Whether eco drive or new control concepts – construction machines of the future will distinguish obvious of today’s models. Against the background of increasing energy prices and finiteness of fossil energy carrier efficiency at construction machines plays a more important role for customers. Above development work and research work in own development centers, Volvo CE works together with leading universities in Germany to find innovative solutions for the problem. For test purposes Volvo CE supplies construction machines as test carrier to university partner. Professors, engineers and students of different departments and faculties work here closely together to develop new environment-sparing and company cost cutting construction machine concepts.