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by ajpgrealish 2434 days ago
There is an example of this at the Lumawan Copper Mine in Zambia. It's trucks are powered by overhead cables and electric motors whilst driving up the fixed ramps, It then switches to diesel when moving around away from the ramp. What is really interesting is that this not only reduces fuel use but allows them to move up the ramps much more quickly and improves productivity of the mine.