Bobcat has
announced that the first of the company’s new E10e zero tail swing (ZTS) 1
tonne electric mini-excavators has come off the production line at the Bobcat
compact equipment manufacturing plant at Dobris in the Czech Republic.
Finished at 1:08 pm on 11th July 2019, the first
E10e off the line has the Serial Number B4KL11001. It is headed to the
Netherlands to the Authorised Bobcat Dealer, Apeldoorn-based Inter-Techno,
where it will be used as a demo machine and is available for hire from
Inter-Techno’s partner company, 123Machineverhuur.
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Bobcat has chosen the Dobris factory to produce the E10e for all markets
worldwide, with the first machines to be sold in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East
and Africa), with North America and then Asian markets to follow. The
Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Norway are the first to be selected
in Europe, in line with research that shows the highest demand is in these
countries. Subsequent sales of the E10e in other countries will depend on the
readiness of markets, dealers and the demand from customers.
The E10e
is built on the same platform and produced on the same production line as the
highly successful diesel-powered E08 and E10z mini-excavators. This line
currently has a total capacity of 2000 machines a year and can produce the
required mix of diesel and electric models as dictated by actual market demand.
The Bobcat E10e is the world’s first 1 tonne electric mini-excavator, combining zero
emissions, low noise and a width of just 71 cm, allowing it to easily pass
through standard doors and in and out of lifts. It is therefore ideal not only
for indoor demolition and basement digging, but also many other sites where
this type of machine is required such as urban/city centre developments,
night-time work and contracts in quiet zones such as hospitals, cemeteries,
schools and so on.
