Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has introduced a new L120 Electric wheel loader and a refreshed 23-ton EC230 Electric excavator. The models are the first mid-sized machines in the Volvo CE electric lineup, joining three mini-excavators, two compact wheel loaders and an asphalt compactor. “The EC230 and L120 electric models give our customers options for applications… Read more »
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Video: Volvo CE’s electric construction equipment—practical considerations, successes and challenges
Charged recently chatted with Fredrik Tjernström from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) to learn about the OEM’s electrification journey. Tjernström detailed Volvo CE’s gradual and strategic progression in electrifying its equipment lineup, starting four years ago with compact machines such as fully electric compact excavators and wheel loaders. He highlighted recent advancements, including launching electric… Read more »
Volvo CE reveals A30 Electric articulated hauler at bauma 2025
Volvo Construction Equipment is showing off an impressive lineup of electric vehicles and equipment at the 2025 bauma trade show in Munich. The belle of the ball is the new A30 Electric articulated hauler, which Volvo calls the world’s first battery-electric articulated hauler of its size class. The never-before-seen A30 Electric articulated hauler represents the… Read more »
New Zealand landscape firm test Volvo CE electric loader
Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) is showing off the versatility of its L20 Electric Compact Wheel Loader in New Zealand, where it is being road-tested, or perhaps more accurately, off-road tested, at Intelligro, a landscape equipment manufacturer located in Rolleston, near Christchurch. Intelligro specializes in manufacturing media, mulches, sands and soil mixes for residential and commercial… Read more »
Volvo CE expands Swedish facility for electric wheel loader production
Volvo CE, the Swedish automaker’s construction equipment subsidiary, has inaugurated a new facility to support the production of electric wheel loaders at its plant in Arvika, Sweden. The building is the latest development for the Swedish site, which specializes in manufacturing medium and large wheel loaders. Constructed in less than a year following an investment of… Read more »
Volvo CE invests $42 million in EV production facilities in Korea and Sweden
Volvo Construction Equipment has announced the opening of new facilities at its plants in Changwon, South Korea and Braås, Sweden. The two facilities were built at a cost of 440 million Swedish kronor ($42 million). In Changwon, Volvo invested 80 million kronor to build a battery pack production facility for electric excavators. “With the completion… Read more »
Volvo CE uses electric trucks to transport its electric construction equipment
Volvo CE, the Volvo Group’s construction equipment subsidiary, and Volvo Trucks have partnered with France-based logistics firm Capelle Transports to pilot an electric shuttle service that carries out the initial transport of construction machines from the Volvo CE factory in Belley, France, and optimizes the loading of truck trailers. The program is part of Volvo… Read more »
Volvo CE and Mack Trucks deliver electric excavator and refuse truck to Florida waste hauler
Volvo Construction Equipment and Mack Trucks, both Volvo Group companies, recently delivered an electric excavator and an electric refuse truck to Boca Raton, Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling, which has 25 locations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and operates more than 700 vehicles. Coastal is piloting a 23-ton Volvo EC230 Electric excavator at a… Read more »
Volvo CE and Portable Electric to provide mobile charging solutions for electric construction equipment
Yellow construction machines are beginning to go electric, and this raises an interesting question: Many construction sites have no access to grid power, so how are these EVs to be recharged? To address this issue, Volvo Construction Equipment has partnered with Portable Electric, a North American provider of energy generation and storage solutions. Portable Electric’s… Read more »
Volvo CE investing in electric wheel loaders
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) reports that, as part of its efforts to become fossil-free by 2040, it is investing SEK65 million, or about $6.3 million, in the production of electric wheel loaders at its plant in Arvika, Sweden. Volvo CE says its plans for the facility, which will specialize in the production of medium… Read more »
