Thermal Management Applications for Electric Buses, Trucks & Mining Vehicles

Which applications does EVLINK support?

This page routes buyers to six current pathways: electric buses, electric trucks, electric mining trucks, construction machinery, agricultural machinery and data center liquid cooling. Final product suitability depends on the specific project requirements.

Is the same thermal system used for every application?

No. Duty cycle, thermal load, environment, space, coolant, voltage, communication and validation requirements differ. Components and control strategies should be configured around the application.

How do I choose between a BTMS, coolant heater, controller and electric compressor?

Start with the required cooling and heating functions and the complete thermal architecture. EVLINK can review the inputs and identify which products and interfaces are relevant.

Can EVLINK support CAN communication and custom interfaces?

CAN and interface requirements can be reviewed during project definition. Publish or promise model-specific functions only after the selected configuration and protocol are confirmed.

What is different about off-highway thermal management?

Mining, construction and agricultural machines often combine dust, debris, shock, vibration, low-speed airflow, variable loads and remote service conditions. Those factors must be included in sizing and packaging.

What information should I send with an inquiry?

Provide the platform, battery or heat-load data, voltage, duty cycle, charging or workload profile, temperature range, coolant requirements, available space, environment, communication needs, standards and timing.

Does the data center page use the same vehicle products?

Data center liquid cooling is a separate engineering pathway. The page focuses on coolant distribution, flow, pressure drop, redundancy, monitoring and maintainability. Exact EVLINK product fit must be verified before publication or quotation.

How does an electric mining truck handle braking energy on long descents?

Regenerative braking recovers the first share, but on a 10 to 15 minute descent with a high state of charge, the battery cannot take it all. A liquid-cooled braking resistor absorbs the overflow as heat. Our HVH-R1402 is rated at 140 kW continuous for 20 minutes, which covers a full loaded descent with margin.

What keeps a mining truck battery in its working temperature range?

A liquid-cooled BTMS sized to the duty cycle. The pack performs best between about 15°C and 35°C, while mine sites swing from −50°C winters to over 45°C summers. EVLINK BTMS units cover 3 to 12 kW of cooling with PTC heating for cold starts, so the pack stays in its band in both directions.

What information do you need to size a thermal system for a mining truck?

Four things: your DC bus voltage, the grade profile and descent time of your haul road, the pack capacity, and the ambient range at your site. With those, we can size the braking resistor and the BTMS together instead of guessing at each one separately. Send them through the inquiry form and we will come back with a matched proposal.