Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will play a role in improving health and safety, boosting efficiencies and achieving sustainability goals, including by combining on-mine renewable energy generation with BEVs, says mining equipment company Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. “In countries where grid power is unreliable, this strategy also holds the promise of more streamlined and uninterrupted operations,” adds Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions load and haul business line manager Deon Lambert.