Hitachi Construction Machinery · autonomous mining truck
Hitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3
Hitachi's autonomous haulage system fitted to its 300-tonne-class EH5000AC-3 trucks, combining Wenco fleet software with Hitachi vehicle control. Its first commercial fleet is at Whitehaven Coal's Maules Creek mine in New South Wales.
- Price
- —Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2020-03
- Fleet
- 28Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Payload
- 300000 kgCarries more than 100%
Why it matters
First commercial autonomous fleet from Hitachi, the third big Japanese truck maker to offer autonomy.
Real-world use
Commercial work began at Maules Creek in March 2020 with six trucks; 28 EH5000s, about 60% of the site's trucks, had AHS by June 2023.
Maker
Hitachi Construction MachineryCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Maules Creek coal mine, New South Wales, Australia
- Driverless since
- 2020-03
- Fleet
- 28 EH5000 trucks fitted with AHS at end-June 2023 (Whitehaven via International Mining, Aug 2023); no later count found
How it stacks up
Against other mining that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Hitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3 carries more than 100% of the 4 other mining that publish a payload. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Hitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- about 5,000 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
- 1 reported deployment
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
Hitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3 is the only vehicle from Hitachi Construction Machinery in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNot sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Whitehaven Coal · Maules Creek coal mine · Boggabri · since 2020-03 · 6 units
Whitehaven started autonomous overburden haulage with Hitachi EH5000 trucks and Hitachi's AHS at Maules Creek in early 2020. initial fleet of 6 EH5000 trucks, plan for up to 45 within three years (International Mining, Apr 2020) International Mining
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 | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3Hitachi Construction Machinery |  SANY SKT90E unmanned electric wide-body mining truckSANYSame job: overburden haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Driverless MT4400 220-tonne haul trucks (Baorixile mine)Waytous (Huituo) with CASIC Aerospace Heavy IndustrySame job: coal mining · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  EACON L4 autonomous mining trucks (ORCASTRA)EACON Mining TechnologySame job: overburden haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2018-07 | 2020 | 2020-05 | 2018 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 44 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | 300000 kg | 60000 kg | 220000 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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