ELECTRIFYING THE FUTURE UNDERGROUND.
BATTERY AND ELECTRIC MACHINES is the“ Amper” locomotive, designed and manufactured in collaboration with its longstanding partner, UiK S. A.( Urzadzenia i Konstrukcje).
“ Thanks to the integrated pantograph and battery solutions, the locomotive can operate on sections of the route where the installation of a catenary system is not feasible,” the company explains.“ Additionally, the locomotive can be equipped with optional features such as air conditioning, an anti-collision system, or localisation.”
This locomotive is ideally suited for hardrock mining environments but is also highly effective in industrial settings or as a tunnel construction aid, the company says.
Volvo CE electrifies articulated haulers
Volvo Construction Equipment( Volvo CE) introduced the new A30 Electric and A40 Electric articulated haulers at bauma 2025: machines that represent the first serialproduced battery-electric articulated haulers of their size class.
With a payload of 29 t and 39 t respectively, these machines are now among the largest in Volvo CE’ s electric portfolio and are planned to be available to select customers in Europe from 2026.
The latest addition to the Becker-Warkop family of modern battery systems is the“ Amper” locomotive, designed and manufactured in collaboration with its long-standing partner, UiK S. A
The launch follows the company’ s recent unveiling of a new generation of conventional articulated haulers. Volvo CE says that, together, both the new electric and conventional ranges offer customers a pioneering and productive solution for wherever they are on their transformation journeys.
Thanks to their powerful lithium-ion batteries, the A30 Electric hauler and A40 Electric hauler are designed to offer a runtime of 4-4.5 hours across most applications. Ideal applications include
downhill load carrying and uphill empty runs, tunnel work and quarries and underground operations, where emission reduction is critical. Fast charging from 20-80 % in around one hour is made possible when using a DC charging solution with a maximum charging capacity of 350 kW. What is more, when powered by renewable energy these two machines offer a CO 2 saving of 84 %( for the A30 Electric) and 90 %( for the A40 Electric) across their entire lifecycle, when compared to their diesel equivalents.
ELECTRIFYING THE FUTURE UNDERGROUND.
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