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From单车intelligence to collaborative intelligence: CIDI's V2X empowers unmanned mining trucks

At a certain mining area in Northwest China, CIDI's unmanned mining trucks are operating in an uninhabited mining zone, $CIDI (03881.HK)$ with surrounding traffic flows as complex as urban roads.
Through CIDI’s self-developed autonomous driving technology and C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology, each mining truck processes massive amounts of information per second, interacting in real-time with roadside devices and central dispatch systems—this is no longer science fiction but a true depiction of smart mining operations in China.
Four core scenarios address industry pain points
China’s mining industry faces four 'catastrophic-level' challenges: high risk, high energy consumption, aging workforce, and low efficiency.
Currently, policies have outlined a clear solution. The new version of the 'Coal Mine Safety Regulations,' effective February 1, 2026, stipulates that production command vehicles and auxiliary production equipment in unmanned areas must be equipped with unmanned interaction terminals—providing a mandatory policy window for V2X technology implementation.
CIDI is one of the few companies with integrated autonomous driving and V2X technology.The commercial value of V2X technology lies in its ability to reconstruct operational efficiency and mitigate risks across the entire mining workflow. Through three-dimensional coordination between 'vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-road, and vehicle-to-cloud,' it completely overcomes the physical limitations of单车 perception, establishing a comprehensive sensing network that spans dust and terrain. Four core application scenarios enable a qualitative leap in safety and operational efficiency for unmanned mining trucks.
At a certain mining area in Northwest China, CIDI's unmanned mining trucks are operating in an uninhabited mining zone, $CIDI (03881.HK)$ with surrounding traffic flows as complex as urban roads. Through CIDI’s self-developed autonomous driving technology and C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology, each mining truck processes massive amounts of information per second, interacting in real-time with roadside devices and central dispatch systems—this is no longer science fiction but a true depiction of smart mining operations in China. Four core scenarios address industry pain points China’s mining industry faces four 'catastrophic-level' challenges: high risk, high energy consumption, aging workforce, and low efficiency. Currently, policies have outlined a clear solution. The new version of the 'Coal Mine Safety Regulations,' effective February 1, 2026, stipulates that production command vehicles and auxiliary production equipment in unmanned areas must be equipped with unmanned interaction terminals—providing a mandatory policy window for V2X technology implementation. CIDI is one of the few companies with integrated autonomous driving and V2X technology.The commercial value of V2X technology lies in its ability to reconstruct operational efficiency and mitigate risks across the entire mining workflow. Through three-dimensional coordination between 'vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-road, and vehicle-to-cloud,' it completely overcomes the physical limitations of单车 perception, establishing a comprehensive sensing network that spans dust and terrain. Four core application scenarios enable a qualitative leap in safety and operational efficiency for unmanned mining trucks. 01 Omnidirectional collision warning: A 'safety barrier' that penetrates dust and fog In the open-pit mining area...
01 Omnidirectional collision warning:
A 'safety barrier' that penetrates dust and fog
In the most challenging safety protection areas of open-pit mines, extreme conditions such as large-grained dust dispersion and narrow-path encounters between wide-body mining trucks have caused optical sensors, millimeter-wave radars, and LiDAR systems to fall into perception failure. The effective detection range of visible-light cameras drops sharply from 150 meters to less than 5 meters in dusty weather; false alarm rates for millimeter-wave radar caused by metallic mineral dust reflection increase from less than 5% to 30%; and LiDAR point cloud density decreases to a level insufficient for obstacle detection.
CIDI has successfully addressed this pain point using V2X direct communication technology to build anomnidirectional collision warning systemthat accurately predicts collision risks through ultra-visual perception and active sensing technologies operating at the 5.9GHz frequency band. This technology allows unmanned mining trucks to operate safely even in extremely low visibility weather conditions, effectively eliminating potential transportation accidents in mining areas at the source.
02 Signal Blind Zone Relay:
The 'communication hub' for disconnected scenarios
Complex terrain in mining areas can easily create communication blind zones, causing unmanned mining trucks to lose connection with the control center and fall into 'decision paralysis,' leading to task conflicts and path confusion.
CIDI's innovative R&Dtask relay function, enables mining trucks to have decentralized communication capabilities: when vehicles lose connection, they broadcast distress signals through their onboard OBU devices. Nearby mining trucks receive these signals, immediately request instructions from the dispatch system, and forward them, ensuring that disconnected vehicles can still obtain critical dispatch information.
This 'mutual assistance communication' mode allows unmanned mining trucks to maintain efficient collaboration even in scenarios where the network is unavailable, providing reliable support for mixed autonomous and manual operation.
At a certain mining area in Northwest China, CIDI's unmanned mining trucks are operating in an uninhabited mining zone, $CIDI (03881.HK)$ with surrounding traffic flows as complex as urban roads. Through CIDI’s self-developed autonomous driving technology and C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology, each mining truck processes massive amounts of information per second, interacting in real-time with roadside devices and central dispatch systems—this is no longer science fiction but a true depiction of smart mining operations in China. Four core scenarios address industry pain points China’s mining industry faces four 'catastrophic-level' challenges: high risk, high energy consumption, aging workforce, and low efficiency. Currently, policies have outlined a clear solution. The new version of the 'Coal Mine Safety Regulations,' effective February 1, 2026, stipulates that production command vehicles and auxiliary production equipment in unmanned areas must be equipped with unmanned interaction terminals—providing a mandatory policy window for V2X technology implementation. CIDI is one of the few companies with integrated autonomous driving and V2X technology.The commercial value of V2X technology lies in its ability to reconstruct operational efficiency and mitigate risks across the entire mining workflow. Through three-dimensional coordination between 'vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-road, and vehicle-to-cloud,' it completely overcomes the physical limitations of单车 perception, establishing a comprehensive sensing network that spans dust and terrain. Four core application scenarios enable a qualitative leap in safety and operational efficiency for unmanned mining trucks. 01 Omnidirectional collision warning: A 'safety barrier' that penetrates dust and fog In the open-pit mining area...
At a certain mining area in Northwest China, CIDI's unmanned mining trucks are operating in an uninhabited mining zone, $CIDI (03881.HK)$ with surrounding traffic flows as complex as urban roads. Through CIDI’s self-developed autonomous driving technology and C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology, each mining truck processes massive amounts of information per second, interacting in real-time with roadside devices and central dispatch systems—this is no longer science fiction but a true depiction of smart mining operations in China. Four core scenarios address industry pain points China’s mining industry faces four 'catastrophic-level' challenges: high risk, high energy consumption, aging workforce, and low efficiency. Currently, policies have outlined a clear solution. The new version of the 'Coal Mine Safety Regulations,' effective February 1, 2026, stipulates that production command vehicles and auxiliary production equipment in unmanned areas must be equipped with unmanned interaction terminals—providing a mandatory policy window for V2X technology implementation. CIDI is one of the few companies with integrated autonomous driving and V2X technology.The commercial value of V2X technology lies in its ability to reconstruct operational efficiency and mitigate risks across the entire mining workflow. Through three-dimensional coordination between 'vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-road, and vehicle-to-cloud,' it completely overcomes the physical limitations of单车 perception, establishing a comprehensive sensing network that spans dust and terrain. Four core application scenarios enable a qualitative leap in safety and operational efficiency for unmanned mining trucks. 01 Omnidirectional collision warning: A 'safety barrier' that penetrates dust and fog In the open-pit mining area...
03 Mixed traffic intersection management:
Balancing safety and efficiency with 'intelligent dispatch'
The low efficiency of intersections used by both manned and unmanned mining trucks has long been an industry challenge troubling mining areas.CIDI has created a dedicated solution through vehicle networking upgrades and traffic signal system enhancements, integrating V2X low-latency communication and dynamic priority scheduling algorithms.
When unmanned mining trucks approach within a 300-500 meter range of an intersection, the system automatically triggers'priority passage'The model achieves zero waiting time for heavy-duty mining trucks through intelligent traffic signal phase adjustment; at the same time, it adoptsan elastic green wave compensation mechanismto ensure that the efficiency of other vehicles is not affected.
This innovative solution successfully resolves the contradiction of 'impossible to achieve both safety and efficiency' in mixed traffic scenarios, enabling the efficient mixed operation of 56 unmanned mining trucks and over 500 manned vehicles at a coal mine in Northwest China.
At a certain mining area in Northwest China, CIDI's unmanned mining trucks are operating in an uninhabited mining zone, $CIDI (03881.HK)$ with surrounding traffic flows as complex as urban roads. Through CIDI’s self-developed autonomous driving technology and C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology, each mining truck processes massive amounts of information per second, interacting in real-time with roadside devices and central dispatch systems—this is no longer science fiction but a true depiction of smart mining operations in China. Four core scenarios address industry pain points China’s mining industry faces four 'catastrophic-level' challenges: high risk, high energy consumption, aging workforce, and low efficiency. Currently, policies have outlined a clear solution. The new version of the 'Coal Mine Safety Regulations,' effective February 1, 2026, stipulates that production command vehicles and auxiliary production equipment in unmanned areas must be equipped with unmanned interaction terminals—providing a mandatory policy window for V2X technology implementation. CIDI is one of the few companies with integrated autonomous driving and V2X technology.The commercial value of V2X technology lies in its ability to reconstruct operational efficiency and mitigate risks across the entire mining workflow. Through three-dimensional coordination between 'vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-road, and vehicle-to-cloud,' it completely overcomes the physical limitations of单车 perception, establishing a comprehensive sensing network that spans dust and terrain. Four core application scenarios enable a qualitative leap in safety and operational efficiency for unmanned mining trucks. 01 Omnidirectional collision warning: A 'safety barrier' that penetrates dust and fog In the open-pit mining area...
04 One-touch emergency stop:
The ultimate safeguard for safety
To address sudden safety hazards, CiDi Intelligent Driving has deployeda one-touch STOP function in command vehicles, establishinga millisecond-level emergency response mechanism.This function monitors the operational status of each unmanned mining truck in real time. Upon detecting risks such as equipment failure or human error, operators can immediately halt the target vehicle or multiple vehicles within a designated area through a 'one-click operation,' while simultaneously automatically reporting to the central platform system.
This 'instant stop and response' safety design leverages V2V and V2N communication technologies, significantly reducing emergency response times and effectively mitigating extreme risks in unmanned operations, adding another layer of 'insurance' for safe production in mining areas.
From Safety and Efficiency to Cost Optimization
After addressing extreme operating condition safety challenges and improving work efficiency, V2X technology is evolving from a 'safety tool' into a 'profit engine' for mining enterprises, propelling smart mines into a new phase of development that integrates safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
Real-world application data shows that the introduction of the V2X system has reduced accidents such as collisions and rollovers involving mining trucks to nearly zero.Each accident avoided translates to an average direct economic loss prevention exceeding 500,000 yuan.
The reduction in compliance costs is also significant. As mine intelligence shifts from being encouraged to becoming mandatory, non-compliant mining sites face the risk of shutdowns and rectification. V2X technology meets core compliance requirements such as interactive terminals and collision warning systems,helping individual mining areas reduce annual compliance expenditures by 100,000 to 150,000 yuanand completely avoiding production interruptions caused by non-compliance.
In terms of scheduling efficiency, the large-scale dispatch capabilities of the V2X cloud control platform further amplify cost advantages. The platform supports simultaneous dispatch for thousands of vehicles.Dispatch response speed increases by 80% compared to the traditional model, overall transportation efficiency in the mining area has significantly improved, indirectly reducing hidden costs such as labor and time, ultimately optimizing lifecycle costsshortening the investment payback period to as little as 18 months
The official implementation of the new version of the 'Coal Mine Safety Regulations' has become a 'catalyst' for the large-scale adoption of V2X technology. The regulations clearly mandate compulsory intelligent upgrades for mines, and V2X, as the core technological support for compliance indicators such as collision avoidance warnings and vehicle-to-road interaction, has become an essential configuration for mine transformation
The market has responded strongly to this trend. According to the '2025-2030 China Open-Pit Mining Industry Market Development Analysis and Prospect Research Report on Opportunities and Risks,' the adoption rate of 5G + driverless ore-carrying vehicles and digital twin technologies will rise to over 60%, driving the smart equipment market size beyond 300 billion yuan. This means that technology upgrades and product iterations centered around compliance will generate sub-industries worth tens of billions, attracting accelerated deployment across upstream and downstream sectors of the industrial chain
As a key player in the smart mining field, CiDi continues to advance the deep integration of 'autonomous driving + V2X.' While consolidating its advantages in open-pit mining scenarios, its technical solutions have also been applied in urban-level smart transportation, with ongoing expansion into additional scenarios, further unlocking the economic and social value of the technology
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