Starting next year, Volvo Trucks will offer European customers all-electric versions of its entire lineup of heavy-duty models. The company says this marks a major step forwards on the road to fossil-free transport, with the company now running tests of the electric heavy-duty Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX trucks. These models will be used for regional transport and urban construction operations in Europe.
With a gross combination weight of up to
44 tonnes, these trucks offer driving ranges of up to 300 km. Sales of Volvo’s all-electric trucks will begin in 2021, with volume
production scheduled to start in 2022. This means that from 2021 onwards Volvo
Trucks will sell a complete range of battery-electric trucks in Europe for
distribution, refuse, regional transport and urban construction operations.
As a reminder, Volvo Trucks started
manufacturing the FL Electric and FE Electric in 2019. These two trucks are
intended for city distribution and refuse operations, primarily in Europe. In
North America, Volvo will begin sales of the VNR Electric regional transport
truck on December 3, 2020.
According to Volvo, electric vehicles for
demanding and heavy long-haul operations will follow in this decade. The
company projects these will be battery-electric and fuel cell electric trucks
with a longer range. Volvo Trucks aims to start selling electric trucks powered
by hydrogen fuel cells in the second half of this decade. The truck maker’s
objective is for its entire product range to be fossil-free by 2040.
