The first Maeda crane to be equipped with an electric drive from DEUTZ has made its debut and will help to make building sites more environmentally friendly. At the DEUTZ Days trade event, drive systems specialist DEUTZ and Japanese crane manufacturer Maeda unveiled the CC 1485 crawler crane, which is fitted with a 360-volt drive powered by a lithium-ion battery. With an output of 40kW, this zeroemission construction-site vehicle is very powerful. DEUTZ is a pioneer of carbon-neutral drive systems for off-highway applications and is steadily expanding its range of alternative drives for its customers.
“Environmentally friendly construction sites are now a reality, not a distant dream. We are delighted to be here with Maeda today to present the prototypes for an electric construction-site vehicle. The CC 1485 is already fully functional. Our electric drive is quiet, efficient and emission free, even when used on a building site,” said Dr. Ing. Markus Müller, Chief Technology Officer of DEUTZ AG.
With a load capacity of up to 6 tonnes, the CC 1485 mini crawler crane is the powerhouse of the Maeda crane series. DEUTZ and Maeda will also showcase the vehicle at the bauma 2022 trade fair, enabling it to be seen by more people in the industry. Full production of the DEUTZ electric drive is expected to begin in 2023.
