Deere Looking Fully Charged for Conexpo

North American agricultural and construction machinery giant John Deere unveiled its all-new electric excavator the 145 X-Tier last week at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, as a taster of what visitors can expect to see at the ConExpo-Con/Agg show in March.

John Deere’s president of construction, forestry and power systems Ryan Campbell, announced that the model showcased at CES will be on display at ConExpo alongside a variety of new machines across their product categories.

Campbell also stated that the electric model will be part of Deere’s future generation of excavators, so its clearly an exciting time for John Deere and their customers.

Technical specifications were rather sketchy at this stage, but what we do know is that this potentially 14 – 15-tonne class compact radius machine is fitted with a battery from Kreisel a company that Deere has a majority stake in.

Kreisel’s battery technology features its patented immersion cooling architecture that they say provides unsurpassed lifetime durability, enhanced safety, and improved performance for battery-powered equipment.

The 145 is the first excavator with the X-Tier designation. Previously John Deere released hybrid diesel-electric wheel loaders and was testing an E-Power backhoe with that designation during 2021.

The machine was displayed fitted with a Engcon tiltrotator set up, GPS machine control, and rubber track pads, it was sporting a very stylish and distinctive white and grey livery.

Its incredible to thinks that John Deere have been building hydraulic excavators for nearly 60 years, with various partners during that time. This is clearly the next step in the brands excavator evolution with plenty more to come.

It would also be great to see the brand back in the UK with a full line of products going forward, something that I feel is definitely going to happen in due course.

It will be interesting to take a look around these new machines at ConExpo-Con/Agg for sure.

The machine features in the opening segment of this video from the guys at CNET, check it out! 

We would like to thank our friends, UK based design legend Gary Major and Dane Cotton of DC Excavation in Montana USA for their help with this post.