Electrification Moves Toward Mainstream Heavy Equipment Application as Technology Advances

How electrification is continuing to advance in the heavy equipment industry, including how technology improvements are enabling electrification to become more common and helping to increase efficiency.

December 15, 2021
Sara Jensen
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Sara Jensen, editor of OEM Off-Highway, talks with Nick Block, Director, Global Marketing & Sales, John Deere Power Systems, about how electrification is continuing to advance in the heavy equipment industry, including how technology improvements are enabling electrification to become more common and helping to increase efficiency.

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