Volvo Trucks and Putzmeister revealed one of the world’s largest battery-electric concrete boom pump trucks at the Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany. The zero-exhaust emission battery-electric concrete pump with a reach of 42 meters will be delivered to the Swedish construction company Swerock.

Volvo Trucks and Putzmeister demonstrate a fully electric alternative for pumping concrete.

The Volvo and Putzmeister all-electric boom pump truck is based on the Volvo FM Electric 8x4 Rigid Tag Tridem Driveline. Two electric motors provide continuous output of 330 kW, with an I-Shift gearbox. Four batteries in a specially developed energy storage system provide total capacity of 360kWh of which 250kWh is useable. The four-axle truck has a total weight of 32 tonnes.

The electrification of the construction industry is progressing and Volvo Trucks is a leading supplier of electric trucks. Now the company has, together with Putzmeister, and after a request from long time partner Swerock, developed an all-new battery-electric truck-mounted concrete pump. Thereby, Volvo Trucks can demonstrate a fully electric alternative for pumping concrete to construction customers.

Using the traditional solution for pumping concrete, a diesel truck needs to be in operation during the pumping, causing exhaust emissions and noise. With the all-electric pump truck, it’s possible to drive up to 50 kilometers and then pump approximately 50 m³ of concrete without any need for charging. For longer distances, or for larger quantities of concrete, a Combined Charging System (CCS) charging solution can be installed at the site, and it’s possible to keep pumping the concrete while the truck is being recharged.

With the new battery-electric pump truck, Volvo Trucks can offer construction customers a completely electric alternative for the handling of concrete – transporting, mixing and pumping.

Volvo started series production of electric trucks in 2019, while the company’s product portfolio enables decarbonization of the entire flow within construction transport including transport trucks, cement mixers, concrete pumps, tippers, cranes and hook lifts. Volvo is a global leader in the battery-electric truck segment with a share of sales of battery-electric trucks of around 50% in Europe, a leading position in North America and deliveries of more than 4,900 electric trucks around the world, many to customers in the construction industry.