Honda Displays Battery Evolution, Electric Solutions, Remote Capability at World of Concrete
Honda Power Sports & Products last week showcased a diverse portfolio of power solutions and advancements designed to support the commercial construction industry at the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas. Honda highlighted top-performing products, versatile power technologies and electrified solutions.
During WOC, Honda underscored the company’s long-term commitment to scalable electrification and modular power solutions for the commercial equipment industry, while previewing what’s coming next for the Honda eGX, the company’s first advanced electric power unit.
The Honda display included the battery evolution for the eGX2.0H, highlighted by a 60-percent higher-capacity battery designed to support longer continuous operation and increased application flexibility. Honda experts detailed expansion plans for the eGX lineup, including eGX4.0 and eGX6.0 model concepts designed to address higher output classes for commercial and construction applications. Together, the Honda eGX modular units and next-generation product concepts on display illustrated the company’s focus on developing higher-capacity, battery-powered solutions that reduce noise and emissions, extend operating times for increased productivity, and remain easy for users to handle.
Another integral element of Honda’s vision for electrified construction power was the presentation of the concept Mobile Power Pack e:, a swappable battery system designed to be shared across OEM customer products. Featuring advanced cell technology, the Mobile Power Pack e: delivers higher output with reduced noise, zero exhaust emissions, lower installed battery weight and near-zero downtime, supporting continuous operation in both indoor and outdoor jobsite environments. A complete Honda electrification solution, fitted to a Multiquip Whiteman ride-on trowel was displayed at the show, demonstrating how Honda electrified power units can support high-demand construction applications while also improving equipment balance, handling and overall usability.
Further complementing the company’s focus at WOC and the diversification of its power products portfolio, the all-new Honda iGX430 gas-powered engine was featured, illustrating the expansion of the company’s GX Series. Taking intelligence to a new level, this model offers commercial construction customers improved performance, value, and versatility in a compact package.
Drive-by-wire Remote-Control Capability
Equipped with smart fuel injection technology and an integrated electronic self-tuning regulator governor, the horizontal-shaft iGX430 provides drive-by-wire remote-control capability to manage key aspects of engine operation. The all-new model is designed to adapt to fluctuating power demands of commercial applications with a controller area network (CAN) designed to integrate with equipment for seamless operation, also providing enhanced ease of use, productivity and serviceability for OEM manufacturers and contractors.
“At 2026 World of Concrete, the Honda showcase underscored our company’s focus on versatility and evolution of product technology, especially for the commercial markets. In anticipating ever-changing market needs, we are advancing a range of future-ready, gas engine and battery-powered units and systems,” said Mark Kohls, vice president of Honda Power Sports & Products, American Honda Motor Co. Inc. “Whether the call is for gas, electrification or scalability, Honda delivers reliable, high-performance products that provide reliable power with reduced emissions and noise for a wide range of applications and operating conditions for our OEM customers and their end users.”
Visitors to the Honda booth at World of Concrete also explored a range of fuel-efficient and versatile gas-powered Honda power products, including GX Series engines, generators, and pumps, along with the Honda power behind OEM products on display from Allen, Diteq, Gorilla Products, MiTM, Minnich, and Wacker Neuson. A Honda Pioneer 700 Side-by-Side 4 x 4 Utility vehicle, newly designed with expanded storage, also was part of the company’s showcase.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.