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LHD’s are expensive vehicles; therefore, it is important to accurately define the financial consequences associated with the investment of purchasing the mining equipment. This study concentrates on long-term incremental and sensitivity analysis to determine whether it is feasible to incorporate current bat-tery technology into these machines. When revenue was taken into account, decreasing the amount of haulage in battery operated equipment by 5% or 200 kg per h amounts to a $4.0104 loss of profit per year. On average it was found that using battery operated equipment generated $9.5104 more in income annually, reducing the payback period from seven to two years to pay back the additional$1.0"105 investment of buying battery powered equipment over cheaper diesel equipment. Due to the estimated 5%increase in capital, it was observed that electric vehicles must possess a lifetime that is a minimum of one year longer than that of diesel equipment.