GÖTEBORG, Sweden,
Oct. 6,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Trucks will deliver fully
electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. The 20 Volvo FH Electric
are expected to drive more than one million road kilometres
annually, fuelled with electricity instead of diesel.
Heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles make up
around 36% of Germany's domestic
transport emissions[1], which makes road transport
decarbonization an important issue to address.
"Big actors in the transport business play a key role in leading
the industry's efforts to lower its carbon footprint. Therefore I´m
glad that Amazon is working with us to help reduce their emissions
in longer and heavier transport assignments," says Jessica
Sandström, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Volvo
Trucks.
Volvo Trucks started the series production of heavy-duty
electric trucks in September this year and the availability of
electric trucks for inter-city and regional haulage marks an
important milestone for decarbonizing road transport.
"Globally we now have six electric truck models ready to order
and in series production to meet the increasing demand for
decarbonizing goods transports. This is an encouraging step forward
for reducing climate change impacts," comments Jessica
Sandström.
The electric versions of its most important product range – the
heavy-duty Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks – will play a
vital role in reaching Volvo Trucks global target that in 2030 50%
of all new trucks sold will be battery or fuel cell electric. These
electric heavy-duty trucks can operate at a total weight of 44
tonnes and the three models mentioned represent around two thirds
of the company's sales.
For Amazon, the trucks will replace their diesel counterparts
and play a key role in electrification initiatives through its
transportation chain.
"Amazon is committed to decarbonizing its fleet, and the middle
mile has been a notoriously hard-to-abate sector," explains Andreas
Marschner, Vice President Transportation Services Europe at
Amazon. "That's why welcoming these electric heavy goods vehicles
from Volvo into our fleet is such a critical milestone. We're
operating one of the fastest-growing commercial transportation
electrification programs, and we'll continue to invest and innovate
to decarbonize and deliver packages to customers with zero
emissions."
Facts about the Volvo FH Electric
- Battery capacity: 540 kWh
- Output power: 490 kW continuous power
- The range is up to 300 km, but the Volvo FH Electric can cover
up to 500 km during a normal workday if a top-up charge is added,
for example during the lunch break
Facts about Volvo's range of electric trucks
- Volvo Trucks have a global range of six all electric trucks
designed to cover many different transport assignments.
- The Volvo FH, FM and FMX Electric models have a GCW of up to 44
tonnes. Sales are ongoing in Europe and series production started in
September 2022.
- Manufacturing of the Volvo FL and FE Electric, for city
distribution and refuse handling, started in Europe already in 2019.
- Production of the Volvo VNR Electric for North America began in 2020.
October 6, 2022
LINK to high resolution images
For further information, please contact:
Jan Strandhede
Media Relations Director, Volvo Trucks
jan.strandhede@volvo.com
+46 31 323 3715
Press images and films are available in the Volvo Trucks
image and film gallery at
http://images.volvotrucks.com.
[1] Bundesministerium für Umwelt und Verkehr,
Klimaschutz in Zahlen - Fakten, Trends und Impulse deutscher
Klimapolitik, Ausgabe 2021 (bmuv.de), Page 36
Volvo Trucks supplies
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with its full range of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Customer
support is provided via a global network of dealers with 2,200
service points in about 130 countries. Volvo trucks are assembled
in 13 countries across the globe. In 2021 approximately 123,000
Volvo trucks were delivered worldwide. Volvo Trucks is part of the
Volvo Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks,
buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines.
The group also provides complete solutions for financing and
service. Volvo Trucks' work is based on the core values of quality,
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