Volvo To Use Fossil-Free Steel in its Trucks
May 24 2022 - 4:00AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
STOCKHOLM--Swedish truck maker Volvo AB said Tuesday it is
introducing fossil-free steel into its trucks, with its range of
heavy-duty electric trucks the first to include it.
The steel is produced by Swedish company SSAB AB, and uses new
technology based on hydrogen with a much lower climate impact than
conventionally-produced steel, it added.
Small scale introduction of the steel in Volvo's heavy electric
trucks will begin in the third quarter of 2022.
"We will increase the use of fossil-free materials in all our
trucks to make them net-zero not only in operation - but also when
it comes to the materials they are built of," said Jessica
Sandstrom, Volvo Trucks senior vice president product
management.
The first steel produced with hydrogen will be used in the
truck's frame rails, and as the availability of fossil-free steel
increases, will be introduced in other parts of the truck, it
said.
Volvo said that around 30% of materials in a new Volvo truck
currently come from recycled materials and up to 90% of the truck
can be recycled at the end of its life.
Last year, Volvo launched its first vehicle made of fossil-free
steel from SSAB, a load carrier for use in mining and
quarrying.
Volvo has committed to be climate-neutral and achieve net zero
value chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 at the latest.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
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