Company
Boonray Technology
Chinese provider of L4 autonomous and electric mining trucks, founded in 2015 by a team from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Intelligent Robotics Laboratory.
- Founded
- 2015
- HQ
- Shanghai, China
Funding
$28.8M
Models
1
Overview
Chinese provider of L4 autonomous and electric mining trucks, founded in 2015 by a team from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Intelligent Robotics Laboratory. The company's BLEB145A1 driverless mining truck operates with unmanned battery swap stations for 24/7 zero-carbon mining operations. Boonray's autonomous solutions are deployed at 30+ mining projects across China with 1000+ electric mining trucks in operation, including the world's first 100-unit autonomous electric mining truck fleet at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
BYD investment
RMB 100M (~$14.4M) strategic investment, Jan 2026
Key investor
BYD (4.4M investment)
Key product
BLEB145A1 autonomous battery-swapping electric mining truck
Partnership
Vale Indonesia (cooperation deal, testing completed)
Technology
5G + smart mine solution, remote drilling
CEO
Hu Xinyi (Founder & Chairman)
CTO
Yangyang Yang (Co-founder, PhD Robotics SJTU)
Employees
201-500
Deployments
30+ mining projects across China
Fleet size
1000+ electric mining trucks in operation
Key deployment
Luoyang Molybdenum (30 trucks, first commercialization 2019)
Revenue
~100M yuan (company-reported, historical)
Technical advisor
Prof. Cao Qixin (SJTU Intelligent Robotics Lab founder)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Hu Xinyi Founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Yangyang Yang Co-founder & CTOreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Hu Xinyicofounder
- Yangyang Yangcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Boonray Technology.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Boonray Technology in third-party press
Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships (2)
- Boonray x LGMG with LGMGmanufacturing
- Boonray x BYD with BYDinvestment
Funding rounds (2)
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Boonray Technology?
- Chinese provider of L4 autonomous and electric mining trucks, founded in 2015 by a team from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Intelligent Robotics Laboratory. The company's BLEB145A1 driverless mining truck operates with unmanned battery swap stations for 24/7 zero-carbon mining operations. Boonray's autonomous solutions are deployed at 30+ mining projects across China with 1000+ electric mining trucks in operation, including the world's first 100-unit autonomous electric mining truck fleet at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia.
- Where is Boonray Technology based?
- Boonray Technology is based in Shanghai, China.
- When was Boonray Technology founded?
- Boonray Technology was founded in 2015.
- What does Boonray Technology make?
- Boonray Technology has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Boonray BLEB145A1 Driverless Mining Truck (Boonray Technology builds physical robots).
- Where does Boonray Technology operate robots?
- Boonray Technology is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Boonray Technology safe?
- Boonray Technology has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Boonray Technology.Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Boonray Technology from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
LGMG & Boonray collaborate on RTE156 autonomous, electric mining truck
LGMG and Boonray Technology jointly launched the RTE156 unmanned battery electric mining truck, combining LGMG's manufacturing capabilities with Boonray's L4 autonomous driving…
Chinese EV giant BYD bets on Boonray's autonomous mining truck
BYD's 4.5M investment in Boonray advances the green transformation of mining. Boonray's L4 autonomous solutions are deployed at 30 mining projects across China with unmanned…
BYD invests over US4 million in electric and autonomous mining truck company Boonray
BYD made a strategic investment of RMB 100M (~4.4M) in Boonray Technology, endorsing its full-stack L4 autonomous mining truck and battery swap technology. Boonray's BLEB145A1…
Fleet of 100 autonomous electric mining trucks deployed at Yimin mine
A fleet of 100 'Huaneng Ruichi' autonomous electric mining trucks entered operation at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia, the world's first such deployment. The…
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Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Embark Trucks2 models
- Gatik2 models
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