Main the deployment of Class 8 zero-emission automobiles within the North American trucking business, Volvo Vans will start producing the Volvo VNR Electrical mannequin at its New River Valley manufacturing plant in early 2021.

“Volvo Vans is dedicated to guide the industrial transport business in the direction of extra sustainable options by advancing electromobility. We’ll proceed to put money into and drive the event of this expertise, each globally and proper right here in North America,” stated Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Vans North America. “We’re excited to carry the Volvo VNR Electrical to the market in just some weeks.”
 
Volvo Vans, as a worldwide group, will supply an entire vary of electrical heavy-duty vehicles in Europe in 2021, which shall be adopted by the event of electrical automobiles for heavy long-haul operations, together with battery-electric and fuel-cell electrical vehicles with an extended vary. Volvo Vans plans to start out promoting electrical vehicles powered by hydrogen gas cells within the second half of this decade, and the target is to have a fossil-free product vary by 2040. 
 
“By quickly rising the variety of heavy-duty electrical vehicles, we need to assist our prospects and transport patrons to realize their bold sustainability targets. We’re decided to proceed driving our business towards a sustainable future,” stated Roger Alm, president of Volvo Vans Company. 
 
From Volvo Vans’ perspective, the transition to extra sustainable transport is essentially about making the shift as easy as doable for fleet operators, in order that they will start to regulate. The options provided should be fossil-free and permit fleets to realize the required ranges of profitability and productiveness. 
 
“As a part of the very profitable Volvo LIGHTS undertaking, which we began in 2019 in Southern California in collaboration with fourteen different pioneering organizations, we validated the viability and reliability of the Volvo VNR Electrical in real-world operations and proved what it takes to create a holistic, end-to-end electromobility answer to drive true sustainability within the trucking business,” stated Voorhoeve. “We’re absolutely assured in bringing this new expertise to the industrial market.”