Between 2023 and 2024, the Swiss-French manufacturer of building materials will receive an initial batch of 130 Volvo ‘FH’ and ‘FM’ battery electric trucks.

Having access to megawatt chargers would mean that drivers would be able to recharge their trucks to near-full energy capacity during their statutory 45-minute breaks, Scania stated.

With Scania’s latest ‘Cruise Control with Active Prediction’ (CCAP) software, drivers will reportedly experience better flow and driveability, performance modes with wider adjustment spans, and more dynamic adaptation to the actual road and traffic conditions than before.

Using the application, customers should be able to locate charging points which are suitable for commercial vehicles and then, once they have finished charging, pay for it through a RFID (radio-frequency identification) card.

Bus body production will be gradually wound down in the first quarter of 2024, and the part of the plant where the bodies are made will be closed down.

Later this year, operators in the U.S. will have the opportunity to test and evaluate a pilot fleet of trucks in their own business operations.

Volvo Trucks announced back in late 2021 that it would acquire JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle Co Ltd and its manufacturing facility in Taiyuan, Shanxi from Jiangling Motors Corporation.

The letter expands on a pre-existing deal to sell MCV-bodied Volvo buses in the UK.

The partnerships were struck with Top Truck and Sapphire Vehicle Services, who will provide vehicle servicing, maintenance and repairs to customers in France, Spain, Italy, and the UK.

The Kässbohrer-bodied truck, with a combination weight reaching up to 42 tons when fully laden with eight cars, is powered by a 230-kWh battery.

Following validation tests, Scania and Northvolt confirmed that the cells have the capacity to propel trucks up to 1.5 million kilometres over their lifetime. 

The company said that the first customer orders will be fulfilled from Q3 2023 onwards.