CAT puts century-old train tech to work in new, heavier electric drive dozer

Caterpillar is adopting diesel-electric hybrid technology from century-old locomotive designs to power a new, heavier electric drive dozer. The proven combination of diesel engines driving generators to supply high-torque electric motors offers improved efficiency and performance for heavy earthmoving equipment.

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open spaces for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency diesel engines spinning up generators to power high-torque electric motors has proven tough to beat. Now, Caterpillar is putting that…

This story was originally published by Electrek – Construction Vehicles.