Volvo is going through a process of preparing its truck dealers because it has a launch program for a full electric range. All areas of the business are involved to enable them to start selling these alt-power trucks in 2023. The company is working on the assumption that the regulations will happen to enable customers to use them. At the same time as trying to control expectation as much as it can, it needs to be ready for the green light when it comes.
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Volvo FM Electric 4×2 Prime Mover
Volvo Trucks have been loaning the UK’s leading pub company and brewer Greene King a Volvo FM Electric 4×2 prime mover and PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers made a trip to the east of England to see what they thought of it.
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Preparing for an Electric Future
The move to alternative power is inevitable and PowerTorque sat down with Paul Ilmer, Vice President Emerging Technology Business development at Volvo, so he could explain how can start preparing for an electric future, without diesel engines.
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Ideal Electric Brewery Workhorse
Having spent a day delivering Greene King beer, PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers reckons battery-powered trucks might be the ideal brewery workhorse.
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Investigating Electric Power
“When we have discussions with customers who are investigating electric power, we can do range simulations, even prior to them even thinking about electric,” says Paul Ilmer, Vice President Emerging Technology Business development at Volvo. “To help a customer make a decision whether electric is for them now or later, they can do it virtually, which takes all the risk away.”
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The Road Ahead For Electric Trucks in Australia
PowerTorque sat down with Paul Ilmer, who leads Volvo’s electric truck program, to discuss the road ahead for electric trucks in Australia.
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What Electric Truck Customers Want
The whole idea of fleets of electric trucks and the development of an electric truck ecosystem is dependant on well informed transport operators and truck makers who understand what electric truck customers want.
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Fifty Years of Truck Manufacturing in Australia
This week Volvo Group Australia is celebrating fifty years of truck manufacturing in Australia, with the handover of two special trucks to key customers.
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Not Convinced Electric Trucks Are The Silver Bullet
PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers, gets behind the wheel of an electric 30-tonne Volvo, but while it’s good to drive, he’s not convinced electric trucks are the silver bullet.
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Industry Leader in Zero Tailpipe Emissions
Volvo Trucks is one of the early truck manufacturers to embrace battery power, electrifying its entire truck range from 16.7 to 44 tonnes, and declaring itself the industry leader in zero tailpipe emissions commercial vehicles in the process, PowerTorque’s European Correspondent, Will Shiers, investigates.
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