Volvo Trucks and Putzmeister have partnered to develop one of the world’s largest battery-electric concrete pump trucks.
The zero-exhaust emission battery-electric concrete pump features a reach of 42 metres and will be delivered to the Swedish construction company Swerock.
With the new battery-electric pump truck, Volvo Trucks can offer construction customers a completely electric alternative for the handling, transporting, mixing and pumping of concrete.
“Volvo Trucks is the innovator when it comes to new technologies in combination with electric trucks. After presenting electric concrete mixers and heavy applications for construction, we are proud to show yet another world-class innovation for the construction segment here,” said Christoph Fitz, Head of Sales at Volvo Trucks in Germany.
“We believe in cooperation to move forward, and one example of this can be seen here in Germany together with Putzmeister.”
Using the traditional solution for pumping concrete, a diesel truck needs to operate during pumping, which generates emissions and noise. With the all-electric pump truck, it’s possible to drive up to 50 kms and then pump about 50 cubic metres of concrete without charging.
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For longer distances, or for larger quantities of concrete, a Combined Charging System (CCS2) charging solution with 63 or 32 A can be installed at the site, and it’s possible to keep pumping the concrete while the truck is being recharged.
“With this battery-electric pump truck, customers can have a zero-exhaust emission solution, low-noise operation and an efficient process thanks to the work-while-charging capacity,” Fitz said.
The collab is built on a Volvo FM Electric 8×4 Rigid Tag Tridem.
It features two electric motors to deliver a continuous output of 330 kW. The four-axle truck has a total weight of 32 tonnes.
For power, the system includes four 4 batteries in a specially developed energy storage system with a total capacity of 360 kWh where 250 kWh is usable.
Volvo began series production of electric trucks in 2019, while the company’s product portfolio enables decarbonization of the entire flow within construction transport including transport trucks, cement mixers, concrete pumps, tippers, cranes and hook lifts.
Volvo now holds about 50 per cent of the battery-electric truck segment in Europe, a leading position in North America and deliveries of more than 4,900 electric trucks around the world, many to customers in the construction industry
