pinkfootthegoose t1_j57l0xb wrote on January 20, 2023 at 11:21 PM

I thought they were already switching to EVs for large construction and mining equipment. Caterpillar just released a model I think. The weight of the batteries are of no concern then they usually add counter weights for those vehicles anyway.

earthman34 t1_j57pz0n wrote on January 20, 2023 at 11:56 PM

Only in your imagination. There's no infrastructure to support large electric vehicles, and no economic incentive to buy them. Like a lot of people, you see one article about some prototype somebody built, and you assume a million cash-strapped construction companies running on narrow margins are suddenly borrowing billions of dollars to buy fleets of vehicles that don't exist that have no support infrastructure.

pinkfootthegoose t1_j57xsc7 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 12:53 AM

hey dummy. battery powered mining equipment has already made inroad for underground work. (though no very large yet) most indoor PITs are already electrical in nature and it's not a huge leap for manufactures to move onto mining and construction.

If you even bothered to do a bit of searching you will see that several companies are already moving forward in electrically powered mining equipment. China is especially prominent in this field.