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The autonomous mining experts at SafeAI collaborated with Obayashi Corp. to build a self-driving battery electric haul truck.
The Caterpillar 797F is renowned as the second-largest truck in the world, a true titan in the mining and heavy-duty hauling industries. This colossal machine is designed to carry massive loads ...
Heavy equipment giant Caterpillar will work with aggregates producer CRH to put its 70- to 100-ton battery electric off-highway mining trucks to the test — marking the first time a truck like ...
The massive heavy equipment created by Caterpillar can be found across job sites in the U.S., but what does it take to actually operate one?
Also, to replace diesel, BHP has been working with Caterpillar since 2021 to support the development of battery-electric trucks. In 2024, BHP agreed to trial large battery-powered haul trucks ...
Caterpillar is a world leader in the heavy machinery manufacturing segment and it recently posted a video announcing successful completion of a test of its new electric mining truck, called the ...
Electrifying a mining truck makes a tremendous amount of sense: these mammoth vehicles regularly haul heavy loads on relatively short routes. Caterpillar explained the customers who opted to ...
The Cat 3406E-powered truck, with a 330-inch wheelbase, hauls oversize and overweight freight.
Editor's note: This article has been updated with details about the conversion process. Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) will convert is fleet of 33 Cat 793 haul trucks at its Bagdad mine in Arizona to an ...
The W900 put in more than six decades of service and is now being put out to pasture as Kenworth focuses on the next generation of trucks.
Caterpillar teams up with Luminar to add its cutting-edge LiDAR technology to heavy machinery to boost automation, safety and efficiency.