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There are 10,000 Volvo LNG-powered trucks on the road worldwide
Volvo’s gas engines are offered in the heavy-duty Volvo FM, FH, and FH Aero ranges, and can run on conventional LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) or bio-LNG. In terms of consumption, Volvo’s gas-powered trucks can travel up to 1,000 kilometers on a single tank, making them well suited for long-haul and re...
Sustainable Truck of the Year 2025: the awards go to Volvo Trucks, IVECO and Renault Trucks
This year’s awards go to Volvo Trucks in the Tractor category, IVECO among Distribution vehicles and Renault Trucks in the Van category. The first award in the new e-Truck category goes to Volvo Trucks for the FH Aero Electric. All the details and the video of the awarding session.
Focus on the new e-axle. Our interview with Jan Hjelmgren (Volvo Trucks)
At the beginning of 2024, Volvo introduced the Aero range. Right before the last IAA in Hannover, the Swedish manufacturer announced big changes in electric truck development, with the new e-axle coming next year, revolutionizing powertrains and enabling higher efficiency range. We talked about all ...
Volvo’s electric trucks have driven more than 80 million kilometers
New monitoring data for Volvo’s fleet of electric trucks reveal that they have driven more than 80 million kilometers in commercial traffic around the world since 2019. Volvo Trucks’ global deliveries of electric trucks increased by 256% to 1,977 trucks in 2023 and the company sees continued interes...
Danfoss, from Denmark to Le Mans with a Volvo electric truck
Danish engineering group Danfoss will drive one of its electric trucks from Denmark to Le Mans, France, to coincide with the famous 24-hour race event, set to start on June 12. The 20-ton, 17-meter-long Volvo electric truck will travel together with 47 electric cars.
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AS Labruna Celebrates a Stellar 2025 Award Season
As 2025 winds down for AS Labruna, the year is defined by an incredible array of accolades and the interaction between innovation and sustainability
Diesel of the Year 2026, here’s the video of the award cerimony of AGCO Power CORE80!
The CORE80 is the Diesel of the Year 2026. A day of celebration at the headquarters in Linnavuori, Finland, which has cemented AGCO Power’s evolution into a leading player in the global off-highway landscape.
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Volvo Trucks discontinues the acquisition of heavy-duty truck manufacturer JMC in China
Volvo Trucks and Jiangling Motors will not pursue the previously announced transaction involving the acquisition of JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle and its manufacturing site in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China.
Volvo Trucks tests hydrogen-powered electric trucks on public roads
Emitting only water vapor, hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks will be an important part of Volvo Trucks’ zero exhaust emission product portfolio. Now, the vehicles have passed an important milestone – namely, being test-driven on public roads.
Volvo Trucks and Boliden collaborate on electric trucks for mining
Volvo Trucks and mining company Boliden are now joining forces to implement electric truck transport in underground environments.
Volta Trucks adds former Volvo Trucks president Claes Nilsson to its board of directors
"It is with great enthusiasm that I join the Board of Directors of Volta Trucks", commented Claes Nilsson. "With my experience from many years in the truck industry, I look forward to supporting the company in its future progress.”
World-first: Volvo delivers electric trucks with fossil-free steel
As the world’s first truck manufacturer to do so, Volvo has begun using fossil-free steel in its trucks. The first electric trucks with fossil-free steel are now being delivered to customers.
Volvo Trucks opens battery plant in Belgium
Volvo Trucks is opening its very first battery assembly plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks.
Cellcentric. The hydrogen home of Daimler and Volvo Trucks
Onomastics are important, Daimler and Volvo are aware of this. How to put the green hydrogen perspective front and center? Simple, just call the joint venture Cellcentric. The news had been circulating overwhelmingly among insiders. Even diesel-international reported on it. Daimler Truck AG and the ...
ConExpo and Covid-19
ConExpo and Covid-19: let’s challenge the fear ConExpo and Covid-19. It sounds such as ‘Love in the time of cholera’, famous novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, EP of Shakira and a movie by Mike Newell. It is difficult to estimate now the extent of the recessive effect on the economy ...
Volvo and Isuzu are getting closer
Volvo and Isuzu: a strategic alliance. Formally, what the two companies have signed is called a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding. It is the first step of a promising technology partnership aimed at creating a stronger, combined heavy-duty truck business for Isuzu Motors and UD Trucks in Japan...
Volvo Group invests in autonomous solutions
The overall performance of the Volvo Group is quite good, even though the market conditions are getting harder. Several relevant clues came out from the periodical press conference held by the management of Volvo Group, talking about the sales and financial results of the third quarter 2019. Among t...
