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The El-forest forwarder is the worlds first forestry machine that uses energy efficient electric-hybrid technology. The technology has attracted great interest and support, among other reasons as a result of its potential to cut fuel consumption and thereby also reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. Due to its lighter weight, although still able to handle the same load as a conventional forwarder of a comparable size, it facilitates more environmentally sound log hauling. Moreover, it has significantly less impact on the external environment through a patented innovative frame construction that enables all wheels, which are individually electrically powered, to follow the same wheel-track with adapted speed. It has attracted major attention from the large forestry machine customers in the Nordic countries as well as from customers in many of the large forest countries worldwide.