An electric drive system for the world's largest truck
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
The world's biggest truck is powered by an electric drive system consisting of four electric motors from Siemens, each with an output of 1,200 kilowatts (approximately 1,800 hp), that keep the more than 800-ton GVW vehicle moving on the road. The first BelAZ 75710 model recently began operating at a Siberian mine in the Kuzbass region of Russia. The truck is more than 20 meters long, almost ten meters wide, and eight meters high. It weighs 360 tons when empty and can transport around 450 tons of cargo, a volume that corresponds to a fully loaded Airbus A380 airplane.