The latest innovation from China’s fast growing autonomous mining truck technology company EACON Mining is the new ET100, a collaboration between EACON and truck OEM major Tonly. The 90 t Hybrid Truck prototype has now surpassed 1,000 hours of on site testing.

Tonly Heavy Industries is EACON Mining’s oldest OEM cooperation partner and the largest producer of wide body dump trucks in China. This new hybrid truck with regenerative braking and smart energy distribution EACON says represents another step forward in the cooperation of EACON and Tonly with a fuel efficient new energy truck solution.

The new truck prototype features drive by wire and an energy control system design by EACON along with a tried and tested base truck from Tonly. Early testing results have been positive, EACON says providing confidence that the ET100 truck will soon reach commercialisation and large scale production.

EACON also works closely with other major Chinese wide body truck makers – including LGMG, with whom it developed the EL100 autonomous hybrid mining truck, of which 100s have now been delivered to TBEA’s South Pit coal mine in China. And EACON has also collaborated closely with Yutong, delivering an autonomous haulage solution for the all battery electric YTK90E truck. A fleet of these trucks has been running very successfully at a limestone mining project of Shandong Honghe Baili Mining.