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Can battery swapping help speed up the electrification of off-road machinery? Off-highway machines – such as excavators and tractors – are some of the largest and most powerful machines in the world, requiring huge amounts of power and generating vast amounts of pollution per machine. Manufacturers of off-highway machinery have developed electric models to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. These machines – given their size and operating hours – are difficult to electrify, as they require very large batteries and regular access to a grid connection. To date, adoption has been very slow, even in markets which are relatively progressive when it comes to reducing emissions from construction. One of the key challenges is for electric machines to operate for the same length of time as their diesel-powered equivalents. Unlike passenger cars, off-highway machines may be in use for over 8 hours in a day and, in many cases, much more. To get the same performance from an electric machine requires a very large and very expensive battery. Not only does this make the machine unaffordable, even allowing for the lower cost of electricity versus diesel, it can be hard to design machines with very large batteries (where do they go on the vehicle?). It also takes a very long time to recharge the battery, taking the machine out of operation and doing the job it is required to do, costing the operator money. Read our insight to learn how companies and organisations like Sandvik, ZQuip, Webasto Group, Staad Groep, Agromec (Abemec bv) and others are pioneering battery swapping solutions for off-road machinery. What do you think? Do you think that battery swapping is they key to unlocking electrified solutions in off-road applications? Mart van der Valk, Matt Gryner, Rodolfo “Tito” Sosa, Holger (HoPi) Pietzsch #offhighway #constructionequipment #ag #tractors #electrification #batteries Interact Analysis Battery Swapping: the key to Off-Highway Electrification? - Interact Analysis

Can battery swapping help speed up the electrification of off-road machinery? Off-highway machines – such as excavators and tractors – are some of the largest and most powerful machines in the world, requiring huge amounts of power and generating vast amounts of pollution per machine. Manufacturers of off-highway machinery have developed electric models to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. These machines – given their size and operating hours – are difficult to electrify, as they require very large batteries and regular access to a grid connection. To date, adoption has been very slow, even in markets which are relatively progressive when it comes to reducing emissions from construction. One of the key challenges is for electric machines to operate for the same length of time as their diesel-powered equivalents. Unlike passenger cars, off-highway machines may be in use for over 8 hours in a day and, in many cases, much more. To get the same performance from an electric machine requires a very large and very expensive battery. Not only does this make the machine unaffordable, even allowing for the lower cost of electricity versus diesel, it can be hard to design machines with very large batteries (where do they go on the vehicle?). It also takes a very long time to recharge the battery, taking the machine out of operation and doing the job it is required to do, costing the operator money. Read our insight to learn how companies and organisations like Sandvik, ZQuip, Webasto Group, Staad Groep, Agromec (Abemec bv) and others are pioneering battery swapping solutions for off-road machinery. What do you think? Do you think that battery swapping is they key to unlocking electrified solutions in off-road applications? Mart van der Valk, Matt Gryner, Rodolfo “Tito” Sosa, Holger (HoPi) Pietzsch #offhighway #constructionequipment #ag #tractors #electrification #batteries Interact Analysis Battery Swapping: the key to Off-Highway Electrification? - Interact Analysis

Can battery swapping help speed up the electrification of off-road machinery? Off-highway machines – such as excavators and tractors – are some of the largest and most powerful machines in the world, requiring huge amounts of power and generating vast amounts of pollution per machine. Manufacturers of off-highway machinery have developed electric models to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. These machines – given their size and operating hours – are difficult to electrify, as they require very large batteries and regular access to a grid connection. To date, adoption has been very slow, even in markets which are relatively progressive when it comes to reducing emissions from construction. One of the key challenges is for electric machines to operate for the same length of time as their diesel-powered equivalents. Unlike passenger cars, off-highway machines may be in use for over 8 hours in a day and, in many cases, much more. To get the same performance from an electric machine requires a very large and very expensive battery. Not only does this make the machine unaffordable, even allowing for the lower cost of electricity versus diesel, it can be hard to design machines with very large batteries (where do they go on the vehicle?). It also takes a very long time to recharge the battery, taking the machine out of operation and doing the job it is required to do, costing the operator money. Read our insight to learn how companies and organisations like Sandvik, ZQuip, Webasto Group, Staad Groep, Agromec (Abemec bv) and others are pioneering battery swapping solutions for off-road machinery. What do you think? Do you think that battery swapping is they key to unlocking electrified solutions in off-road applications? Mart van der Valk, Matt Gryner, Rodolfo “Tito” Sosa, Holger (HoPi) Pietzsch #offhighway #constructionequipment #ag #tractors #electrification #batteries Interact Analysis Battery Swapping: the key to Off-Highway Electrification? - Interact Analysis

Can battery swapping help speed up the electrification of off-road machinery? Off-highway machines – such as excavators and tractors – are some of the largest and most powerful machines in the world, requiring huge amounts of power and generating vast amounts of pollution per machine. Manufacturers of off-highway machinery have developed electric models to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. These machines – given their size and operating hours – are difficult to electrify, as they require very large batteries and regular access to a grid connection. To date, adoption has been very slow, even in markets which are relatively progressive when it comes to reducing emissions from construction. One of the key challenges is for electric machines to operate for the same length of time as their diesel-powered equivalents. Unlike passenger cars, off-highway machines may be in use for over 8 hours in a day and, in many cases, much more. To get the same performance from an electric machine requires a very large and very expensive battery. Not only does this make the machine unaffordable, even allowing for the lower cost of electricity versus diesel, it can be hard to design machines with very large batteries (where do they go on the vehicle?). It also takes a very long time to recharge the battery, taking the machine out of operation and doing the job it is required to do, costing the operator money. Read our insight to learn how companies and organisations like Sandvik, ZQuip, Webasto Group, Staad Groep, Agromec (Abemec bv) and others are pioneering battery swapping solutions for off-road machinery. What do you think? Do you think that battery swapping is they key to unlocking electrified solutions in off-road applications? Mart van der Valk, Matt Gryner, Rodolfo “Tito” Sosa, Holger (HoPi) Pietzsch #offhighway #constructionequipment #ag #tractors #electrification #batteries Interact Analysis Battery Swapping: the key to Off-Highway Electrification? - Interact Analysis