Volvo Trucks North America Inc has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsara Inc, a specialist in industrial Internet of Things.

Through the Volvo LIGHTS project, third-party supply chain solutions provider, NFI Industries of Camden, aims to demonstrate the ability for battery-electric trucks to successfully transport freight under a variety of operating conditions.

Christer Johansson, senior vice president, investor relations at the Volvo Group at the NACV Show in Atlanta last month, confirmed what other industry experts were saying about the Class 8 truck market in 2020, that the market to ‘normalise’ at 240,000/250,000 units, down by around 100,000 units from what is expected to be the second highest Class8 truck market ever in 2019 of 340,000 units.