Patent ID: 8660760

Claim:
A method for using a mining vehicle, comprising: performing with at least one mining work device to drill a borehole or further process a finished hole in a mining vehicle tasks according to a work cycle defined in an excavation plan at a work site according to the excavation plan, connecting the mining vehicle at the work site to an external electrical network of the mine for supplying the required working energy for the at least one mining work device, performing after the work cycle a transfer drive of the mining vehicle, using an energy storage located in the mining vehicle as energy source during the transfer drive, and charging said energy storage with electricity obtained from the external electrical network during the work cycle, wherein the external electric network is a primary energy source for the mining vehicle, wherein the energy supplied from the external electric network of the mine is first directed to the mining work device for performing the tasks according to the work cycle and then directed to the energy storage for charging the energy storage such that the energy directed to the energy storage is adjusted in relation to the energy directed to the mining work device.