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    Solarh2e battery haul trucks in Australia: design and power notes for mine engineers

    December 17, 2025|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    Solarh2e battery haul trucks in Australia: design and power notes for mine engineers

    First reported on Australian Mining

    30 Second Briefing

    Solarh2e is rolling out SANY SYG3 battery-electric heavy trucks for minerals haulage in Australia, targeting zero-emission freight on mine-to-port and pit-to-plant routes traditionally dominated by diesel prime movers. The SYG3 platform is being integrated with high-capacity charging infrastructure and solar-linked power supply, aiming to support multi-shift operations without range anxiety. For mine operators, the shift demands rethinking haul road power access, charging bay layout, and grid/renewables integration rather than only swapping out existing diesel fleets.

    Technical Brief

    • SANY SYG3 units are configured as prime movers for B-double and road-train minerals haulage.
    • The trucks are designed around high-torque electric drivetrains to handle fully laden ramp gradients.
    • Regenerative braking on downhill loaded runs is expected to materially reduce net energy demand.
    • Charging infrastructure is being planned adjacent to existing haul routes to minimise dead-running and downtime.
    • OEM–operator data sharing on duty cycles and energy use is central to route and charger sizing.
    • For other bulk haul operations, similar corridor-based electrification could defer full pit-fleet replacement.

    Our Take

    Among the 355 Mining stories in our coverage, only a subset of the 718 Projects/Sustainability/Product pieces deal with freight and haulage, so Solarh2e’s focus on zero-emission transport in Australia sits in a relatively specialised niche compared with the more common mine power or processing decarbonisation items.

    Australia features heavily in our minerals coverage as a major exporter, so decarbonising freight there has outsized leverage on embedded emissions in global mineral supply chains, especially for customers facing Scope 3 scrutiny.

    For OEMs like SANY, appearing alongside Solarh2e in a sustainability-tagged minerals story signals that heavy equipment suppliers are now being evaluated not just on productivity but on how well their products integrate with low- or zero-emission freight systems for mining clients.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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