[VIDEO] Volvo to Display HX1 Autonomous Electric Dump Truck at CONEXPO

At its Xploration Forum in Eskilstuna, Sweden, Volvo Construction Equipment demonstrated the prototype HX1 autonomous, battery-electric load carrier.

As its Xploration Forum in Eskilstuna, Sweden, Volvo Construction Equipment demonstrated the prototype HX1 autonomous, battery-electric load carrier. The completely cab-less concept vehicle is capable of carrying a 50-metric-tonne payload, and can plot its own course to load and dump sites, sensing obstructions and hazards to avoid along the way. The HX1 will serve along with a hybrid wheel loader and a grid-connected excavator as part of an electric site research project hosted at one of Skanska Sweden's quarry sites.

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