# Scania Autonomous Truck at Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia: deployment

Canonical ID: `8f8a691d-a001-4200-b8dd-8323efafe5a5`

[Scania](/companies/scania.md) and Rio Tinto trialling 40-tonne-payload autonomous mining trucks (Scania XT 8x4). Channar mine = first active partner site. Driverless load-and-haul achieved.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-12_

- **Slug:** scania-channar-mine-australia
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Scania Autonomous Truck](/models/scania-autonomous-truck.md) (id: `c7fb220b-80cf-4fa1-bf1b-490809f48732`)
- **Category:** [Trucks](/trucks)
- **Company:** [Scania](/companies/scania.md) (id: `71ba0a37-2995-47ce-9c03-7b781094b0da`)
- **Location:** [Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia](/locations/channar-mine-pilbara-western-australia.md) (id: `69cd9f99-2da4-4dab-a87c-c30ce286392c`)
- **First seen:** 2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2022/scania-and-rio-tinto-agree-to-develop-autonomous-haulage-solutions

## Common questions

### What is the Scania Autonomous Truck deployment at Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia?

Scania Autonomous Truck, built by Scania, is recorded as a deployment at Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia on the DEPLOY registry. Scania operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Scania Autonomous Truck at Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia?

Scania, the manufacturer of Scania Autonomous Truck, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Scania Autonomous Truck deployment at Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Scania Autonomous Truck deployment at Channar Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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