Volvo Trucks and Swedish mining company Boliden have teamed up to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. Exhaust gases from diesel vehicles are responsible for most of the carbon dioxide emissions from Boliden’s mines. The company is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030, in which the electrification of transport is… Read more »
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Volvo delivers 20 electric trucks to DFDS in Sweden
Volvo has supplied the first batch of 20 FM Electric trucks, out of a total order of 125, to Danish integrated shipping and logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fourteen vehicles from the new fleet will be used to transport goods to and from Volvo’s heavy truck assembly plant located outside the city. According to… Read more »
Australian shipping firm orders 36 Volvo FL electric trucks
Australian express freight company Team Global Express has ordered 36 Volvo FL electric trucks–apparently the automaker’s largest electric truck order in Australia to date. The Volvo FL electric trucks are designed for urban distribution and have a load capacity of 5.5 tonnes. They will become a part of Team Global Express Sydney’s metropolitan pick-up and… Read more »
Volvo to build electric trucks using fossil-free steel
Volvo Trucks has begun production of heavy-duty 44-tonne (GCW) electric trucks partly made from “fossil-free” steel produced by the Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB. SSAB claims to use a new technology that relies on fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The company estimates that the new process eliminates some 90% of CO2 emissions from steel production. Volvo will… Read more »
Pilot and Volvo to build charging network for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks
Pilot Company (formerly Pilot Flying J), which operates over 800 retail fuel stations, is moving with confidence into the EV charging space. Now the company has signed a letter of intent with the Volvo Group to develop a charging network open to all battery-electric Class 8 truck brands. Chargers will be located at select Pilot… Read more »
Tradelink Transport buys 15 Volvo VNR Electric trucks to serve ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Tradelink Transport, a minority-owned trucking company based in Compton, California, operates a fleet of 40 Class 8 trucks, transporting a variety of products for major shipping companies between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and nearby rail yards. The company recently purchased 15 Volvo VNR Electric trucks, which are expected to provide air… Read more »
Truck-as-a-Service startup WattEV orders 50 Volvo VNR electric trucks
WattEV has ordered 50 Volvo VNR Class 8 electric trucks to launch its Truck-as-a-Service (TaaS) model in California. Over the next several months, the e-trucks will begin operating on routes between California’s San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. WattEV’s TaaS model offers shippers and carriers access to… Read more »
Danish concrete provider plans to test 11 Volvo FM Electric trucks
Unicon, a producer and supplier of ready-mixed concrete in Denmark, operates a fleet of 195 trucks, and is beginning to explore the possibility of electrification. The company tested a Volvo FE Electric truck, and now plans to order 11 Volvo FM Electric models, which will be converted to cement mixers. Deliveries are to start by… Read more »
Norwegian Post orders 29 Volvo electric trucks
The Norwegian Postal Service has ordered 29 electric trucks from Volvo Trucks—one of the truck-maker’s largest ever in Europe. The order follows an earlier one for three electric trucks. Volvo Trucks will deliver a total of 32 electric and 13 biogas-fueled trucks to Norwegian Post in 2022. The order includes different two- and three-axle configurations… Read more »
European shipping company orders 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks
DFDS, a shipping and logistics firm based in Northern Europe, has placed an order with Volvo Trucks for 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks. Deliveries of the trucks will start in the fourth quarter of 2022 and continue throughout 2023. Volvo Financial Services… Read more »