Rio Tinto is partnering with China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to demonstrate battery swap electric haul truck technology at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia.
Battery swapping allows an electric vehicle to quickly exchange a discharged battery pack for a fully charged one, instead of recharging the vehicle at a static charging station.
Rio Tinto said it will work with China's State Power Investment on a trial of battery swap electric haul truck technology at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia.
Rio Tinto said the technology is already in use at mining operations in China, adding that it will use the trucks to perform tailings dam rehabilitation work and topsoil movement. The vehicles ...