China's Mining Goes Autonomous & Electric: World's Largest Fleet Ever - E-Vehicle Info

Huaneng Group, one of the five largest state power generation companies in China, will launch a fleet of 100 electric and autonomous mining trucks at the Yimin coal mine in Inner Mongolia. Driven by a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network, the mine becomes the first in the world to operate under a model of synergy between vehicles, Cloud and large-scale network, to reduce human risks, improve productivity and advance towards a cleaner energy model. The fle…

China's Mining Goes Autonomous & Electric: World's Largest Fleet Ever - E-Vehicle Info

China has just launched the world’s largest autonomous electric mining truck fleet at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia. This is the world’s first and largest fleet of 100 driverless electric mining trucks, equipped with Huawei technology. It means 100 enormous cabin-less “Huaneng Ruichi” trucks carrying 90 metric tons of material each and not a single human driver on any of them. It’s not just a step in the right direction; it’s a giant…

In China, the tests are over. Huaneng Group has just provided one of its mines with a fleet of 100 electric and autonomous trucks. A fleet that does not lack humour. Read more Electric trucks to extract coal: the Chinese paradox appeared first on Automobile Clean.