USA / Sweden – Volvo Trucks North America Inc (VTNA) of Greensboro, North Carolina, United States last month at TEC Equipment in Fontana, California, USA (a subsidiary of TEC Equipment Inc of Portland, Oregon, a major west coast dealer of Volvo and Mack Trucks) offered customers a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. This demonstration was part of the Volvo Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS*) project, a collaboration between 16 public and private partners to demonstrate the viability of all-electric freight haulage in high-density traffic and urban areas, first initiated back in September 2018.

In Europe, Volvo Trucks Europe recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transport and demonstrated electric concept trucks for construction operations and regional distribution. Volvo says it has been utilising existing electromobility technology within the Volvo Group, and that subsequently, Volvo Trucks in North America has been able to integrate those technologies into the existing North American VNR model.