We were in China last week and test drove the first RHD Deepway 4×2 in icy conditions in Hefei. These have a 10t tare with a 513kWh swappable battery.
We also visited Shantui for a look at their latest Weichai powered 17t grader.
Their 12t single drum roller with a Wechai Tier IIIA 170hp engine and Linde hydraulics is available now.
Shantui are famous for their dozers, this 71t SD60-C5 is powered by a 600hp Cummins and very well priced for it’s size
On to Xuzhou for a look at the XC988HEV hybrid 28t (Volvo L180 size) loader that uses only 15l of diesel per hour, even less if you charge it when you can.
We have special pricing of $418,000 + GST available for the first unit sold to New Zealand. That is excellent buying for such a capable 5m3 bucket loader.
The 59t XE9150EV is biggest pure EV wheel loader in the world, seen here in the video testing at the factory. It has a 1002kWh battery, the bucket is 8m3 https://youtu.be/omhorVUxf_8
We have one of these short radius 17t XE135CREV pure electric excavators in build for New Zealand. 5 hours runtime for one hour charging.
These guys have all run over 30,000 hours in their XCMG EV wheel loaders. With an energy saving of around $19 per hour for the 20t XC968EV size, they are $570,000 ahead of a diesel loader owner in energy costs so far.
Plus, not $1 spent on the transmission for service or failure as XCMG doesn’t use transmissions on EV wheel loaders. All are on their original batteries.
XCMG trucks charging at 1.4MW in Linyi. That achieves 20% to 80% charged in 15 minutes using the latest 3.5C Sunwoda battery.
The Huawei 2400A charger uses two charging guns and coolant gun.
XCMG pure electric machines track building at the Swedish MX WSGP
The growth in heavy electric trucks sales in China is astonishing. The graph only shows to Q2 2025, but there were 45,000 delivered in December alone. XCMG still leads the market with 35,000 heavy BEV trucks sold in 2025.
The proportion of hydrogen FCEV truck sales is still declining.
The Qinghai solar farm cluster now delivers 17GW, for comparison New Zealand produces 11GW of electricity in total. The 600 square kilometer array also increases the soil quality and pasture growth on the Tibetan plateau by reducing evaporation.
Photo credit: Weimin Chu
An XE80N heading out to Natures Flame and the larger XE120W to McHale Hire, both located in Taupo.
From this month’s clever idea file how about a telescopic crane with stabilizing legs mounted on a forklift chassis.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas from the team at Etrucks® and Landex. We hope you are looking forward to 2026 with the same positive attitude as the Big Chill bear.
The 800kWh Windrose Gen 2 can run Auckland to Wellington without charging.
Testing Fonterras new 400kW Kwetta chargers attracted some interest
A good article from the Herald on the Foodstuffs trial of the Deepway towing their Fairfax e-axle trailer https://ebx.sh/n3EWb5
Introducing the Farizon H9E ultralight class one truck with a 2,500kg tare as a cab chassis. Featuring the exceptional Geely group build quality for $83,250 + GST after LEHVF.
Testing a Fairfax e-axle refrigerated trailer for Big Chill Distribution with the Deepway from Auckland down to Tokoroa and back. An affordable zero tail pipe emissions package that just works.
Windrose has added a 70kW EPTO pump to the rear drive axle.
That opens up many possibilities like these side dumpers, perhaps not a b-triple for New Zealand.
Handover day for United Civil’s XE918EV wheel loader. It completes their fully electric contractors package together with their XE35U-E excavator and battery charging trailer.
Opening day for Green Gorilla’s demolition waste resource recovery plant at Rotowaro. The whole plant is electric, helped out by their XC968EV.
Hand over day for Green Gorilla’s XC938EV at their Tauriko plant.
A video of the 35t XC9108EV wheel loader with a 700kWh battery that can be charged in 50 minutes via four CCS2 guns. In the video they mention kWh/t which will become the key metric for material handling in the years to come. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJmFm0DxUVU
An XE215EV top tethered excavator working in steel recycling. These are cheaper to purchase and run than a diesel excavator where conditions allow.
The 42t battery electric XE380EV with an 800kWh battery for a 6 hour run time. The first diesel electric hybrid version will be released next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ1JwQnpGt0
An interesting dual boom, 18t lift telehandler from Socma. It can stack containers three high and just the ticket for devanning heavy loads from containers offering a 6.3t lift at 3.5m forward distance.
Our most surprising product introduced in 2025 was the XCMG hybrid wheel loader range. It’s not often you pitch a product to save the owner 30% in diesel consumption and it ends up saving him 70%. The kicker is that in the 30t size they are also cheaper to purchase than an equivalent diesel loader.
Quite remarkable.
The Deepway is now fitted with SL fronts and is out towing on HPMV permits. The trial below with Foodstuffs NI using their Fairfax electric quad trailer. One axle powers the refrigeration unit for a fully zero emissions solution.
There are now 10,000 Deepways running and approaching 400 million km with customers.
Dual gun charging is now quite routine for us, seen here achieving 320kW input in Turangi. That adds 200km loaded range in an hour.
In NZ terms this Windrose run in the Andes is the equivalent of climbing from sea level to the Aoraki Mt Cook summit and back down on each charge.
Arthur’s Pass or whatever your favourite hill is will be easy after this.
The XCMG hybrid wheel loaders are now cheaper to buy than the diesel equivalent.
The sweet spot is the 28t XC988HEV at $488,000 + GST ex Penrose.
Typical hourly energy costs for diesel, hybrid and EV:
XC988 diesel 23l/h or $36.80 at $1.60 per litre
XC988HEV hybrid 14.5l/h or $23.20 at $1.60 per litre
XC988EV 60kWh/h or $9.60 at $0.16 per kWh
XCMG have launched their first wheel loader without hydraulics. The bucket functions and steering are all carried out by electric actuators for increased efficiency and near zero maintenance.
No pricing yet but the actuators look a bit expensive.
We have another XC968EV on order for the waste industry in NZ. The three motor, no transmission design, makes for the best EV loader you can buy.
A 4.4t rated XCMG model XC6-1056VN telehandler on it’s way to Fiji for Capital Construction to work in resort builds in the Mamanucas initially.
A render of the 55t fully electric XC9150EV fitted with a 1002kWh 2C battery
XCMG sold 3149 heavy BEV trucks in October for 18% market share in China. Our trusty E700 remains the number one selling heavy electric truck in the world.
The price of solar is now way lower than other energy in New Zealand. This opens up many new avenues for EV truck and machinery use.
The South Island tour of the Deepway went well including an out full, back empty, for Foodstuffs SI. Energy use was 1.35kWh/km so we would have achieved 400km with 10% battery remaining
There is some stunning scenery down south, here going through the Lindis.
We achieved dual gun charging at several sites, with a maximum of 330kW input achieved at Z Waiouru. We were adding 230km loaded range per hour at that rate, not bad for a metro or intercity truck.
More testing out of Auckland. The longest was running to Hamilton return twice on a single charge, for 470km travelled with 10% battery remaining.
Windrose have secured a further USD150 million of funding in Europe. We should have full NZ compliance for our second demo E1400 unit this month
Dual gun charging the Windrose at Z Energy Turangi yesterday achieved 340kW input, adding 280km loaded range in an hour. That means Auckland to Wellington with top up charging during a drivers break will be easy.
EV truck sales are surging globally while hydrogen truck sales have slowed.
24% of new heavy truck sales in China are now EV
XCMG have signed to deliver 150 to 200 units of the 240t payload pure electric XDE260E dump trucks to Fortescue in Australia. This agreement will complement the EV wheel loaders, wheel dozers and graders XCMG is already developing for Fortescue.
This will maintain XCMGs leadership in EV construction machinery worldwide.
Speaking of EV wheel loaders XCMGs 55t pure electric XC9150EV is now in production with a 1002kWh 2C battery
Meanwhile at Etrucks another XC918EV heading out to work for United Civil
Etrucks have the first XC135U-E excavator for New Zealand in build. At 17t it will be the largest EV excavator in New Zealand when it arrives early next year.
This E400 will have the deck removed and a gantry added for skip bins.
The tipper body complete with HYVA cylinder and two way tailgate is available for $15,000 + GST ex Penrose.
We have 60kW, 120kW and 300kW DC fast chargers now available ex stock.
Another shipment of LC9 tracked scissors ready for delivery to Hireways.
Thanks to everyone who came along to our Hampton Downs track day. An excellent chance to have a drive and experience the astonishing torque from a heavy electric truck.
You may have seen our Deepway demonstrator out and about with various customers trailers in Auckland and Hamilton. Data so far shows over 400km duration with 10% SOC remaining, much the same as in China.
Deepway sales are now over 8000 units with 288 million km traveled with customers.
A better picture of the 4×2 version, now available with LEHVF support.
Etrucks attended XCMG’s Zero Carbon Mining Summit last month along with leading mining companies BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue, Vale, Thiess, Barrack Gold, and Glencore.
A 3.2MW battery storage unit in a 20′ container with multiple output options including CCS2
A 20’ container based solar array with 140kWh battery storage and DC fast charge output built in. Power output is around 250kWh per day on average.
Also container based is XCMG’s 1.8MW MCS solution with the transformer built in. Just add 6-10kV directly and away you go.
An ADT set up to transport and swap the 400kWh batteries on an XE380EV
The no transmission driveline for a 35t XCMG BEV wheel loader.
Then on to Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia to view their 100 ZNK95 autonomous battery swap dump trucks. They have another 300 units on order
A truck charging facility in Beichuan with 18 x 1.44MW supercharging bays and 108 x 600kW liquid-cooled supercharging bays and a fleet of XCMG E700s.
If you need to charge quickly in NZ how about 1.5MW from one of our battery trailers? Recharge it from solar or 32A three phase if you are grid limited.
As the Central Interceptor project comes to a close the three E700 8×4 with Mills Tui tipper bodies are available for sale.
There are two spare batteries, a 180kW dual gun charger and a forklift mounted swapping clamp included
Contact Ulrick Noesgaard unoesgaard@ga-jv.com for details
Or upgrade with the container based solar array and our robotic swap station for a sturdy and an entirely off grid solution
They are now fully on highway compliant and available for sale ex stock at $255,000 + GST after LEHVF.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand at the Eroad Fleetday
With the recent confirmation of RUC exemption for heavy EVs until July 2027 our calculations show the Deepway as the cheapest semi tractor to operate in New Zealand, even after paying for your depot charger.
The Deepway $1.25/km (lease, service, energy, no RUC, + depot charger)
The Windrose $1.50/km (lease, service, energy, no RUC, + depot charger)
Euro 6 diesel $2.06/km (lease, service, energy, and RUC)
H2 FCEV $2.70/km (lease, service, energy, no RUC)
H2 dual fuel $3.30/km (lease, service, energy, and RUC)
Bluescope and Toll recently ran a B-double at 68t from Port Kembla to Sydney. Even at that weight the Windrose averaged 75kph up the 12% gradient https://youtu.be/1fhczNbcv0s
We can also offer the Deepway as a 10t tare 4×2.
The 58t GCM 8×4 BEV rigid specifications are now available. The tare is expected to be a quite remarkable 9540kg for the bottom swap capable 650kWh CATL battery. As this is a special configuration for the New Zealand market we do need firm orders to make this truck happen.
