Volvo has revealed it has now delivered more than 5,000 battery-electric trucks to customers in 50 countries around the world including more than 80 in Australia.
Volvo has offered Electric trucks since 2019 and since then it says customers in 50 countries around the globe have switched to electric transport and the company claims they driven close to 170 million kilometres in commercial operations.
The company says that these trucks have reduced CO2 emissions and traffic noise levels while also improving the working environment for drivers.
The Volvo electric fleet in Australia the has to date collectively covered more than one million kilometres, with the first Volvo Electric truck, an FL delivered to Linfox, arrived in Australia during 2021 and the company says it is still working today, which after just three years would eb a prime expectation we would have thought.
“It’s rewarding to see transport companies continue to embrace the benefits with electric trucks in a variety of applications.”, said Volvo Trucks president, Roger Alm.
“Volvo’s battery-electric trucks are available here and now, providing our customers and transport buyers with a more sustainable alternative that makes business sense, and many of our customers are coming back to us to grow their electric fleets.”
Volvo says its current range of electric trucks is tailored to meet the needs of city and regional distribution as well as the construction and refuse segments.
The company’s top five markets for electric trucks are Germany, the Netherlands, United States, Norway and Sweden and Volvo claims it is the heavy-duty BEV market leader in Australia.
Volvo claims its early entry into the electric truck segment has built what it describes as “a unique expertise in electric zero-exhaust emission transport”.
The company said that the benefits of electric trucks go beyond the environmental gains and that drivers are experiencing a better working environment with much lower levels of noise and vibrations.
Volvo truck models on offer today globally include, the Volvo FL Electric, the FE Electric, the FM Electric, the FM Low Entry, the FMX Electric, the FH Electric Volvo FH Aero Electric and the VNR Electric in North Ameruica
The company claims that it drives the decarbonising of transport in order to reach its net-zero emissions target by 2040 using a three-path technology strategy.
It said that this approach is built on battery electric, fuel cell electric and combustion engines that run on renewable fuels such as green hydrogen , biogas or biodiesel and HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil).
