Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Australian express freight company, Team Global Express, has placed an order for 36 Volvo FL Electric trucks. This is Volvo’s largest electric truck order to date in Australia. The Volvo FL Electric model will be equipped with four 66 kWh battery packs for increased range and improved charging performance.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced an investment into battery pack production at its excavator plant in Changwon, South Korea. The Changwon plant in South Korea specializes in the production of excavators and is the biggest excavator production site in Volvo CE. With the SEK 80-million (around $7.8-million)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

Volvo Trucks has delivered its first heavy electric truck to Rabat, Morocco. The truck is a Volvo FE Electric, one of six all-electric Volvo truck models, already in serial production. The truck is a Volvo FE Electric, one of six all-electric Volvo truck models, already in serial production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Volvo Trucks and Bucher Municipal have now entered into a collaboration to electrify sewer cleaner trucks. Bucher Municipal is expecting that up to 80 sewer trucks, or 50% of their production of cleaning vehicles, will be zero exhaust emission trucks from Volvo by the end of 2023. —Volvo Trucks President Roger Alm.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2022

The world’s first truck manufacturer to do so, Volvo is now introducing fossil-free steel in its trucks. The steel is produced by the Swedish steel company SSAB ( earlier post ) and the heavy-duty electric Volvo trucks will be the first to include it. —Jessica Sandström, Senior Vice President Product Management, Volvo Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. The investment decision to install battery module manufacturing capacity in Ghent is another important step for the Volvo Group to shape its future value chain for battery systems. To date, partners supply both cells and modules to the Group.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported sales of 162,938 cars for Q1 2023, up 10% compared to the same period last year. For the month of March, Volvo Cars sold 63,132 cars globally, up 8% compared with the same month last year. The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. Sales of the all-electric cars were up 140% year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

The fully electric Volvo C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge models have been updated for the 2024 model year to offer increased range ( earlier post ). Range improvements come thanks to two new powertrains offered on both the C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the IAA Transport show in Hannover, Germany. Volvo Trucks will start serial production of trucks with the new e-axle in a few years and it will complement the current line-up of battery electric trucks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Volvo Trucks received an order for 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks from DFDS, Northern Europe’s?largest The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, and one of the largest yet for heavy electric trucks worldwide. DFDS has chosen a financing solution provided by Volvo Financial Services.

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Volvo Electric Electrical North America 435

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero-exhaust-emission vehicles. DHL intends to intensify its transition to heavy electric trucks by deploying a total of 44 new electric Volvo trucks on routes in Europe.

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Volvo Electric Electrical North America 448

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. The 20 Volvo FH Electric are expected to drive more than one million road kilometers annually. The Volvo FH Electric offers battery capacity of 540 kWh and 490 kW of continuous power.

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Volvo Germany Electric Electrical 355

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2023

Volvo Trucks leads the market in Europe and in North America for heavy electric trucks after the first quarter of 2023. Volvo Trucks has the largest market share of this at 50%: an increase compared to 2022, when the company’s market share for the full year was 32%. The group is also investing in a charging corridor in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Volvo Trucks is opening its first battery assembly plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. —Roger Alm, President of Volvo Trucks. This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation. —Roger Alm.

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Volvo Batteries Battery North America 435

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Norwegian Postal Service has ordered 29 electric trucks from Volvo, making the order one of the largest ever for Volvo Trucks in Europe. All the trucks have the same driveline but will come in different configurations of the Volvo FL and FE models, with two and three axles respectively.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Volvo Penta has expanded its genset range and launched its most powerful engine to date with the introduction of the D17. Like all Volvo Penta genset engines, the new unit therefore complies with the most-stringent ISO8528 G3 standard for load acceptance, a measure of how quickly it can meet power demand in response to a blackout.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As the world’s first truck manufacturer to do so, Volvo has begun using fossil-free steel in its trucks. In September, Volvo Trucks started series production of heavy-duty electric, 44 tonne trucks, as the first global truck manufacturer to achieve this. Also, up to 90% of the truck can be recycled at the end of its life.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

Volvo Buses is changing its business model in Europe and will apply the same successful model as it has in several other markets. Consequently, Volvo Buses has decided to close its bodybuilding factory in Wrocław, Poland, during the first quarter of 2024. A restructuring provision of SEK 1.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Volvo Cars is introducing a range of updates to its entire car line-up, the most prominent of which is an exterior refresh of its fully electric XC40 Recharge. Volvo customers will now be able to choose between different equipment levels and select the options that best suit their personal needs. C40 Recharge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America announced the commercial introduction and sales start of its zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric vehicle to the North American market. The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric truck model has a scheduled production start of early 2021. Two tractor configurations – 4x2 with a 66,000-lb.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

Volvo Trucks and mining company Boliden are joining forces to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. Volvo Trucks and Boliden are collaborating on the use of electric trucks in underground mining (image does not show the Kankberg mine).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Volvo Trucks North America’s customers and carrier partners, Watsontown Trucking Company and Camrett Logistics, have placed orders for their first Volvo VNR Electric trucks. The Volvo VNR Electric model entered serial production at NRV earlier this year. Volvo VNR Electric NRV zero-emissions logistics transport vehicle.

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Volvo Electric Electrical Fleet 418

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Volvo Trucks has supplied CEMEX with its first fully electric and zero exhaust emission heavy-duty concrete mixer truck. The Volvo FMX electric heavy-duty truck can complete a full day’s work with a single top-up charge during the regular break.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Volvo Cars is integrating and testing wireless charging technology in a live city environment together with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars. To easily align the car with the charging pad, Volvo Cars will use its 360-degree camera system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Volvo Penta and TICO have completed the build of the first terminal tractor prototypes powered by Volvo Penta’s electric driveline. The Volvo Group recently announced its ambition to be a net-zero emissions company by 2050, at the latest. TICO will build a series of prototypes in close collaboration with Volvo Penta.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

New statistics show that Volvo Trucks was the market leader for heavy all-electric trucks in Europe 2021 with a market share of 42%. Volvo Trucks has the largest market share at 42%. —Roger Alm, President of Volvo Trucks. 16 tonnes) were registered in Europe—an increase of 193% from 2020.

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Volvo Europe Electric Electrical 455

Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2023

The Volvo EX30 compact crossover EV won’t just be smaller. It will also be vastly more simplified in its interface, Volvo revealed Wednesday. With no separate gauge cluster, the EX30 will, like the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, shift all displays to a single screen.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 29, 2023

Smart home energy company dcbel has secured a strategic investment from Volvo Cars. The Swedish car manufacturer has chosen to support dcbel’s R&D and go-to-market endeavors through its corporate venture capital arm, the Volvo Cars Tech Fund.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 27, 2023

In a recent press release, Volvo announced that it’s found a way to truly stick it to the trolls that attack EVs online, in social media, and in regular media. Before we get to how Volvo did this, let’s take a look at the bogus arguments that it’s proving wrong. A Common Argument Against EVs […]

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 23, 2023

Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell 1,000 electric trucks between now and 2030 to Holcim, one of the world’s largest building solution providers. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, and the first 130 trucks will be delivered in 2023 and 2024.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2023

The 2024 Volvo EX90 is still a few months away from the start of deliveries, but the electric SUV is already sold out for its first year of production.

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Teslarati

MAY 31, 2023

The Volvo EX30 electric vehicle (EV) appears to take after Tesla’s unique interior design. With only a week or so away from Volvo EX30’s official debut , the European car maker shared a few tidbits about the electric vehicle’s design. Together, these elements distill the essence of a Volvo into a small package.”

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2023

Volvo has teased the design of a new smaller electric SUV that it confirmed on Tuesday will be U.S.-bound. reservations, Volvo said. The EX30 badge, which was previously confirmed as on the way, follows Volvo’s new naming structure.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2023

Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell up to 1,000 electric trucks to Holcim, a building solution provider, marking the largest deal the Swedish automaker has signed to date. Volvo will deliver the first 130 trucks this year and next, with the total number of deliveries reaching “up to 1,000” units, the company said.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2023

These models, which I drove last week near Volvo’s Gothenburg headquarters, make the rear wheels the primary drive wheels for the first time in a Volvo in decades. It’s easy to miss the most important thing about the refreshed 2024 XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 24, 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, Volvo Trucks emerged as the market leader in heavy electric trucks across Europe and North America. Currently, Volvo Trucks is expanding its electric product offerings to additional markets in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. […]

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