Huawei’s self-driving and 5G-Advanced technologies have been combined with 100 Huaneng Ruichi trucks to conduct mining operations in Mongolia, China. This is the first time in the world that self-driving and 5G-A technologies have been used in large-scale and real-world operations.
The use of this technology is in response to the Chinese government’s desire to increase the use of safer, smarter electric vehicles and make mining operations greener. Each Huaneng Ruichi truck can carry up to 90 metric tons of cargo with 120% efficiency compared to human truck drivers.
Huawei Cloud provides Commercial Vehicle Autonomous Driving Cloud Service (CVADCS) technology that enables real-time route mapping in mines. According to Huawei, this improves route optimization, reduces waiting times and improves operational efficiency.
Huawei’s 5G-A technology enables data upload speeds of up to 500 Mbps with a latency of 20 ms. Huawei says this technology will be enhanced to allow up to 300 self-driving vehicles to be monitored simultaneously 24 hours a day.