Leading off-highway vehicle manufacturers have joined forces with ENI (Emissieloos Netwerk Infra) and ElaadNL to discuss open market standards for zero-emission (ZE) construction machinery. In this OEM round table the companies are working together pre-competitively to articulate standards on various design aspects. That will enable easier adaptation by end users in the European markets. Komatsu, Volvo CE, Liebherr and VDL ETS are the initial members of the round table and have published their first recommendations relating to physical aspects of the machine and the standard charging protocol. Recommendations are published here: https://www.emissieloosnetwerkinfra.nl/english/oem-roundtable and European OEMs are invited to follow them.

• What does the OEM round table do and not do?
• What are the recommendations to standardize electric construction equipment?
• Why does standardization make sense now on such a pragmatic level?