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Rio Tinto and Caterpillar team up on green autonomous trucks

A MEMORANDUM of understanding has been signed under which Caterpillar and Rio Tinto will collaborate to develop zero-emissions autonomous haul trucks for one of Rio Tinto’s Western Australian mines.

Caterpillar and Rio Tinto will be working to create a zero-emissions autonomous haul truck based on the Caterpillar 793 platform.

Caterpillar and Rio Tinto will be working to create a zero-emissions autonomous haul truck based on the Caterpillar 793 platform.

The zero-emissions haul truck will be based on Caterpillar's 220t payload 793 platform. It is unclear whether the truck will use a battery-electric power plant or some other means of motivation. ...

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