Tonly Ships 800 Autonomous EV Mining Trucks to Xinjiang
Get the Energy newsletter
Daily energy & climate — solar, EVs, oil, the policy fights and tech bets shaping the transition. Free.
- Tonly signed a deal to deliver 800 autonomous "New Energy" mining trucks to mining firm Xinjiang Hanxiang, announced at its Xinjiang Regional Green Intelligence Mine seminar in Ürümqi.
- Tonly and its green smart mine partners jointly signed a Green Smart Mine Ecological Alliance strategy at the same event.
- TBEA, Guanghui Energy, and Xinjiang Yihua are among the major Xinjiang coal operators already running Tonly's autonomous and electric truck fleets.
- The Tonly TLE135 is a 90-ton payload battery-electric truck supporting high-speed plug-in charging or rapid battery-swapping technology.
- The Tonly DTE145 is a 90-tonne rigid haul truck with a 770 kWh (up to 1,200 kWh) swappable CATL battery, 620 kW (~830 hp) electric drivetrain, and a roughly seven-minute battery swap.
- Grupo Minero Zijin in Peru has deployed 50 DTE145 battery-electric haul trucks as part of Tonly's global fleet.
- Tesla's Robotaxi fleet stands at just 17 units in Austin — a stark contrast to Tonly's autonomous mining deployments.
Why it matters: Tonly's 800 autonomous mining trucks dwarf Tesla's 17-unit Robotaxi fleet, showing where autonomous deployment has actually scaled commercially. Mining operators gain lower fuel costs, reduced maintenance, and seven-minute battery swaps — economics backed by CATL's swappable battery tech on trucks already operating in Xinjiang and Peru.
