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  • Mining equipment and technology executives shaking hands.

    ABB, Komatsu partner to electrify mining

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Aug 16, 2024

    Global electrification and equipment companies join forces to develop zero-emission solutions for mining. To accelerate the development of technologies that will help global mining companies achieve their climate goals, ABB and Komatsu are collaborating on the development of technologies to reduce and eventually eliminate the need for diesel to fuel the heavy machinery that does the digging and hauling at mines around the world. Under a strategic agreement, ABB and Komatsu...

  • Taiga Motors newest all-electric jet ski, the Orca racing over waves.

    Taiga splashes into summer with Orca EV

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 26, 2022

    After meeting the challenge of developing an electrifying green alternative to winter sport engines, Taiga Motors Inc. is now making a splash into summer with its Orca line of electric watercraft or jet skis. You can read about Taiga snowmobiles at Motorsport electrification begins with Taiga in the April 13, 2022, edition of Metal Tech News. Taiga's revolutionary all-electric Orca Carbon watercraft combines an innovative and optimized design, alongside exclusive cutting-edge...

  • Taiga Motors all-electric snowmobile ore snowmachine in Canada

    Motorsport electrification begins with Taiga

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Although the weather is warming as spring arrives to the Northern Hemisphere, fans of winter sports can look forward to the latest addition to electrification with Taiga Motors Inc. announcing the launch of a battery-electric snowmobile, a first for the company and world. Hoping to electrify snowmobiles since its inception in 2015, Canada-based Taiga has long been ahead of the curve and has been determined to transform motorsports with the adoption of electrification. Yet, it...

  • Teck Resources Caterpillar MEDATech ALTDRIVE Western Star electric haul truck

    Teck pilots electric concentrate haulers

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Toward its goal of eliminating 1,000 internal combustion vehicles from its fleet by 2025, Teck Resources Ltd. is piloting a fully electric on-highway transport truck to haul copper concentrates the roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) from its Highland Valley Mine in southern British Columbia and a rail loading facility in the town of Ashcroft. The Canadian miner says this will mark a world's first when it comes to battery-electric truck hauling copper concentrates from a mine....

  • Terra 360 ABB EV electric vehicle fastest charger modular mining electrification

    ABB unveils fastest EV charger on Earth

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Nov 16, 2021

    In a move that will put refueling electric vehicles closer to par with internal combustion cars, ABB has launched an all-in-one EV charger that offers the fastest charging experience on the market. According to the Sweden-based electrification and automation company, its new Terra 360 modular charger has a maximum output of 360 kilowatts, enough to add 60 miles (100 kilometers) of range to an EV in less than three minutes or fully charge an electric car in about 15 minutes....