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I can see EV for next-gen mining equipment, the sort of behemoth that the wheels alone dwarf a man standing next to one - and still needded for mining new clima
by baseline-shift 3y ago
I can see EV for next-gen mining equipment, the sort of behemoth that the wheels alone dwarf a man standing next to one - and still needded for mining new climate tech energy likel lithium, copper, silicon - but jeez, just some truck?
- micwag 3y agoNot quite a behemoth but there is already a 120 ton mining EV: https://www.emining.ch/ https://www.emining.ch/
- XorNot 3y agoEV for mining is already a big deal: you don't want to run diesel equipment underground in an enclosed space. The optimisation for mining would be replacing more of the surface diesel generators with solar + batteries as a logistics optimisation.
- kalleboo 3y agoI thought mining equipment like that already was electric? 1978: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288 > Gross power: 16.56 megawatts of externally supplied electricity
- pornel 3y agoThere is an electric mining truck: https://electrek.co/2022/11/23/caterpillar-demonstrates-first-battery-electric-792-large-mining-truck/ https://electrek.co/2022/11/23/caterpillar-demonstrates-firs... Already in operation: https://youtu.be/6TxMeHRq1mk?t=178 https://youtu.be/6TxMeHRq1mk?t=178