{"id":82461,"date":"2025-05-18T15:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82461"},"modified":"2025-05-18T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:54:33","slug":"autonomous-electric-haul-truck-fleet-set-to-revolutionize-mineral-mining-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82461","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous electric haul truck fleet set to revolutionize mineral mining in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Powered by tech giant Huawei 5G-Advanced network, a fleet of over 100 Huaneng Ruichi all-electric autonomous haul trucks and heavy equipment assets have been deployed at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia.<\/p>\n

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With more than 100 units on site, China\u2019s state-backed Huaneng Group<\/a> officially deployed the world\u2019s largest fleet of unmanned electric mining trucks at the Yimin coal plant in Inner Mongolia this past week. The autonomous trucks use the same Huawei Commercial Vehicle Autonomous Driving Cloud Service (CVADCS) powered by the ame 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network that powers its self-driving car efforts<\/a>. Huawei says it\u2019s the key to enabling the Yimin mine\u2019s large-scale vehicle-cloud-network synergy. <\/p>\n

Huawei is calling the achievement a \u201cworld\u2019s first,\u201d saying the new system has improved operator safety at Yimin while setting new benchmarks for AI and autonomous mining.<\/p>\n

The autonomous mine project aligns with a broader push by Chinese government and industry to integrate AI and advanced connectivity into traditional industries \u2013\u00a0an approach we\u2019ve already seen meet with great success in port environments by Hesai and Westwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And, if technology like Rocsys\u2019 charging robots take off, these autonomous haul trucks won\u2019t even need anyone to plug them in at the end of their shifts<\/a>!<\/p>\n

For their part, Huaneng Ruichi claims its cabin-less electric offer an industry-leading 90 metric ton rating (that\u2019s about 100 imperial tons) and the ability operate continually in extreme cold temperatures as low as -40\u00b0 (it\u2019s the same, C or F), while delivering 20% more operational efficiency than a human-driven truck.<\/p>\n

The Huawei-issued press release is a bit light on truck specs, but similar 90 tonne electric units<\/a> claim 350 or 422 kWh LFP battery packs and up to 565 hp from their electric drive motors and some 2,300 Nm (1,700 lb-ft) of tq from 0 rpm.<\/p>\n

Huawei executives said the Ruichi trucks reflect the company\u2019s vision for smarter mining operations, with the potential to introduce similar technologies in markets like Africa and Latin America. The 100 asset electric fleet marks the first phase of a plan to deploy 300 autonomous trucks at the Yimin mine by 2028.<\/p>\n

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From drilling and rigging<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0heavy haul solutions<\/a>, companies like Huaneng Group are proving that electric equipment is more than up to the task of moving dirt and pulling stuff out of the ground. At the same time, rising demand for nickel, lithium, and phosphates combined with the natural benefits of electrification are driving the adoption of electric mining machines while a persistent operator shortage is boosting demand for autonomous tech in those machines.<\/p>\n

The combined factors listed above are rapidly accelerating the rate at which machines that are already in service are becoming obsolete<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and,\u00a0while some companies are exploring the cost\/benefit of converting existing vehicles to electric<\/a>, the general consensus seems to be that more companies will be be buying more new equipment more often in the years ahead \u2013\u00a0and more of that equipment will be more and more likely to be autonomous as time goes on.<\/p>\n

SOURCES | IMAGES<\/strong>: Huawei<\/a>, South China Morning Post<\/a>, and Supply Chain Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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