Caterpillar Successfully Commissioned First Large, Battery-Powered Mining Truck

January 10, 2023

Caterpillar recently announced，Successfully commissioned its first battery-powered 793 large mining Truck。

Have been involved with Caterpillar“Early Learning Project”With the support of major mining customers，Caterpillar completes development of its first battery-powered 793 prototype。BHP Billiton、Freeport McMoRan、Newmont Mining、Project participants such as Rio Tinto and Teck Resources have signed clear electrification agreements for this purpose.。

Caterpillar's Group President for Resources

Denise JohnsonExpress：

“Caterpillar's global team works together，Accelerate development of Caterpillar's first battery-powered mining Truck，Helping customers deliver on their commitment to sustainability。This trial run is an important milestone.。We are excited about the prospect of these Trucks working in the mines of customers around the world in the near future.。”

“Early Learning Project”Launched in 2021，The focus is to accelerate the development and testing of Caterpillar battery-powered trucks at the mine sites of customers participating in the project.。“Early Learning Project”Participating enterprises will be supported in meeting their respective commitments to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their operations。The primary goal of this project is to enable Caterpillar and its customers to work more closely together as the industry undergoes the Energy Transformation transformation.。

Clients involved in early learning projects，Together, they witnessed the field test run of Caterpillar battery-powered prototype trucks within 7 kilometers of the site.。During the exhibition activities，Caterpillar has monitored a total ofMore than 1100Source of data，Collected per second110,000Data point，To validate simulation and engineering modeling capabilities。At full load to rated capacity，The truck can reach a top speed of60 kilometers/Hour。Loaded truck at 10%1 km on uphill gradient ground，12 kilometers per hour/Hour。The prototype truck is also at 10.%Drove 1 km on downhill grade ground，Captures energy normally lost to heat，And regenerate it into that battery。After completion of the entire test run，The truck still has enough power to make multiple round trips.。

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