Liebherr

German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr has has announced that deliveries of its first-ever electric compact wheel loader, the L 507 E, are about to begin. The Liebherr L 507 E compact wheel loaders were announced last summer, and have been available for order since October. And, while no timeline has been set, chances are good that the battery-powered machine will eventually make its way across the Atlantic. If and when it does arrive, operators who are familiar with…

For the first time in the company’s 40-year history, Liebherr have converted one of their R 9400 excavators from a conventional diesel to an electric powertrain. The re-powered mining machine was commissioned at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine site in Western Australia – but what’s more significant is that the conversion was done during the standard service life of the machine. “The modular design of Liebherr equipment makes it possible to repower existing diesel excavators to new zero emission…

Inflation has made everything from grocery shopping to home-owning more expensive, but it’s hitting Lego fans especially hard. The new 2,883-piece Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000 model is officially the most expensive Lego Technic set to date at $700, but it’s actually far from being the largest set ever in terms of piece count.This Week's Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of Marketing MadnessWay back in 2016, yours truly spent a grueling20 hours assembling Lego’s Bucket Wheel Excavator which was also part of the…