Caterpillar Inc. has been working on electric drive mining trucks for nearly 40 years, before the industry even wanted them. Now that the industry is ready and demand is starting to kick in, ...

Vale, Caterpillar, and Sotreq have signed an agreement to expand the fleet of autonomous haul trucks in iron ore operations ...

The Northern System currently operates 14 autonomous haul trucks with capacities up to 320 tons. Under the new agreement, the ...

The Cat 794 AC electric mining truck is now equipped with Cat MineStar Command for autonomous operation. The package allows the haul truck not only be operated autonomously, but also to interact with ...

Is driving one of the world's largest mining trucks on your personal bucket list? If it's not, perhaps it should be. Standing as tall as a two-story house, the Caterpillar 789D is a touch larger than ...

PEORIA – Using a world-class soccer player to illustrate the abilities of an autonomously driven 575-ton Caterpillar mining truck shows how graceful and precise the machines can be. "Globally, our ...

Caterpillar and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement for retrofitting nineteen Cat 793F mining trucks for autonomous operation at the Marandoo iron ore mine in Western Australia. Caterpillar will also ...

Caterpillar Inc. has been working on electric drive mining trucks for nearly 40 years, before the industry even wanted them. Now that the industry is ready and demand is starting to kick in, ...

Caterpillar has demonstrated its first battery-electric mining truck in prototype form. The Caterpillar 793 is a large mining dump truck with a battery-electric powertrain. It was developed in ...

As automakers aim to produce more electric cars and trucks, Caterpillar has shown that battery-electric powertrains can scale up to something much larger. The company recently demonstrated a mammoth ...

This video showcases the creation of a wooden model of the Caterpillar 785 D Mining Dump Truck, highlighting the woodworking ...

The new Cat® trolley assist system for Cat electric drive mining trucks is now available for mining operations seeking a means to reduce carbon emissions, lower fuel and engine costs, and boost ...