EACON Mining Technology · autonomous mining truck
EACON L4 autonomous mining trucks
ORCASTRA
EACON fits its L4 driving kit and fleet software to battery-electric, hybrid and diesel mine trucks from many makers, both at the factory and as retrofits. It runs the world's largest autonomous mine truck fleet, almost all in China.
- Price
- —Not published; sold as autonomy solution and service
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceDriverless in service
- Fleet
- 2,580Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
First autonomous-mining company to list on a stock exchange (Hong Kong, July 2026), and the first operator with more than 2,500 active autonomous mine trucks.
Real-world use
EACON had 2,580 active autonomous trucks across about 30 mines for groups such as CHN Energy, SPIC and TBEA at the end of 2025, including one site with over 500 trucks.
Maker
EACON Mining TechnologyCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- About 30 mines in China (CHN Energy, SPIC, TBEA, Zijin, Baowu and others, mainly Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang coal); partners in Australia (Thiess, MACA)
- Fleet
- 2,580 active autonomous mining trucks at 31 Dec 2025 (prospectus via CnEVPost); company says 3,500+ trucks as of Sept 2026 (Skillings)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention EACON L4 autonomous mining trucks (ORCASTRA) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 3 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
EACON L4 autonomous mining trucks (ORCASTRA) is the only vehicle from EACON Mining Technology in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNot published; sold as autonomy solution and service
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
3 reported deployments.
- Deployed
SPIC · Zhahanaoer coal mine · Hohhot · since 2024 · 135 units
EACON's autonomous haulage fleet at SPIC's Zhahanaoer coal mine in Inner Mongolia grew from 17 trucks in 2024 to 135. 135 autonomous trucks after a 100-truck expansion (International Mining, May 2025) International Mining
- Deployed
TBEA · TBEA South Pit coal mine (Zhundong) · Urumqi · since 2020 · 203 units
EACON has run autonomous stripping and haulage at TBEA's South Pit coal mine in Xinjiang since 2020. 203 autonomous trucks in Oct 2023, up from 39 at end-2022 (EACON, Oct 2023) EACON via AAP / Cision
- Deployed
Xinjiang Energy · Shitoumei coal mine · Urumqi · since 2024 · 23 units
EACON introduced 23 automated hybrid and diesel haul trucks at Xinjiang Energy's Shitoumei coal mine. 13 hybrid EL100 and 10 diesel trucks introduced within 17 days (AMSJ, May 2024) Australian Mining Safety Journal
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | EACON L4 autonomous mining trucks (ORCASTRA)EACON Mining Technology |  Boonray autonomous electric mining trucks (BLEB145A1)Boonray TechnologySame jobs: coal haulage, ore haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  SANY SKT90E unmanned electric wide-body mining truckSANYSame jobs: ore haulage, overburden haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3Hitachi Construction MachinerySame job: overburden haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2018 | 2018 | 2020 | 2018-07 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
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| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | 44 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | 60000 kg | 300000 kg |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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