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An ETF battery electric haul train carrying ore along a haul road in an open-pit mine

Battery electric with energy harvesting

The largest mining trucks in the world run on batteries

ETF builds battery electric all-wheel-drive surface mining vehicles carrying 200 to 800 metric tonnes. There is no diesel engine and no turbine anywhere in the drivetrain. Only batteries.

See the range How we contract
Payload range
200-800t
Technical availability
95%
Wheel or battery change
15min
Emissions at the face
0
  • All wheel drive
  • All wheel steering
  • Zero emissions
  • No tyres to go flat
  • 24.16 m haul road
  • Components swapped in 15 minutes
  • 95% technical availability
  • Paid per tonne
  • Works in rain, snow and fog
  • 200 to 800 tonnes
Why ETF

Four things a diesel fleet cannot do

This is not a diesel truck with the engine swapped out. The drivetrain, the steering, the wheels and the way the machine gets maintained were redesigned together rather than one at a time, which is why the four claims below hold at once.

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    The largest trucks built

    The range starts at 200 metric tonnes of payload and runs up to 800 tonnes in the D8. Nothing else on the market carries that much.

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    More output from the same pit

    Narrower haul roads leave more of the pit as reserve instead of road. That extra output goes straight onto the mine as profit, on top of what the haulage itself saves.

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    Nothing burns at the face

    Every ETF machine is fully electric and harvests its retarding energy. No diesel engine, no turbine, so no emissions underground or on the bench, and very little noise.

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    95% technical availability

    Components get exchanged rather than repaired on the vehicle. The truck goes back to work while the component is rebuilt in the workshop, which is why maintenance cost and downtime sit well below a diesel fleet.

Product range

Every model runs on the same haul road

Width is 7.6 m and height is 6.3 m right across the range, so an 800 tonne truck uses the same road as a 200 tonne truck. The bigger models are not built from different parts. They carry more of the same axles and wheels.

Model Payload Power Total length Turning circlebetween walls Neutral turnbetween walls
D2 200 t 1,600 kW 12.5 m 20.7 m 12.5 m
D3 300 t 2,400 kW 14.2 m 22.7 m 14.2 m
D4 400 t 3,200 kW 15.8 m 24.6 m 15.8 m
D5 500 t 4,000 kW 19.1 m 28.3 m 19.1 m
D6 600 t 4,800 kW 22.4 m 32.3 m 22.4 m
D8 800 t 6,400 kW 29.0 m 40.2 m 29.0 m
  • Width 7.6 m the same on every model
  • Height 6.3 m the same on every model
  • Haul road width 24.16 m trucks and haul trains alike
  • Drive All wheel drive with all wheel steering
  • Braking ABS and traction control on every wheel

Because of the modular design there is always a truck that meets the requirements of the project. All types can be supplied in haul train configuration.

Front three-quarter view of an ETF mining truck on a haul road
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Less road means more mine

Steering on all wheels gives every ETF truck a very short turning radius. Trucks and haul trains both need a total haul road width of 24.16 metres. Comparable large haul trucks need between 3.68 and 7.22 metres more than that.

Those metres come off the pit wall and go back into the reserve. Across a mine that is somewhere between 1,656,000 and 3,249,000 BCM of extra output, from roads that also cost less to build and less to maintain.

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Business model

ETF does not sell trucks

Equipment is supplied only under an Integrated Mining Haulage Contract. ETF does the loading and the hauling, maintains the haul roads, and the mine pays a fixed amount per tonne.

  • Paid per tonne

    A fixed amount per tonne for the full ten years, so you always know your cost per tonne.

  • No capital expenditure

    The mine owner finances no equipment. ETF supplies it, operates it and maintains it.

  • Ten year contract

    A fleet this size and a workshop on site both need a long commitment on either side.

  • Workshop on site

    ETF builds a workshop at your mine and staffs it with technicians, tools and parts.

  • More net mine output

    Much narrower haul roads leave more of the pit as mine rather than road.

  • Production in rain, snow and fog

    The fleet keeps producing in weather that parks conventional trucks, which shows up quickly in the cash flow of the mine.

  • Fully managed by ETF

    Operators, warranty, tyres, spare part availability and mechanics are all ETF responsibility rather than yours.

How the contract works
Eddy de Jongh, Founder & CEO of ETF
A message from the CEO

We are ready to supply AWD mining haulage trucks carrying 200 to 800 metric tonnes. Battery electric, all wheel drive, surface mining vehicles with energy harvesting. Zero emissions and low noise, with no diesel engines or turbines. Only batteries.

This site is where we set out what our products and our innovations actually do. Enjoy reading.

Eddy de Jongh Founder & CEO