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Blog 2025-04-07
The Evolution of Excavator Cabs When you think about heavy equipment, it’s easy to focus on power and performance — but the design of an excavator’s cab and the tech inside it matter just as much. You’ve spent long hours...
Blog 2025-03-31
10 Fundamentals of Compaction in Construction and Roadbuilding Compaction is one of the most critical steps in construction and roadwork, directly impacting the longevity and durability of the finished surface. Whether you work with asphalt or soil,...
Blog 2025-03-24
Understanding Equipment as a Service (EaaS) Ever feel like you're spending more time managing your heavy equipment than actually using it? Between maintenance, repairs and the constant juggling of finances, fleet management can be a...
Blog 2025-02-24
Tips to Avoid Over Compaction in Construction Over compaction can be a costly and time-consuming issue on construction and roadbuilding sites. Whether you’re building a new highway or preparing a site for a new facility, knowing how to...
A new Volvo articulated dump truck driving through mud on a haul road in a quarry.
Blog 2025-02-10
10 Things You'll Love About New Volvo ADTs Here at Volvo, we recently launched our redesigned series of articulated dump trucks . These new ADTs are built to move more material at a lower cost and can easily travel over the roughest...
Blog 2025-01-27
7 Steps to Maximize Heavy Equipment Longevity For any of you who use heavy equipment every day — construction, mining, logging operations and so on — we know maximizing the life of your machines is not only a practical goal but also a...
Blog 2025-01-20
Choosing the Right Earthmoving Tires: E3 vs. E4 Selecting the right heavy equipment tires for your machines can be just as important as choosing the machine itself. For those using haul trucks and wheel loaders in industries like...
Blog 2024-03-11
Comparing Fuel Efficiency in Front End Wheel Loaders How do I know if my wheel loader is efficient? As the wheel loader product manager here at Volvo, I hear that question a lot. The answer lies in your ability to both cut costs and move more...
Blog 2023-11-13
How Midsize Excavators Can Grow Your Business In construction, adaptability is oftentimes the key to success. The ability to seamlessly transition between projects of varying sizes and scopes sets the most efficient contractors apart —...
Blog 2023-09-12
Why You May Need to Rethink Machine Work Hours with Electric Equipment The construction industry continues to integrate electric equipment into fleets, as they’re promising alternatives to their diesel-powered counterparts. The reason they’re becoming more...
Blog 2023-07-31
How to Use Grade Control for Excavators — Volvo Dig Assist: Part 1 We’ve made Dig Assist Start — the basic package in our Dig Assist portfolio of apps — standard on new Volvo models ranging from EC220E to EC550E. We believe it’s a powerful tool for both...
Blog 2023-07-17
How Lithium-ion Batteries Work Many people in the construction industry understand the basics of how internal combustion engines work - but what about the batteries used to power electric construction equipment? Now's a...
Blog 2023-05-22
Volvo Wheel Loader Application Packages Make Selections Easy With so many different uses for Volvo wheel loaders, we developed application packages that help simplify getting the features you need for your specific type of work. When you select a...
Press Release 2023-04-12
Maryland Public Fleet Buys Volvo CE Electric Equipment to Support Sustainability Initiatives In the Washington, D.C., suburbs, a bit of an off-road electric revolution is happening. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), which includes the Department...
Blog 2022-08-30
Electric Heavy Equipment Incentives: Your Questions Answered More and more private contractors, personal users and government entities are either considering or actually integrating electric heavy equipment into their fleets. A lot of companies and...
Blog 2022-01-19
Electric Construction Equipment 101: Terms and Definitions If you’re new to electric construction equipment or just looking for a resource to brush up on terminology, this article is for you. It can help you better understand electromobility so...
Blog 2021-08-23
Electric Construction Equipment: Your Charging Questions Answered I get a lot of questions related to electric construction equipment, and the topic of machine charging seems to be the most prevalent.
Blog 2021-05-24
Buying an Excavator? 12 Things to Consider During the Demonstration Over the years I’ve helped a lot of customers evaluate different excavator types and sizes to help ensure they’re buying an excavator best matched to their particular type of work. During a...
Blog 2021-05-17
Electric Construction Equipment vs. Diesel Performance Comparisons As the product manager for electromobility here in North America, I’ve spent a lot of time helping with the design and development of our new compact electric machines. When some people...
Blog 2021-03-08
Volvo Electric Equipment: New Opportunities for Heavy Equipment Jobs One of the things I find myself saying quite often about our new Volvo electric excavator and wheel loader and our concept machines is that we don’t even know yet all the interesting ways...
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