Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson: We're witnessing the potential dawn of a new, cleaner era in mining as Hitachi tests the world’s first ultra-large, fully electric mining dump truck.

This Huge Electric Dump Truck Never Needs to Plug In Called the eDumper, the massive truck relies on regenerative braking to recover some of its energy as it slows down. Let's break down the physics.

Mining is inherently dirty work, but it is set to get a little cleaner on the back of a heavy duty electric vehicle currently under development. Some time in the next few months, the Komatsu HD ...

The eDumper is a gigantic battery-powered dump truck built by Swiss outfit eMining. The 65-ton truck is powered by a 600 kilowatt-hour battery pack that has six times the capacity of any electric ...

The world's biggest electric vehicle—a 45-ton mining dump truck dubbed the eDumper—may have to cede its throne. ... Thank the electric motors, which are serious workhorses.

The world's biggest truck is powered by an electric drive system consisting of four electric motors from Siemens, each with an output of 1,200 kilowatts (approximately 1,800 hp), that keep the ...

Read about the 10 largest dump trucks with diesel engines that weigh 25,000 pounds and have up to 12 ... Most of these trucks use hybrid diesel-electric drive systems to maximize efficiency and ...

They offer motor power levels: 1 kW, 2 kW, 3 kW, and for those that want to go wild, 7kW. Weight appears to increase considerably from the 520-kilogram (1,150-pound) little guy up to that 1,400 ...

In the Quintessenza, the rear motors make 670 horsepower (500 kW) each, while the front units churn out 402 hp (300 kW) each, for a grand total of 2,145 hp (1,600 kW). These are still estimated ...

If you want a decent electric pickup truck from the likes of Tesla or General Motors, be prepared to drain your bank account. The non-work-truck version of the 2025 Chevy Silverado EV starts at ...

That’s because this new dump truck has some serious junk in the trunk. Advertisement - scroll for more content This ain’t no cutesy little scaled-down F-150 knockoff.

The trucks are rear-wheel drive, with a 13-hp (10-kw) AC synchronous motor that’s geared very low for torque multiplication and the low 50-mph top speed. The base price of the trucks is $14,950.