On Thursday, April 20th, our CEO Raymond Wang had a fireside chat with Graham Mattison of Water Tower Research to discuss the power of Greenland Technologies' manufacturing capabilities and how HEVI, the all-electric heavy equipment division, is turning heads and gearing up to capture 3% of the market. Check below to listen to the full broadcast, or read the transcript [...]
HEVI brought a few electric GEL-1800 front loaders to Siemen's testing and assembly facility in Wendell, North Carolina for compatibility testing on their EV charger system. The electric front loaders were subject to a variety of different testing methods, units and scenarios. All base tests passed successfully and it became official. HEVI electric heavy equipment is officially compatible with Siemen's network of DCFC charging [...]
Many companies that utilize industrial heavy equipment such as front loaders and excavators struggle with efficient management of their fleet. Difficulty with asset tracking, transportation, safe operation and routine maintenance can create costly logistical and safety challenges. Fortunately, new technology exists that empower fleet managers with the ability to properly manage their fleet assets to overcome these challenges. On January 2022, HEVI and Cyngn [...]
When Tesla was first launching its vehicles, it needed to speak to its potential customers in a language they could understand. American consumers were used to thinking of their cars in terms of horsepower, but electric motors are rated in terms of torque and kWh. It would be hard to sell cars based on torque and kWh when consumers already understood, “My engine gets [...]
1860-1930 | 1960-2000 | Coming Soon: Up to 2022 and Beyond Electric Cars from 1860-1930 Thomas Edison standing with an electric vehicle. Imagine New York City in the year 1900. In the midst of the industrial revolution, with inventors like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Nicola Tesla, the United States was undergoing rapid change. But [...]
What is the GEL-5000? The GEL-5000 electric wheel loader is ready to work! The GEL line of electric wheel loaders now includes the GEL-5000, HEVI’s newest loader design. Although engineered from the ground up with sustainability in mind, the GEL-5000 can still achieve a 5 ton lifting capacity. With its expanded battery capacity, the GEL-5000 provides 8 hours of operation with as [...]
When we set out to launch the nation’s first line of all-electric full-size heavy equipment, one of the first decisions was selecting an EV charging connector. Though all EVs must be charged, not every EV charger is the same. Our heavy equipment would face some of the same charging challenges as electric vehicles. Each charging station has its own specifications, and there’s even a [...]