Autonomous, battery-swap mining truck gets big-buck boost from BYD [video]
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/boonray.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Chinese equipment brand Boonray has developed an autonomous, <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/03/sandvik-bringing-battery-swap-mining-rigs-to-eldorado-gold-mine/">battery-swapping electric mining truck</a> that it hopes will revolutionize the global mining industry – and <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/02/byd-crushes-tesla-all-electric-sales-for-2025-secures-global-bev-crown/">global EV leader BYD</a> just gave it a multimillion dollar vote of confidence.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/07/autonomous-battery-swap-mining-truck-gets-big-buck-boost-from-byd/#more-454782">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/boonray.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600" /></div><p>Chinese equipment brand Boonray has developed an autonomous, <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/03/sandvik-bringing-battery-swap-mining-rigs-to-eldorado-gold-mine/">battery-swapping electric mining truck</a> that it hopes will revolutionize the global mining industry – and <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/02/byd-crushes-tesla-all-electric-sales-for-2025-secures-global-bev-crown/">global EV leader BYD</a> just gave it a multimillion dollar vote of confidence.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/07/autonomous-battery-swap-mining-truck-gets-big-buck-boost-from-byd/#more-454782">more…</a>