Hitachi goes one step further

January 6, 2017
Hybrid-wheel loaders have never made it into production before – they’ve always been prototypes: but Hitachi has gone one step further than the rest of the construction industry, and operators could feel the benefit in lower maintenance costs and a longer product life-cycle
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