The recipient of the brand new merchandise – an electrical Volvo FE truck, with electrically powered crane, and a Volvo ECR25 electrical compact excavator – was French contractor and long-term Volvo buyer Eiffage. The machines help Eiffage’s low carbon technique and can work on the bold Grand Paris Specific transport venture within the French capital.

The handover of Volvo Trucks and Volvo Building Tools’s first all-electric merchandise was marked with a small ceremony in Paris. It was attended by Benoit de Ruffray, Eiffage Group CEO, and consultant of Volvo Truck and Volvo CE’s France-based groups. Because of COVID-19 journey restrictions, Volvo Group CEO Martin Lundstedt, Volvo CE President Melker Jernberg and Volvo Vans President Roger Alm participated digitally. 

“By 2030, we wish over a 3rd of the machines the Volvo Group sells to be electrical. We won’t do that alone, we need to do that along with our prospects, companions like Eiffage and the broader society,” says Volvo Group CEO, Martin Lundstedt. “In the present day is an thrilling landmark on this journey to form the way forward for transport and infrastructure.”

“In the present day’s deliveries of this electrical truck and building machine is the beginning of a revolution in transport and infrastructure options,” agrees Melker Jernberg, President of Volvo CE. “Make no mistake, electrical machines should not going to stay a distinct segment product space. Over the course of the subsequent years and a long time they may develop into the dominant supply of low-or-no emission energy. When coupled with clear power, their potential to help local weather change objectives, enhance air high quality and assist construct the world all of us need to reside in can’t be underestimated. I am very happy that we’re beginning this journey with associates comparable to Eiffage.” 

This primary supply in France represents, for each Volvo CE and Volvo Vans, an vital step on the way in which to zero emissions. Due to their low noise and vibration ranges, and their absence of exhaust gases, electrical vans and machines are effectively suited to assembly robust environmental regulation in city areas, confined areas, or particular works. They provide new alternatives for urbanization in addition to highway infrastructures.

The Volvo FE electrical 6X2 truck was constructed on the Volvo plant of Blainville sur Orne in France. It will likely be used to ship and accumulate instruments and spare components for demolition works of Half 1 – line 16 and Half T2B of line 15 of the Grand Paris Specific venture. It’ll do round 150 km per day – all of them with zero emissions.

The Volvo ECR25 electrical compact excavator will likely be utilized by Eiffage in help of demolition and dismantling actions, once more with zero CO2 emissions and much decrease noise and vibration ranges than conventional diesel engine machines. The two.5-ton machine has the identical efficiency as its diesel counterpart, and its battery pack presents 4 hours work time, relying on utility.