Equipment Volvo Trucks in Sweden: Photo gallery September 20, 2023 Sixteen journalists, including two from Newcom Media, traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden, for in-depth briefings by Volvo Trucks executives as the OEM highlighted business plans anchored in sustainability. Here’s a look…
Equipment Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions involve more than emissions alone September 20, 2023 Proof of Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions are already rolling in and around Gothenburg, Sweden. The track at the Volvo Trucks Demonstration Center is lined with battery-electric FM and FH…
Equipment Volvo expands electric truck production, sees carbon pricing as key to zero-emissions future September 14, 2023 Zero-emissions trucks are beginning to roll off global assembly lines, and Volvo Trucks sees carbon pricing as a key tool to fund the charging infrastructure that will keep such equipment…
Engines/Drivetrains, Trucks Volvo offering Turnkey Solutions for EV charger management August 22, 2023 Volvo Trucks is offering customers a new Turnkey Solutions program for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The program, in partnership with InCharge Energy and Gilbarco Veeder-Root, offers…
Equipment Volvo pushes envelope with EV weight limits June 27, 2023 Volvo Trucks has delivered an electric truck to a Swedish heavy hauler that will use it to handle a total weight of 74 tonnes (163,142 pounds). Mattsson Akeri in Gothenburg,…
Equipment Global Trucking Trends: Fuso now producing Next Generation eCanter in Europe May 23, 2023 Daimler Truck’s Fuso subsidiary is now producing the battery-electric Next Generation eCanter at the Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe plant in Tramagal, Portugal. The vehicle will be offered to European buyers…
Equipment Volvo vows to be electric truck leader February 23, 2023 Volvo Trucks has thrown down the gauntlet, vowing to lead the market for electric trucks in Europe and North America. The company says it has sold more than 4,300 electric…
Equipment Volvo sets record for global truck deliveries, grows share February 6, 2023 Volvo Trucks says it enjoyed a record year globally in 2022, highlighted by market share increases in 41 countries and a new all-time high for truck deliveries. The company delivered…
Equipment Top 10 new and emerging truck tech in 2022 December 19, 2022 Trucks, trailers, and other commercial vehicle components were hard to come by amid the supply chain challenges of 2022, but that clearly didn’t dampen the creativity of engineering teams. Here…
Equipment Surgenor Truck Group now EV-certified December 13, 2022 Surgenor Truck Group is the latest Canadian Mack and Volvo dealer to become electric vehicle-certified. Both its locations, in Kingston and Ottawa, Ont., are now EV-certified to sell and support…
Equipment Volvo builds first trucks with fossil fuel-free steel November 10, 2022 Volvo says it’s the first truck maker in the world to have built an electric truck with fossil-fuel-free steel. The 44-ton trucks are now being delivered to customers in Europe.
Engines/Drivetrains Volvo Trucks unveils eAxle during IAA show September 19, 2022 Volvo Trucks has taken another step toward longer ranges for electric vehicles, unveiling a fully electric rear axle at the IAA truck show in Hannover, Germany. The eAxle design integrates…
Equipment Challenges remain in path for fuel cell electric trucks December 16, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Hydrogen fuel cells have a future in trucking, but the pace of that future will have more to do with the creation and distribution of hydrogen than…
Regulations Trucks can boast cleaner emissions on 50th Earth Day, and the work continues April 22, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – The days of soot-belching exhaust stacks are largely behind us, and on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day there is the promise of more environmentally-friendly trucks to…
Equipment Volvo Trucks launch goes online amid coronavirus concerns March 5, 2020 Volvo has updated the FH, FH16, FM, and FMX models, which collectively account for 70% of global sales. (Volvo photo) GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Imagine you were hosting the biggest truck…
