LOS ANGELES (Feb. 20, 2024) — Skanska, a construction and development firm, has announced the completion of a 90-day pilot program using the Volvo EC230 Electric excavator on the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project in Los Angeles, at the South Yard of the La Brea station. Skanska’s use of the zero-emissions equipment was among the first to pilot the Volvo excavator in North America.
IRVING, Texas (Jan. 8, 2024) — Caterpillar Inc. announced it has signed an electrification strategic agreement with CRH to advance the deployment of Caterpillar’s zero-exhaust emissions solutions. CRH is an aggregates producer in North America and the first company in that industry to sign such an agreement with Caterpillar.