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goingbush
28th November 2019, 08:54 PM
Brilliant Idea if your mine site is ontop of a mountain.

https://www.intelligentliving.co/edumper-largest-ev-never-recharges/

Tombie
28th November 2019, 08:59 PM
Great idea. Small mine site though [emoji41]

45t is Goanna / Moxy territory. When the go 785 or larger that will be a potential game changer.

JDNSW
29th November 2019, 05:52 AM
Brilliant Idea if your mine site is ontop of a mountain.

https://www.intelligentliving.co/edumper-largest-ev-never-recharges/

A bit like the rope haulage used on a few eighteenth century railways with similarly fortunately sited mines.

Loaded wagons going downhill pulled the empty ones uphill - same principle, just using batteries and electric motors instead of rope. Unfortunately, inapplicable for most mines (and other uses).

PhilipA
29th November 2019, 09:18 AM
Bit of a pity that trucks have to haul loads UP out of open cut mines.
I doubt the energy gained by downhill empty would be enough to haul the next load uphill.
Still, seems a good idea for specific mines with a downhill load .
Regards PhilipA