Scania and LKAB Raise The Bar For Electric Mining Trucks
Scania and LKAB are strengthening their partnership as they push mining transport further into the electric era. Their newest achievement is a fully electric 8x4 heavy tipper—Scania’s first worldwide with two steerable front axles—now operating at LKAB’s Malmberget mine in northern Sweden.
Nicknamed “Sleipner” after Odin’s eight-legged steed, the truck represents power, innovation, and dependability. It is also Scania’s first electric model with dual steerable front axles, engineered on the modular electric platform to boost load-carrying capability and stability on demanding mine roads—a robust solution for a demanding environment.
With LKAB moving more than 5 million tonnes of waste rock each year, the potential CO₂ reductions are substantial, showcasing the real-world impact of Scania’s practical electrification strategy.
Leading the way with next-gen electric mining trucks
Sleipner serves the utility and mining segment by hauling waste rock from a chute loading station to a backfilling area at Tingvallskulle—a roughly 5-kilometre route that climbs 250 metres. Fully loaded, it weighs 60 tonnes, including a 38-tonne payload.
Equipped with two MP20 battery packs totaling 416 kWh and a 400 kW EM C 1-4 electric motor, the truck fully replaces its combustion counterpart, proving that Scania’s electric technology can perform in the harshest mining environments.
Driving progress through collaboration
This latest vehicle builds on the success of the electric Scania 6x4 heavy tipper introduced in Malmberget in 2022. Alongside forward-thinking partners like LKAB, Scania continues to test, refine, and advance new electrified solutions under real operating conditions.
