Standing three stories tall and weighing 500 metric tons fully loaded, a typical mining haul truck is one of the largest vehicles on the planet. It also happens to be major emissions contributor in a pollution-heavy sector. According to consulting firm McKinsey, the mining industry annually contributes up to 7% of the world’s carbon emissions.
While hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been around since the 1960s, the implementation of this technology across the mining industry is new, with many companies just beginning to set emissions reduction goals. Before First Mode’s truck, the only other zero-emission vehicle of this scale was an all-electric mining haul truck in Switzerland.
So platinum is now renewable. Who would have thought?
If it blows up, it will reach the moon.
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