Volvo Trucks to receive USD21.7m in funding to supply 70 Class 8 VNR Electric trucks
By Jim Gibbins - 1st November 2020
USA / Sweden - Volvo Trucks North America Inc of Greensboro, North Carolina, USA has been awarded USD21.7m in grants to deploy seventy (70) VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Programme is providing USD20m in funding, supplemented by USD1.7m from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) for charging infrastructure, to improve air quality in the region.
Volvo Trucks will deliver the VNR Electric trucks to Southern California fleet operators starting in 2021 through the third quarter of 2022, allowing for at least a full year of operations by the end of the project period in 2023. Volvo Trucks plans the official commercial launch of its VNR Electric truck model later this year.
