[baseline-shift]

I can see EV for next-gen mining equipment, the sort of behemoth that the wheels alone dwarf a man standing next to one - and still needded for mining new climate tech energy likel lithium, copper, silicon - but jeez, just some truck?

[micwag]

Not quite a behemoth but there is already a 120 ton mining EV:

https://www.emining.ch/

[kalleboo]

I thought mining equipment like that already was electric?

1978: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

> Gross power: 16.56 megawatts of externally supplied electricity

[XorNot]

EV for mining is already a big deal: you don't want to run diesel equipment underground in an enclosed space.

The optimisation for mining would be replacing more of the surface diesel generators with solar + batteries as a logistics optimisation.

[pornel]

There is an electric mining truck: https://electrek.co/2022/11/23/caterpillar-demonstrates-firs...

Already in operation: https://youtu.be/6TxMeHRq1mk?t=178