Tempered in Extreme Cold, Powering the Plateau with Green Energy! Weichai's LOVOL New Energy Equipment Takes on Extreme Challenges

As biting winds sweep across the 4,000-meter-high northwestern plateau and temperatures plummet to over minus 20 degrees Celsius, an extreme test of green technology and willpower is intensely unfolding.

Recently, LOVOL Heavy Industry's extreme-condition testing team, bringing its three flagship new energy products—the FL960-E Ultra electric wheel loader, FR215F-E electric excavator, and LT130E battery-electric mining truck, all equipped with Weichai's new energy power battery—ventured deep into the plateau. In the harsh environment characterized by extreme cold and hypoxia, they subjected the products' performance to the most severe challenges.

Extreme Endurance: Sustained Combat Capability in Low-Temperature Conditions

Range degradation is a major pain point for new energy equipment in extreme cold conditions. However, the LOVOL FL960-E Ultra electric wheel loader shattered this perception with its actual performance.

During a 10-hour continuous operation test, the LOVOL FL960-E Ultra completed 280 full-cycle operations of shoveling, transporting, and unloading, with a cumulative workload exceeding 2,500 tons. At the end of the test, the battery display still showed 18% remaining capacity. Even more astonishingly, throughout the test, the equipment experienced temperature variations from minus 20 degrees Celsius in the early morning to minus 10 degrees Celsius in the afternoon, yet the power output remained consistently stable.

In the charging test, the FL960-E Ultra performed equally impressively. In the environment of over minus 20 degrees Celsius, technicians activated the dual-gun fast charging mode, charging the battery from 20% to 80% in just 40 minutes.

Power Outburst: Thunderous Force in High Altitude and Extreme Cold

During the day at the plateau test site, the LOVOL FR215F-E electric excavator was undergoing an extreme load challenge. The massive bucket cut deeply into the permafrost, and excavation resistance soared instantly. The FR215F-E's permanent magnet synchronous motor erupted with a peak power of 125kW in millisecond-level response, easily breaking through the hard permafrost as if slicing through tofu.

An on-site test engineer pointed to the real-time data and said, "In high-altitude hypoxic environments, traditional fuel engines suffer significant power degradation, but motors are completely unaffected. The FR215F-E not only has abundant power, but its action response speed is 30% faster than that of fuel engines, making the operator's handling more precise."

Extreme Cold Startup: One-Touch Awakening at Minus 20 Degrees Celsius

"Start!" With an order through the walkie-talkie, the operator gently pressed the start button. The dashboard instantly lit up, the motor emitted a steady low hum, and this behemoth was "awakened with one touch" in the extreme cold. Data showed that the LOVOL LT130E automatically activated the preheating function in low-temperature conditions, raising the battery pack temperature to the optimal working range in just 8 minutes, with a 100% startup success rate.

Even after sitting idle for 48 hours in the extreme environment of 4,000 meters above sea level and over minus 20 degrees Celsius, it could still maintain more than 90% usable battery capacity. This means that in mining operations in the high and cold regions of the northwest, the LOVOL LT130E can be dispatched 24/7 without any auxiliary heating.

Though the wind and snow are cold, the struggle is warm. With their perseverance, the LOVOL extreme-condition testing team not only verified the "high efficiency and reliability" of LOVOL's new energy products but also proved through practical actions that LOVOL's new energy equipment is dependable and capable in any harsh environment!