SANY Group has shipped its first batch of SKT110Ei pure-electric autonomous mining trucks to South America, the Changsha-based heavy machinery maker said on August 20, 2026, marking its first autonomous mining truck deployment in Latin America.
An Integrated Fleet, Not Just Trucks
The project bundles an autonomous truck fleet with an intelligent dispatching system and lifecycle operations and maintenance services, tailored to a customer running open-pit operations in South America. SANY says the package integrates autonomous trucks, roadside infrastructure and cloud-based dispatching alongside localized service teams — a full-stack sale rather than a hardware handover.
The SKT110Ei is designed for high reliability, low energy consumption and long duty cycles, and runs on SANY's in-house autonomous driving system. The trucks left the SANY Shenyang Heavy Equipment Industrial Park earlier in August.
A Cabless Follow-On
At its 2026 Mining Summit, SANY unveiled a cabless pure-electric mining truck built on the same architecture. The truck features a liquid-cooled dual-gun ultra-fast charging system and supports three operating modes — on-site takeover, remote takeover and fully autonomous driving — so operators can dial in the level of automation each mine requires.
Scaling An Autonomous Mining Footprint
SANY Intelligent Mining, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed SANY International (631.HK), had deployed more than 300 autonomous mining trucks by July 2026, logging over 13 million kilometres of safe operation and moving more than 41 million cubic metres of earth and rock. The Latin American shipment adds a new continent to a footprint that had been concentrated in China and select Asia-Pacific mines.
The push into South America echoes moves by rivals such as Ouster and AIM REV8 and Mariana Minerals, as autonomous mining shifts from pilot to industrial fleet economics.
Reporting based on coverage from PR Newswire Asia and SANY Group.