Autonomous Trucks
XCMG says it is now taking this truck platform to another level with a new cabless, autonomous and battery electric concept truck it is calling the XDR80TE-AT. The truck is also all electric equipped with a 500 kW/h battery. XCMG says the mine production plan dictates the truck’s destination and it performs its autonomous route planning automatically. Management of the mining trucks is via the control centre with staff able to access complete mine operational details via the system software. XCMG certainly has the financial resources to make it happen – whether it can succeed with this new concept in a real mine and in a real mining fleet remains to be seen.