2010
As use of ICT for construction equipment became more common, things like crewless dump trucks, IT execution, and KOMTRAX were further developed. Hybrid equipment that decreased both fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission was introduced and marked a new generation of construction machines.
While it maintains the environmental performances, comforts, and low running costs of a battery-based machinery, it also can operate for long-hours through Komatsu’s proprietary rapid-charging battery system. In addition, improving the resistance to water and dust enables to operate in various working conditions and environments such as the outdoors, dust particles, etc. Requires absolutely none of the bothersome work of refilling battery fluids and opening the battery hood when charging. Comes equipped with the “KOMTRAX” to assess the operation conditions of the vehicle. The operation is “visualized” to support remote fleet management and improve the work site.
In addition to the “environmentally and economically-friendly” features of battery-operated machinery, it also has the “long-term operation and fuss-free” features of an engine-type machinery.
Maximum loading mass: 2500kg
Other Equipment
There were other construction machines built by Komatsu over the years. We can see how the various designs mirrored different eras if we look at them set against the flow of history.
