XCMG ZNK95 "Huaneng Ruichi" driverless electric mining truck

A cabless 90-tonne battery-electric haul truck with swappable batteries, run over a 5G-Advanced network at Huaneng's Yimin open-pit coal mine. Sources credit XCMG with the truck and Huawei with the driving and network software.

Price: —Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
Autonomy: DriverlessHow it runs
Driverless: In serviceSince 2025-05
Fleet: 100Reported; details below
Speed: —Not published
Payload: 90000 kgCarries more than 25%

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Why it matters

Billed by its makers as the first mine to run 100 fully driverless, all-electric haul trucks.

Real-world use

A 100-truck fleet entered service at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia in May 2025, with plans for 300.

Timeline

First shown: 2025-05
Released: 2025-05

Fleet commissioning at Huaneng Yimin mine, Inner Mongolia

Maker

XCMGCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status: Driverless in service
Where it runs: Yimin open-pit coal mine, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China
Driverless since: 2025-05
Fleet: 100 trucks (Huaneng/XCMG, May 2025); expansion to 300 planned
Rides, miles or loads: Operator claims about 20% higher transport efficiency than crewed trucks (May 2025)

How it stacks up

Against other mining that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

XCMG ZNK95 "Huaneng Ruichi" driverless electric mining truck carries more than 25% of the 4 other mining that publish a payload. Bars show the 4 closest in date.

Payload 90000 kg 60000 kg300000 kg #4 of 5 · carries more than 25%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention XCMG ZNK95 "Huaneng Ruichi" driverless electric mining truck gets, from open data.

No Wikipedia article of its own yet
No recent press stories listed yet
about 100 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
1 reported deployment

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement: Wheeled base
How it runs: Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every XCMG (for China Huaneng; software with Huawei) vehicle in order.

XCMG also makes 1 machine. See every XCMG robot

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price: Not publishedNot sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
How to get one: No official buying page found

Where it works

1 reported deployment.

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Deployed

China Huaneng · Yimin open-pit coal mine · Hulunbuir · since 2025-05 · 100 units

China Huaneng put 100 driverless battery-electric XCMG ZNK95 trucks into service at the Yimin open-pit coal mine. 100 ZNK95 battery-electric driverless trucks (electrive, May 2025) electrive

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

electrive 100 autonome E-Lkw von XCMG in chinesischem Tagebau im Einsatz InsideEVs China one-ups the world with the first driverless electric mining trucks Truck & Bus Builder Fleet of 100 autonomous trucks deployed in Chinese mine South China Morning Post China deploys world's largest fleet of driverless mining trucks powered by Huawei tech

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