From cars to mining trucks - BEML’s 60-ton electric mining truck marks India’s EV shift into heavy industry
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- ✓BEML Limited unveiled a 60-ton electric dump truck, the BH60-EV, at its Mysuru Complex.
- ✓This move marks India’s shift into heavy industrial electric vehicles.
- ✓The truck uses a 1,000 kWh battery and aims to cut operating costs by 40–60%.
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India’s electric vehicle transition is expanding beyond passenger cars, two-wheelers and buses, with state-owned BEML Limited unveiling a 60-ton electric dump truck for the mining and infrastructure sectors.
BEML unveiled the BH60-EV, which it describes as India’s first indigenously designed and developed 60-ton electric dump truck, at its Mysuru Complex. The launch marks the company’s latest move to bring electric mobility technology to heavy-duty industrial applications traditionally dominated by diesel-powered equipment.
The next-generation electric dump truck was virtually launched by Shantanu Roy, CMD, BEML Limited, in the presence of the company’s functional directors, senior officers and employees.
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