TECHNOLOGY

Battery for FMG

FORTESCUE Metals Group has received a prototype battery system designed for a 240t payload battery electric surface mining haul truck it is developing with Liebherr.

A Liebherr haul truck at FFI.

A Liebherr haul truck at FFI.

The prototype has been developed by Williams Advanced Engineering Technologies, a Formula 1 offshoot FMG bought about one year ago for $310 million. The 1.4 megawatt hour prototype power system weighs...

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