The company exhibited its Next-Gen Cat machines offering functions such as Grade, Payload, Detect and Command that maximize production, reduce costs and improve safety; the world's first high-drive electric drive dozer, the D6 XE; offering up to 35 percent better fuel efficiency than its D6T predecessor; a concept 906 fully electric zero-emission compact wheel loader powered by a lithium-ion battery with an electric drivetrain; and the 988K XE - Caterpillar's first diesel/electric-drive wheel loader which dramatically improves fuel efficiency and productivity.
Other displays included 8 new Cat Next-Gen mini hydraulic excavator models designed to provide exceptional performance, versatility, affordability, safety, and operator convenience with joystick steering (Stick Steer) for 1-to-10-ton class machines; and three new excavators, including the 330 and 336, equipped with integrated Cat technology that can increase operating efficiency up to 45%, compared with conventional grading operations, and can enhance fuel efficiency by as much as 20 percent, compared with its predecessor models.
Caterpillar offers customers a choice of services that best fit their individual needs and budgets. Services range from new aftermarket products to service agreements, and full-fleet tracking through the new Cat App, the industry's first mobile app designed to track critical machine operating data from the field.
