Battery-electric excavator pilots · supervised tele-remote dig cycles · digital twin coverage for every active quarry fleet we support.
Kobelco operates roughly 310,000 square meters of production area with about 2,600 employees supporting hydraulic excavators, crawler cranes and related earthmoving packages. Annual output near 6,200 units is sized for contractors who need predictable lead times rather than speculative catalog listings. Every serial leaving the yard carries Tier 4 Final or EU Stage V documentation, ISO 9001 process records and a pilot-pressure baseline that field teams can compare against later PM samples.
Our roadmap work does not replace the iron contractors buy today. It explains how battery-electric excavator trials, supervised tele-remote dig cycles and ISO 15143-3 telematics will layer onto fleets already earning hours on quarry faces and highway cuts. Procurement managers can map those checkpoints against their own autonomy or emissions policies without guessing which exhibition slide is marketing theater.
Each pillar carries dated checkpoints so procurement and operations teams can plan fleet transitions with measurable milestones.
Public checkpoints that contractors can verify against exhibition calendars and pilot reports.
Premiere of 600 kWh battery-electric excavator class for urban foundation digs.
Supervised tele-remote excavator trial with open-pit partner fleets.
Level-4 haul-truck convoy reveal tied to Kobelco dig cycle telemetry.
Fuel-cell support vehicle customer trial in Western Australia quarry belt.
End-to-end digital-twin platform for excavator and undercarriage health.
We co-design electrification and autonomy programs with quarry operators, EPCs and tier-1 highway contractors who need measurable hour-by-hour productivity.
Co-design a battery or autonomy program