Caterpillar BEPU makes going electric as easy as swapping an engine
Caterpillar BEPU makes going electric as easy as swapping an engine

The new Battery Electric Power Unit (BEPU) from Caterpillar is a plug-and-play solution that can directly replace a diesel CAT engine in existing machines – occupying the same space, and even using the same motor mounts to make the conversion from dies…

Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch’s tech didn’t work properly.

CAT puts century-old tech to work in its newest, heaviest electric drive dozer
CAT puts century-old tech to work in its newest, heaviest electric drive dozer

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open plains for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency rpm diesel engines spinning up generators to power high-torque electric motors has proven t…

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment

Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia’s physical AI platform.