A fleet of 100 electric driverless coal-mining trucks has been put into operation in Mongolia, coordinated by AI running on a 5G-A network. The project is expected to grow, bringing new safety and efficiency to China’s coal-mining industry.
While the negative environmental impacts of coal are well known, the substance is still very much in use as a fuel source around the globe. According to Enerdata, the global growth of coal use has cooled from about 6% in 2022 to about 2.2% in 2023. But in China, India, and Vietnam, use of the energy source has surged during the same period with growth rates equaling 6.9%, 9.9%, and 25% respectively. India and China now account for 71% of global coal consumption, with the latter currently developing 1,280 million tonnes per year of new mining capacity – which is about half of the world’s proposed capacity.
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