Hitachi Construction Machinery and Dimaag to collaborate and develop 1.7t Zero-Emission Excavators
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (President and Executive Officer: Masafumi Senzaki), a Japanese Corporation ("Hitachi Construction Machinery") and Dimaag-AI, Inc. (CEO: Satish Padmanabhan), an American Corporation ("Dimaag") announced a collaboration to develop and produce an industry leading, electrified compact hydraulic excavator.
Dimaag will integrate its "Electric No Compromise Off-Road Ecosystem" (ENCORE) into Hitachi Construction Machinery's 1.7-ton class excavators which is mainly used in urban construction and indoor demolition. Hitachi Construction Machinery will provide technical information of the base machine and specification requirements for the electrification. ENCORE, first showcased at Consumer Electric Show (CES) 2024(Jan 9th~12th,2024, Venue: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) that is one of the world's largest technology trade shows, is comprised of Dimaag's high power, swappable battery modules, advanced thermal management system, inverters, motors, power electronics and software for Electric Vehicles (EV) as well as the charging stations.
The electric excavator will be completed in December of 2024. The companies will jointly unveil this groundbreaking vehicle at the Bauma 2025 Trade Fair in Munich, Germany April 2025. Hitachi Construction Machinery aims to launch the product in Europe by 2027.
Ian Wright, cofounder of Tesla, is the VP Engineering at Dimaag. He expressed enthusiasm for the partnership, saying, "Dimaag's ENCORE technology has been deployed across multiple prototype off-road vehicles to validate our design intent of no compromise on safety, all-day performance, and affordability. We are honored to partner with Hitachi Construction Machinery to be a pioneer and enable economies of scale for the ENCORE tech stack. This partnership marks a significant step towards achieving electrification of agricultural and construction machinery, with no compromises."
Kazunori Nakamura, Vice President and Executive Officer, CTO, President of Power & Info Control Platform Business Unit and Research & Development Group stated, "To realize Zero-Emission, it is important to provide not only our products but also solutions combined with related products such as energy storage system. For this purpose, the collaboration with various partners is the key to success. Since the battery module for this collaboration from Dimaag is versatile and applicable to various electric products, further acceleration of the electrification at construction sites can be expected. We are excited to partner with an innovative company like Dimaag and would like to expand our electrified vehicle lineup.
