Volvo Completes Electrification of XC60 Range With Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains

Plug-in hybrid versions offer electric-only range of up to 32 miles, low CO2 emissions and impressive performance XC60 now available with three plug-in hybrid powertrains, along with two mild-hybrid petrol and two mild-hybrid diesel engines Powertrains range […]

Volvo Trucks Leads Electrification of North American Trucking Industry with Commercialization of Volvo VNR Electric model

Volvo Trucks North America today announced the commercial introduction and sales start of its zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric vehicle to the North American market. The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric truck model has a scheduled production […]

Volvo LIGHTS Team Helps Facilitate Authorization for Public MDHD EV Charging Stations in California

Volvo Trucks North America today announced an important milestone in the path to the wide-scale electrification of medium- and heavy-duty trucks via the expansion of public charging options for fleet operators. Working in collaboration with its […]

Volvo Buses To Offer New Alternative For Charging Electric Buses: Panto Up.

In autumn 2021 Volvo Buses will introduce another alternative for charging of electric buses. Along with today’s efficient charging solutions – OppCharge and Combo2/CCS – Volvo will also offer charging via a roof-mounted pantograph, known as […]

Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M from U.S. EPA and South Coast AQMD to Deploy 70 Class 8 VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks

This award enables the nation’s largest commercial deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks. Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution […]

Mack Trucks delivers Mack LR Electric Model to Republic Services to begin real-world trials

Volvo Group’s subsidiary Mack Trucks has delivered a pre-production Mack LR Electric model to Republic Services to begin in-service trials in the demanding refuse segment. Mack will use key learnings from the trials to further refine […]

Volvo Cars Successfully Places first Green Bond & Raises EUR 500m

Volvo Cars today successfully placed its first green bond, raising EUR 500m from a diverse group of institutional investors and further increasing the company’s financial flexibility. The proceeds of the bond will be used to fund […]

Volvo Cars starts production of Fully Electric XC40 Recharge

The XC40 Recharge is the first of several fully electric Volvos to come and today’s production start represents a significant step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to reduce its CO2 footprint per car by 40 per cent […]

Revolutionary Volvo Penta-Powered Electric Fire Trucks are on Their way to Customers

Three pioneering fire trucks featuring Volvo Penta electric drivelines are on their way to fire departments in Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai to begin real-world customer testing. Volvo Penta has developed an electric driveline for leading fire service […]

Stena gives Volvo Bus Batteries a Second Life

The commercial service lives of bus batteries are significantly extended and natural resources are conserved. That is the result of a new cooperation between Volvo Buses and Stena Recycling subsidiary Batteryloop. After the batteries are removed […]

Dependable Highway Express Begins Piloting Volvo VNR Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks in its Southern California Fleet

Through the Volvo LIGHTS project, leading freight company Dependable Highway Express will demonstrate the ability for battery-electric trucks to successfully transport goods in daily routes. Leading freight operator, Dependable Highway Express (DHE), has received two Volvo VNR Electric trucks, the first battery-electric Class 8 trucks […]

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in Blockchain Technology firm Circulor

Image, Volvo XC40 Recharge Battery Package Volvo Cars has made an investment in blockchain technology firm Circulor through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm. Circulor and Volvo Cars have been working […]