Finnish equipment brand Avant Techno Oy is making their biggest push yet into the electric wheel loader market with the launch of the all-new Avant e747, packing a 47 kWh battery and serious, diesel-beating performance.
Since its founding in 1991, Finnish firm Avant Techno Oy has been working to make a name for themselves in the heavy equipment space with a line of articulated compact loaders (mostly diesel-powered). After releasing their first electric e5 and e6 options back in 2016, they’ve made some inroads, but the latest e727 and e747 models show a renewed, more concerted effort to break into the equipment space in a big way.
Avant’s new e747 is Avant’s biggest electric wheel loader to date, too, offering up to nine hours of continuous operation from its efficient, 47 kWh (51V) battery pack.
That battery isn’t just efficient, it’s unique. Developed in-house by Avant and marketed under the Avant Power brand, the e747’s 47 kWh pack uses “OptiTemp” immersion cooling, submerging the battery’s cells in a dielectric fluid that keeps temperatures stable (read: optimized) under even the heaviest load demands. The result is a bespoke battery pack that runs cooler, charges more efficiently, and maintains consistent output even during long, demanding shifts. 10-80% recharging is possible in under two hours on a 22 kW DC charger.
Avant believes that technology will give its machines a crucial edge in a broader market that expects their wheel loaders to work at full power, all day long.
“The market has still been missing heavy-duty electric loaders with greater lifting power, longer range, faster drive speed, bigger battery capacity and energy efficiency,” explains Tuomas Färlin, Commercial Product and Sales manager at Avant Tecno Oy. “[With this new battery] Avant e747 is ideal for various professional uses. Think construction or demolition sites where raw power and durability are necessities. Or property maintenance work, where you need a compact, effective and agile loader for full workdays.”
The e747 sends power from its battery to four electric drive motors, one to each wheel, and to the auxiliary hydraulics, which are separate from the drive system. And, because each drive motor is controlled individually, traction control is precise and movement is smooth and predictable on all surfaces.
Avant says that series production for both versions of its e700-series electric wheel loaders will begin in Q1 of next year. No word, yet, on pricing.
Electrek’s Take
Other electric wheel loader makers like Case, Liebherr, and Volvo are obviously feeling the heat from Asian brands like XCMG and LiuGong — knowing the competition is heating up even among other European brands is sure to keep the pressure on. Here’s hoping everything they say about competition improving the breed is true!
SOURCE | IMAGES: Avant, via Equipment Journal.
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