DOK-ING d.o.o. is a

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n company which manufactures unmanned multi-purpose vehicles,

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s and

robotic Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

systems, established in 1992. Its products make up 80% of the worlds robotized mine clearing machines.

History

The company was formed in 1992 by Vjekoslav Majetić. It primarily develops and produces robotic and autonomous systems intended for use in various situations. Their vehicles are used for

demining Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By cont ...

, firefighting,

underground mining Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a la ...

and

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purposes. The electric motors for their vehicles are largely supplied by the

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-based company Tema. During 2023, in the wake of the

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, it was reported that negotiations were underway with the Ukrainian MoD to localise the production of its MV-4 mine clearing vehicle in

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. A number of these vehicles were previously purchased or donated to Ukraine. In 2024, it opened its representative office in

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. During 2024, it entered a

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with

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, with purpose of developing unmanned vehicles intended for mine scattering, tank support, air defence and reconnaissance.

Dok-Ing Automotiv

The automotive division was formed upon the introduction of the electric car Dok-Ing XD in 2010. The car remained in prototype phase and never formally entered serial production, although one unit was sold to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb. In 2015, it produced two electric buses for the city of

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, as a part of the European project Civitas Dyn@mo. In the following year, it unveiled a multifunctional communal vehicle TOM TOM, which received awards from various international fairs. During the same year, it launched a serial production of electric scooters under the name "Core", with 800 of them already exported to

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and

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in 2017. The batteries are produced by Dok-Ing. The company also launched a series of electric bikes called "Leo". In 2017, it announced a new model of electric car, under the working name of YD, expected to have a range of 300–400 km. In 2019, the division was sold and excluded from DOK-ING during restructuring of the overall company. DOK-ING Automotiv began operating under a new name afterwards.

Products

Current

Mine Clearance Vehicles

*MV-4 *MV-10

Fire Fighting Vehicles

*MVF-5

Underground Mining Vehicles

*MVD

Discontinued

Fire Fighting Vehicles

*JELKA-4 *JELKA-10

Mine Clearance Vehicles

*MV-2 *MV-3 *MV-20

Robots

*EOD

Future

*FP7 * XD4 (

electric car An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger car, passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric motor, electric traction motor, using electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion. The term normally refers to a p ...

). *XD2 (electric car)

International Users

References

External links

Official website

xd Electric city car site
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