The TA15 - part of the TARA autonomous transport solution from Volvo Autonomous Solutions - has won a Red Dot Award for product design - the most globally-recognized mark for industrial design quality.
The battery-electric load carrier is a new machine concept, compared to traditional off road hauling, and forms one element of Volvo Autonomous Solutions' TARA transport solution. It is designed to disrupt today's off-road hauling.
The hauler runs on a battery-electric drivetrain based on shared technology from the Volvo Group. The automation system uses GPS, Lidar, Radar and multiple sensors. Being autonomous, the TA15 has no need for a cabin - making for a dramatically new machine profile.
With a 15 tonne hauling capacity, TA15 forms part of the wider TARA autonomous transport solution concept, so that a series of them can be connected together to form a ‘train' of machines, for maximum loading and hauling efficiency. The TA15 will be a critical element of the TARA electric and autonomous transport solution.
The autonomous electric hauler was, and will continue to be, developed by Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) based on the former HX02 concept and has now been handed over for commercialization to Volvo Autonomous Solutions, a new business area of the Volvo Group. Operational since 1st January 2020, Volvo Autonomous Solutions' objective is to ‘accelerate the development, commercialization and sales of autonomous transport solutions, as a complement to the Volvo Group's current products and services'. Volvo CE also won a Red Dot award itself this year, for a machine that, due to the coronavirus outbreak, will be introduced to the market later this year.
