Volvo Trucks will offer a complete heavy-duty range with electric drivelines starting in Europe in 2021. The group is currently running tests of the electric heavy-duty Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks, which will be used for regional transport and urban construction operations in Europe.
Volvo Trucks says its objective is for its entire product range to be fossil-free by 2040.
Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks. says: “By rapidly increasing the number of heavy-duty electric trucks, we want to help our customers and transport buyers to achieve their ambitious sustainability goals. We’re determined to continue driving our industry towards a sustainable future.”
He adds: “To reduce the impact of transport on the climate, we need to make a swift transition from fossil fuels to alternatives such as electricity. But the conditions for making this shift, and consequently the pace of the transition, vary dramatically across different hauliers and markets, depending on many variables such as financial incentives, access to charging infrastructure and type of transport operations.”
“Our primary task is to ease the transition to electrified vehicles. We’re doing this by offering holistic solutions that include route planning, correctly specified vehicles, charging equipment, financing and services. The long-term security that we and our global network of dealers and service workshops provide our customers with will be more important than ever,” comments Alm.
Volvo Trucks also says it’s aiming to start selling electric trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells in the second half of this decade.
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