The two companies have pledged to continue developing autonomous driving technology in mining trucks, focusing on operations at Rio Tinto’s iron ore mine, called Channar mine, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The initiative will use 7.5-megawatt bus batteries taken from forty-three electric VDL buses in operation in Eindhoven since 2016 and repurpose them for stationary applications.

The two companies will pilot the autonomous truck between Södertälje and Jönköping in Sweden, a 300-kilometre journey between two of HAVI’s logistics hubs.

e-Sys is the name of a traction e-axle for semi-trailer undergoing trials in Brazil through project partners, Randon, Suspensys and BRF.

Horiba MIRA has opened a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) testing centre spread over an 850-hectare site at its research and testing facility in Nuneaton.

Over six weeks, the Volta Zero covered over 2,500 kilometres at varying speeds, during peak temperatures of 39 degrees Celsius in the daytime and 28 degrees at night, to test the motor and batteries.

The 'NextETRUCK' project, co-funded by Horizon Europe, will deploy medium-duty electric trucks in pilots in three European cities in Spain and the Netherlands.

Meritor announced that in May this year it opened a new purpose-built test chamber for heavy-duty electric powertrains and drivetrain development at its brake manufacturing and global disc brake research facility in Cwmbran, UK.

Volvo has delivered an autonomous heavy-duty off-road truck with hand-held remote control and monitoring system from up to two miles away.

Over several weeks, Tevva tested its 7.5-tonne battery-electric truck by driving it up to heights of 3,000 metres above sea level whilst fully laden with a 2.5-tonne cargo.

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