INITIALIZING
Heavy Electric Autonomy / Built for Ports

Move heavier.
Stop briefly.
Never recharge.

ASH builds heavy-duty electric Automated Guided Vehicles for ports. A sub-3-minute battery swap replaces hours of downtime, and an on-board LLM — ASH LLM — chooses the smartest route, swap window and load sequence in real time.

30T Payload
Sub-3-Minute Battery Swap
ASH LLM On-Board Intelligence
Zero Tailpipe Emissions
Engineered for Container Terminals
24/7 Continuous Operation

A heavy machine, thinking in real time.

Every ASH AGV is a 30-tonne electric platform tied to a swap network and guided by ASH LLM — our on-board language model that turns terminal context into the next best move.

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30T Payload Class

A reinforced electric drivetrain rated for 30-tonne container moves on continuous duty cycles, day and night, in any weather a port throws at it.

30,000 kg rated payload
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Sub-3-Minute Battery Swap

Vehicles dock at a swap station and exchange a depleted pack for a fully charged one in under three minutes — replacing roughly eight hours of conventional charging with a pit-stop.

< 3 min vs ~8 h charging
03

ASH LLM On-Board

A purpose-built language model rides on every vehicle, fusing terminal traffic, vessel schedules, weather and battery state to pick the most efficient route, swap window and load sequence.

Real-time decision engine
04

Zero Tailpipe Emissions

A fully electric drivetrain removes diesel particulates and CO₂ from the quay — quieter operations for crews living and working around the terminal.

100% electric drivetrain
05

Modular Pack Architecture

Standardised battery packs share a common form factor across the fleet. Stations, vehicles and packs scale together as terminals grow.

Common pack standard
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Sensor-Fused Autonomy

LiDAR, radar, cameras and high-precision GNSS feed a unified perception stack engineered for the dense, mixed-traffic reality of a working terminal.

L4 industrial autonomy
07

Fleet-Level Coordination

A central orchestrator choreographs vehicles, swap stations and yard equipment, keeping ship-to-shore moves flowing even at peak.

Centralised orchestration
08

Hardened for Marine Duty

Sealed electronics, corrosion-resistant materials and thermal management built to live in salt air, monsoon rain and Gulf summer heat.

IP-rated, corrosion-spec
09

24/7 Operations

No shift fatigue, no fuel stops, no charging windows that block a berth. Just continuous moves while the swap network handles energy in the background.

Continuous duty cycle

Eight hours of charging,
replaced by a pit-stop.

Conventional electric heavy vehicles spend roughly eight hours plugged in to refill. ASH vehicles dock at a swap station, exchange the depleted pack for a charged one and roll back onto the lane in under three minutes. The terminal stops waiting on energy.

Conventional Charging
~8h
Plugged in, vehicle out of service
ASH Swap
<3min
Dock, exchange pack, return to lane

A platform engineered around uptime.

Every choice in the ASH stack — heavy payload, swap network, on-board LLM — exists to keep vehicles moving and energy off the critical path.

01

More moves per hour

Sub-three-minute swaps and ASH LLM routing keep the lane full and the berth turning.

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No charging downtime

Energy lives in the swap station, not in the vehicle's schedule. The fleet keeps working while packs charge in the background.

03

Smarter every shift

ASH LLM learns the rhythm of each terminal and keeps refining route, sequence and swap timing as conditions change.

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Cleaner quay

Zero tailpipe emissions and quieter operations near crews, cities and coastlines.

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Built to scale

Add vehicles, packs and stations as berth volume grows — the architecture is the same on day one and at full scale.

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Lower total cost

Fewer assets idling, lower energy cost per move and maintenance modelled into the platform from the start.

From prototype to fleet.

2024 — Foundation
Drivetrain & pack architecture
Heavy electric drivetrain validated; modular battery pack and swap interface defined as the platform standard.
2025 — Engineering
Vehicle & swap station prototypes
First full-scale 30T vehicle and a paired swap station built and exercised under terminal-representative duty cycles.
2026 — Pilot
Closed-port pilot with launch partners
A small ASH fleet plus a swap station deployed inside a partner terminal. ASH LLM tuned against real traffic, real packs and real ships.
2027 — Scale
Multi-terminal deployment
Repeatable rollout across terminals — vehicles, swap stations and orchestration deployed as a single, supported product.

Ports should run on moves, not waiting. ASH LLM and the swap network exist so heavy electric autonomy never has to stop for energy.

— ASH ENGINEERING

Honest answers, openly given.

A platform of heavy-duty electric AGVs for ports, paired with battery swap stations and an on-board LLM, ASH LLM, that picks the most efficient move under real terminal conditions.
Conventional charging at this scale takes around eight hours and parks a vehicle for the duration. A swap exchanges the pack in under three minutes, so the vehicle stays in the lane and energy is handled off the critical path.
ASH LLM ingests terminal traffic, vessel schedules, weather, battery state and yard layout, then chooses the most efficient route, swap window and load sequence in real time. It is a decision layer on top of the deterministic safety stack — not a replacement for it.
Each ASH AGV is rated for a 30-tonne payload — sized for full container moves on continuous duty cycles, in any weather a working port encounters.
Pilot deployments with launch terminals are scheduled to begin in 2026, with broader multi-terminal rollout planned through 2027. Terminals interested in early access can reach out via the contact form.
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