{"id":14037,"date":"2022-01-27T11:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14037"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:24:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:24:54","slug":"royal-bam-announces-worlds-first-fully-electric-road-paver-and-massive-270-kwh-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14037","title":{"rendered":"Royal BAM announces ‘world’s first’ fully electric road paver and massive 270 kWh batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch civil engineering company Royal BAM has announced a fully-electric asphalt spreading road paver, which will save more than 93,000 kilograms of CO\u2082 and 115,000 grams of nitrous oxide emissions<\/a> compared to its bio-diesel<\/strong> counterparts.<\/p>\n

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Working together with partners at Wirtgen and New Electric, BAM has replaced the vegetable-oil sourced, bio-diesel powered Volvo Penta Stage V<\/a> engines with an electric drive, consisting of two \u201csmartly switched electric motors\u201d that pull electrons from a massive 270 kWh battery. For those you keeping score, that\u2019s more than twice as big as the battery used in the 500-mile range Lucid Air electric sedan<\/a>. (!)<\/p>\n

Once the work is done and the road is paved, the Royal BAM machine can power up it\u2019s second<\/em> 270 kWh battery (!!) and drive itself to the next project, or back to the fleet depot after a long working day. <\/p>\n

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What\u2019s more, these huge batteries aren\u2019t unique to the road paver. Royal BAM released the first all-electric road roller in 2020<\/a>, and seems to have plans to develop even more electrified road grading equipment in the coming years that will use a similar battery architecture, allowing for modular designs, improved economies of scale, and \u2013 eventually \u2013 battery swapping. \u201cThis exchangeable battery is also suitable for use in other electric equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Electric road-roller, courtesy Royal BAM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the benefits of reduced emissions, lower fuel costs, and fewer maintenance demands, BAM cites reduced vehicle noise and improved safety among the reasons companies may want to accelerate their switch to electric. BAM says it is looking to further reduce its negative impact on the environment by training employees in \u2018het Nieuwe Draaien\u2019 (a new, efficient way of working with construction and earth-moving machines), as well as investing in \u201cthe electrical chain\u201d.<\/p>\n

Currently, ninety percent of BAM Infra Nederland\u2019s plant runs on Volvo Penta Stage V engines using HVO-based bio diesel as fuel \u2013 but the company aims to have the first zero emissions \u201casphalt set\u201d on the road<\/s> making roads by mid-2022. You can catch a video of the new road paver, below.<\/p>\n

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Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

Construction and big engineering\/excavating firms often run on paper-thin profit margins, and a mistake of 2-3% in cost estimation could wipe out any profits a job might produce. Electric equipment<\/a>\u2018s ability to reduce downtime, cut down sickness, injuries, and disability claims, and run on a more stable fuel will make machines like this and the electric Doosan Bobcat<\/a> jobsite darlings when they reach full scale production.<\/p>\n

Source | Images: BAM, via Global Construction Review<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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