Instead of bigger engines and louder exhausts, the new battleground is compact machines spinning at speeds that would shred ...

Battery-powered hand tools now own the fix-it market. Yard equipment has its cell sights set on suburbia. Farm country, however, requires a much higher threshold of reliability. That isn’t slowing ...

Talaria has been steadily pushing further into high-performance electric off-road bikes, and its latest machine looks like a ...

Using electricity to propel vehicles and power equipment work systems is not new. The majority of cars on U.S. highways in the early 1900s were battery powered and far outnumbered those using gas or ...

Over the past several years, manufacturers have teased battery electric compact machine prototypes at major industry shows. But until very recently, the availability of actual production machines was ...

In late 2020, JCB announced the expansion of its E-TECH range of zero-emissions vehicles. This included the launch of the company’s first electric Loadall telescopic handler, a new electric site ...

Daniel Ludois discusses the history of electric machines, current uses and future needs. Daniel Ludois, an associate professor in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison, discusses how magnetic ...

Electric-powered equipment has been adjacent to construction for some time. Electric machines are a common sight in mining, while indoor loading and material-handling equipment have long relied on ...

A London coffee house pivots from fire-controlled coffee roasting to using a new electric machine. We explore some of the pros and cons. The global market for coffee roasters was worth over $1 billion ...

Saline, Mich. — R&B Plastics Machinery LLC has entered the market for all-electric shuttle extrusion blow molding presses through a strategic partnership with machinery companies in Taiwan and South ...

Editor’s note: This is a corollary to an article by the same author on instances when a hydraulic press might be the best option — “Hydraulic vs. Electric Injection Molding Machines: When Energy ...