240 at the show – a battery-powered, four-tonne mini excavator, which it calls ‘the green machine’. Details are still to be revealed, but it looks like the zero-emissions excavator offers lower operating costs,
March 6, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Takeuchi’s battery-powered e240 excavator

1654 Takeuchi is set to reveal its e240 at the show – a battery-powered, four-tonne mini excavator, which it calls ‘the green machine’. Details are still to be revealed, but it looks like the zero-emissions excavator offers lower operating costs, lower noise levels and a reduced maintenance requirement over the diesel-powered TB240 on which it is based.

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