A multinational company revealed its latest eco friendly, battery powered heavy vehicle.
Sandvik recently launched what is billed to be the world’s largest capacity electric truck.
The TH665B model weighs 65 tonnes, produces zero emissions, and generates 85 per cent less heat than diesel counterparts.
Each battery lasts up to 1.5 hours during “very heavy” work or as long as three hours during regular operation. Replacements are constantly charging and automatically swapped over when running low on power. The operator does not need to leave the cabin throughout the five-minute exchange process. Trucks are also fitted with digital interfaces and collision avoidance systems.
The company estimates mobile fleets are responsible for an average of 50 to 60 per cent of emissions in underground mines. It claims electrifying primary haulage machinery can remove up to 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide a day. Trials are already well underway and due for completion in Australia soon.
“We have not compromised anything [and] we are not expecting customers to accept lower performance, just because you want to lower emissions,” Sandvik Mining and Rock Technologies business development manager Jakob Rutqvist said according to Creamer Media.
“We are building this for real application, for real world use.”
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