The manufacturer of the French equipment of the American company Caterpillar has discovered the first prototype in the world of a fully connected mining truck 793 Electric power of 2650 hp With.
Caterpillar has not yet disclosed the significant characteristics of its children, however, it is known that during a test run at the company’s test site in Arizona, a dump truck transported a load of 265 tons over a distance of 7 km, sometimes accelerating to a speed of 60 km / h (for comparison, the carrying capacity of the most powerful in the quarry in the world of the dump truck BelAZ-75710 450 tons – editor’s note Techcult.ru).
Overcame a 10-degree uphill in a bird’s-eye, soros delivered 12 kph and and and + well, which was partnered by Caterpillar on the project of large mining companies BHP, Freeport-McMoRan, Newmont Corporation, Rio Tinto and Teck Resources Limited , because in the future they plan to use cargo electric vehicles in their activities.
Source: Tech Cult
