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Sandvik jumps on the diesel-electric train

SANDVIK has joined the trend of original equipment manufacturers looking at diesel-electric motivation for underground equipment, saying it will develop a diesel-electric range of underground loaders and trucks to complement its battery-electric offerings.

 Sandvik's diesel-electric demonstrator.

Sandvik's diesel-electric demonstrator.

It appears this diesel-electric approach is becoming something of a trend. At the beginning of May Caterpillar announced a diesel-electric load haul dump machine the 18.5t payload R2900 XE. Komatsu's...

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