Putzmeister eMixer makes UK debut

The Putzmeister eMixer made its UK debut at the show. The zero-tailpipeemission 8x4 concrete mixer features a SANY eTruck chassis, which was manufactured in China by Putzmeister’s parent company SANY Group.

Although this was the truck’s first UK showing, it first went into production in China in 2019. It has since been reworked for the European market, and 25 examples have gone into operation in France, Germany, Spain, Norway and Iceland since the vehicle’s launch at last year’s Bauma construction show in Munich.

The truck on show at RTX was a left-hand-drive, but Kevin Eichele, head of business development at SANY eTrucks Europe, said the first righthand-drive examples would arrive in the UK imminently and would go