May 04, 2021
When Pon Equipment took on the electric machine challenge, the last thing it wanted to do was start from scratch.
Pon Equipment
Erik Sollerud, managing director for Pon Equipment, Cat’s dealer in Norway and the Netherlands, sums up his firm’s journey into producing electric excavators this way: “We entered electrification because we’re focused on being a solutions provider. The major contractors in Norway were asking for it, and there wasn’t a line of sight for a factory electric machine.”
There was a reason his customers were asking for electric machines. “Norway has been pushing hard to establish measures to show their commitment to the Paris Agreement,” Sollerud says. “One of them is an emission-free construction site.”