Amsterdam-headquartered Milence, a joint venture established by Daimler Truck, Traton Group and Volvo to build and operate public charging points for heavy-duty electric trucks and coaches, has opened its first charging hub in Germany at Hermsdorfer Kreuz. Four CCS charging stations with speeds up to 400 kW are available at the site, which can be… Read more »
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California county adds Volvo electric compactor to its fleet
Yolo County, a stretch of rolling hills between the Napa Valley and Sacramento, California, has become one of the first municipalities in the US to put a new Volvo DD25 Electric compactor into service. Yolo County’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan calls for electrifying the county’s entire fleet of on- and off-road equipment. The fleet… Read more »
Volvo Trucks to launch electric truck with 600 km range
Volvo Trucks plans to launch a long-range variant of its FH Electric truck, with a range of up to 600 km (373 miles)—about twice the maximum range of the current-generation FH Electric. (North American VNR Electric models offer a range of up to 275 miles.) The new model is slated to go on sale in… 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 »
Logistics firm DSV orders 300 electric semi-trucks from Volvo
Global logistics firm DSV has ordered 300 electric semi-trucks from Volvo Trucks. The deal represents one of Volvo’s largest orders to date for heavy-duty electric trucks, but it’s just a toe in the water for DSV, which operates a fleet of 20,000 trucks. (The company’s order from Volvo also includes 500 legacy fossil fuel-powered trucks.)… Read more »
Volvo, ZF, Cummins win $441 million in DOE funding to accelerate heavy-duty electric truck production
The US DOE has awarded nearly half a billion bucks to three companies under the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion grant program to help accelerate the production of heavy-duty electric trucks and related powertrain components. Volvo Technology of America will receive $208 to upgrade facilities at the Volvo Group’s Lehigh Valley Operations truck assembly site in Macungie,… Read more »
Volvo’s electric trucks have driven 80 million km in 5 years
Volvo Trucks has announced that its electric models, first introduced in 2019, have driven a total of more than 80 million kilometers in commercial traffic, equivalent to 2,000 laps around the earth. The company says it has sold more than 3,500 electric trucks in 45 countries over the past five years. Its global deliveries of… Read more »
MOL and Volvo Penta conduct trials of an electric 4X4 RoRo tractor at Belgian port
MOL, a Belgian manufacturer of port handling equipment, and Volvo Penta, a marine and industrial engine manufacturer, have announced a partnership to conduct trials of the RME225, an electric 4X4 RoRo tractor, at the Port of Ghent, in collaboration with the port’s operator, logistics firm DFDS. The three partners aim to demonstrate a move away… Read more »
Lithium Australia to recycle Volvo’s bus batteries in Australia
Lithium Australia’s subsidiary Envirostream Australia has signed an exclusive agreement with Volvo Group Australia’s bus division to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from its electric and hybrid fleet. Volvo manufactures and supplies electric and hybrid buses to customers across Australia, including Public Transport Authority in Western Australia and Transdev in Queensland. The agreement has an initial… 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 »