GÖTEBORG, Sweden, March 29,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Trucks in
North America has won an order for
110 Volvo VNR Electric trucks from the global logistics company
Maersk. The deal adds to a previous order of 16 vehicles of the
same model and marks the single largest commercial order to date
for Volvo's electric trucks.
The order was placed by Performance Team, part of the Maersk
Group, and adds up to mean a total of 126 such electric trucks will
be in service for Performance Team. The first electric trucks will
be in operation in the second quarter of 2022, all 126 trucks are
scheduled for deployment by the first quarter of 2023.
"Volvo Trucks is excited to continue collaborating with Maersk
on its fleet sustainability goals and to play a key role in the
organization's continued scaled investments in electromobility
solutions," says Peter Voorhoeve,
president of Volvo Trucks North America.
The Class 8 electric trucks will be used in California for a variety of transport
assignments, serving port drayage and warehouse distribution
routes.
The Volvo VNR Electric has an operating range of up to 440 km
and energy storage of up to 565kWh. The truck can be 80% charged in
90 minutes with the six-battery package and 60 minutes with the
four-battery version. The Volvo VNR Electric is produced in Volvo
Trucks' New River Valley plant in Virginia, which is the exclusive producer of
all Volvo trucks in North
America.
50% electric sales by 2030
Globally, Volvo Trucks has set the ambitious target that by 2030
50% of all trucks it sells will be electric.
"We are determined to lead the electric transformation of the
transport industry. Volumes are still low, but we see rapidly
growing interest in Europe,
North America and also other parts
of the world. In 2021 we took orders, including letters of intent
to buy, for more than 1,100 trucks in over 20 countries. It´s
clearly becoming a key competitive advantage to be able to offer
electric, zero emission transports," says Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.
Volvo Trucks was the market leader in heavy electric trucks in
2021 in Europe with a market share
of 42% and also has a leading position in North America. With a total of six electric
truck models in production as of this year, Volvo Trucks has the
most complete electric line up in the global truck industry,
covering everything from city distribution and refuse handling, to
construction transports and regional haulage.
March 29, 2022
For further information, please contact:
Jan Strandhede
Media Relations Director, Volvo Trucks
jan.strandhede@volvo.com
+46 31 3233715, +46 765 533715
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productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to
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2021, net sales amounted to SEK 372
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