Truck & Off-Highway Engineering - December 2024 - 23

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
Liebherr, Fortescue reveal towering battery-electric T 264 haul truck
Liebherr and Fortescue unveiled their
first autonomous battery-electric T 264
haul truck at MINExpo 2024, garnering a
steady stream of attendees eyeing and
climbing on the giant machine. The truck
is the culmination of nearly three years
of development work and collaboration
among the autonomy and zero-emission
units of Liebherr and Fortescue. The T
264 electric hauler features a 3.2-MWh
battery system, comprising eight subpacks,
developed by Fortescue Zero.
Fortescue also developed a stationary
fast-charging solution to support
the new T 264. The charger will be
available in both manual and robotic
versions. An automated quick charger
of up to 6 MW with two megawatt
charging system (MCS) plugs can reportedly
charge the current batteryelectric
T 264 in 30 minutes.
The truck on display at MINExpo was
equipped with the Autonomous
Haulage Solution (AHS) that was jointly
developed by both companies. The AHS
includes an Energy Management
System that coordinates the static recharge
assignments for the trucks and
ensures the charger is fully utilized
without causing queuing on site, the
companies said.
Liebherr
unveiled its
autonomous
batteryelectric
T 264
haul truck at
MINExpo 2024
in September.
Onsite validation
of the truck will
commence at
the end of 2025.
" We wanted to design and build an
intelligent, state-of-the-art AHS that not
only includes the know-how from both
an OEM and a mining operator generated
over the last few years but will also
be able to integrate with new zero-emission
solutions in the future, " said Oliver
Weiss, executive vice president, R&D,
engineering and production, LiebherrMining
Equipment SAS. " Therefore, control
and command of zero-emission mining
technologies were included in the
AHS from the outset. The fleet management
assignment engine at the core of
the AHS monitors fleet energy levels so
that jobs and energy replenishment
tasks can be assigned efficiently. "
Onsite validation of the T 264 battery-electric
truck will commence at the
end of 2025.
The autonomous T 264 electric hauler features a 3.2-MWh battery system developed by Fortescue
Zero. One of eight subpacks is shown here.
TRUCK & OFF-HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Hundreds of T 264 electric
haulers coming by 2030
Liebherr and Fortescue also announced
a significant expansion of their partnership
at MINExpo. The two companies
will develop and validate a range of
Liebherr mining machines incorporating
Fortescue Zero's battery power system.
Fortescue's operations in Western
Australia will eventually run 475 new
zero-emission machines, including
about 360 battery-electric T 264 trucks
with the Autonomous Haulage Solution.
The total value of the partnership is up
to US$2.8 billion.
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