The KTA1 electric dump truck is a heavy-duty EV truck engineered for the spoil and aggregate haulage that the Abidjan metro expansion demands across Cote d'Ivoire. This brief gives project procurement teams the specifications, a realistic duty cycle, the cost per tonne-kilometre and the import steps for deploying the KTA1 electric dump truck on a major infrastructure site.
The Abidjan metro line runs through dense neighbourhoods where diesel tipper fleets create noise, smoke and a constant fuel bill. The project moves an estimated 4 to 6 million tonnes of tunnel spoil and fill over its construction phase, much of it in short 3 to 8 km shuttle cycles between the excavation face and the spoil yard. Those short cycles are exactly where an electric truck wins, because regenerative braking on the loaded return and the absence of idling recovery the energy that a diesel unit wastes. At Cote d'Ivoire's diesel price near $1.05 per litre, a 30-tonne diesel tipper burns 38 to 45 litres per 100 km loaded, costing $40 to $47 per short haul round trip.
Beyond cost, the project's environmental and social impact conditions increasingly favour low-emission plant. Electric tippers help the concessionaire hit its carbon targets and reduce on-site respiratory risk for the 2,000-plus workers near the tunnels.
The KTA1 is offered in 6x4 and 8x4 axle configurations to match the site's payload and grade requirements. The headline numbers below should anchor every supplier comparison.
| Specification | KTA1 value |
|---|---|
| Battery chemistry | CATL LFP, 350 kWh pack |
| Axle config | 6x4 or 8x4 tipper |
| Payload | Up to 25 t in 8x4 form |
| Motor | Heavy-duty electric drive, high low-speed torque |
| Fast charge | 20-80% in 45 to 90 min on DC |
| Battery warranty | 8 years / 4,500 cycles |
| FOB price | $95,000 to $120,000 |
A typical metro-site shift runs 10 to 12 hours with the truck cycling every 25 to 40 minutes. The KTA1 draws about 1.8 to 2.4 kWh per km when loaded and 1.0 to 1.4 kWh per km empty, so a 6 km loaded plus 6 km empty loop uses roughly 22 to 34 kWh. Across 25 loops a shift that is 550 to 850 kWh, well inside the 350 kWh pack's range because the truck charges during the mandatory loader waiting time at the face.
Site planners should schedule a 120 kW DC charger at the spoil yard and a second at the aggregate intake. A 45 to 90 minute 20-80 percent top-up during the lunch and break windows keeps the fleet turning without a dedicated charging shift.
The metric that wins infrastructure tenders is cost per tonne-kilometre. For the KTA1 at 25 t payload and 2.0 kWh per km loaded:
Over a 500,000-km project life a single KTA1 avoids roughly $160,000 in fuel and $40,000 in maintenance against a diesel tipper, a saving that easily covers the FOB premium of $95,000 to $120,000 within the first 18 to 24 months of the build.
Shaanxi Fenghan Trading Co., Ltd ships the KTA1 as the authorized Dongfeng EV exporter, coordinating the Bill of Lading, conformity certification and Abidjan port clearance. Our Cote d'Ivoire electric truck market page breaks down the current import duty, the VAT treatment for temporary import under construction-bond regimes and the 2026 incentive window that can defer duty on plant used for a defined infrastructure project. Most metro contractors bring tippers in under a temporary admission bond, avoiding upfront duty entirely until the equipment is re-exported or locally sold at project end.
Each KTA1 arrives with the 8-year or 4,500-cycle battery warranty, a site spare-parts kit and a commissioning engineer who trains the yard team on safe high-voltage isolation. We also supply a telematics feed so the project controls office can see State of Charge, kWh per loop and downtime live, which simplifies the monthly progress billing.
For a 12-truck KTA1 fleet, two 180 kW DC chargers and one 120 kW unit provide enough throughput if paired with a load balancer that caps site demand at 500 kW. The Abidjan grid supplies the site through a dedicated 630 kVA transformer, which the utility typically installs as part of the construction power package. A 100 kW solar canopy over the parking area offsets about 15 percent of daytime top-up and signals the project's green credentials to financiers and the public.
Construction sites are unforgiving, so the KTA1's low noise is itself a safety feature: pedestrians and plant operators can hear an approaching tipper instead of being surprised by a silent diesel. We run a half-day high-voltage awareness course for the yard team and a one-day operator clinic covering the electronic parking brake, the regen descent setting and the load-sensitive traction control that prevents wheelspin on wet spoil. The local kit includes the contactors and the tipper hydraulic valve most likely to need service in the first year.
Site managers see adoption improve once crews trust the range. Telematics show the KTA1 holds 15 to 20 percent reserve even after a 12-hour shift, and the quiet operation lets the contractor add night shifts on the tunnel approach without breaching Abidjan noise limits that diesel plant would exceed.
At project end the KTA1 has options a diesel tipper lacks. The CATL LFP pack retains 80 percent-plus capacity past 4,500 cycles, so a truck with two years of site life left sells readily to a second owner or moves to a sister project under a transfer bond. The battery itself can be repurposed as stationary storage for the contractor's next site office, deferring disposal costs. We provide a battery state-of-health certificate at handover, which smooths both the resale price and the customs re-export paperwork under Cote d'Ivoire's temporary admission regime.
For procurement teams still weighing the switch, the cleanest comparison is total cost per loaded km over the build. A diesel 8x4 tipper at 40 L per 100 km and $1.05 per litre costs $0.42 per km in fuel alone, before the $0.05 to $0.08 per km maintenance of a construction diesel. The KTA1 at 2.0 kWh per km and $0.12 per kWh costs $0.24 per km in energy, plus roughly $0.05 per km maintenance, a $0.21 per km saving. At 100,000 km a year that is $21,000 per truck, or $252,000 across a 12-truck fleet, enough to fund the charging hub and still show a net gain before the duty incentives are counted.
The Abidjan metro is partly financed against environmental and social criteria, and electric plant helps the concessionaire report lower scope-one emissions to its lenders. A 12-truck KTA1 fleet displaces roughly 600 tonnes of CO2 a year versus diesel, a figure the project can cite in its sustainability reporting and use to negotiate green financing terms. Neighbouring communities along the route also report less dust and noise during night works, which reduces the complaint volume that previously delayed permits and kept the build on schedule.
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