Aluminum firm Xinyuan has taken supply of a pilot EC55 Electrical excavator, designed by Volvo Construction Equipment particularly for the wants of the Chinese language market, for the client trial section of its growth. 

Following the unveiling of the Volvo EC55 Electrical excavator in China on the China Worldwide Import Expo 2020, the primary buyer pilot machine has now been delivered to aluminum firm Xinyuan for buyer testing.
 
Xinyuan is utilizing the 5.5-ton electrical excavator from Volvo CE for floor grading and earthwork loading at its new plant in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. The client trial will final 500 hours and focus primarily on testing noise and emissions. The undertaking crew will work carefully with the client to make sure enhancements primarily based on suggestions obtained. 
 
“China is the right place to check our new machines and acquire priceless buyer suggestions. That’s the reason it is thrilling for us to see this machine already working at Xinyuan’s web site, and the way it makes their staff’ day by day work simpler and extra snug,” says Mats Sköldberg, Head of Expertise at Volvo CE China.

The Volvo EC55 Electrical buyer pilot excavator presents quiet and emission-free operation, supporting China’s pursuit of inexperienced power and inexperienced automobiles. It’s primarily based on its diesel-powered counterpart, the EC55D, and has been designed to ship even higher efficiency and controllability with the added advantages of quiet operation and 0 emissions. 

Because the power working prices are 50 p.c decrease and the upkeep necessities are less complicated, the EC55 Electrical also needs to obtain increased uptime and a decrease complete value of possession.

“We’ve used native options to place collectively a aggressive machine that we consider reaches a excessive maturity degree already. By combining the know-how {of electrical} propulsion with connectivity, we provide a pretty total bundle of low noise, zero emissions, excessive effectivity, excessive uptime, diminished working value and diminished complete value of possession. We’ve full confidence within the success of this buyer pilot,” Sköldberg concludes.