Volvo Trucks Latest News

• 7/7/2010 Volvo demonstrates unique green technology at IAA

  

  Tomorrow’s transportation will be sustainable in terms of both ecology and economy. That will be Volvo Trucks’ main message at the IAA show in Hanover on September 23-30, when the company will stake out the path for the future by showing unique new green technologies. The new Volvo FMX construction truck will also be premiered at IAA.

• 7/1/2010 Feature: Volvo Trucks teaches children the importance of being seen in traffic

  

  60 per cent of all accidents in which a truck collides with a pedestrian or cyclist can be blamed on the driver’s blind spot. Many of the people injured are children. In Denmark, Volvo Trucks and several other organisations have therefore joined forces in a project designed to teach children how to behave when there are trucks around.

• 6/29/2010 Volvo drivers from the UK and Netherlands participate in major safety study

  

  A large-scale safety research project is now being rolled out in collaboration with DHL Tradeteam in the UK and Dutch haulage firm Nijhof-Wassink. The aim is to study driver behaviour in various traffic situations and to examine how this behaviour interfaces with the truck’s on-board safety systems.

• 6/4/2010 New Volvo FMX praised in press test

  

  Volvo’s new truck for construction duties, the Volvo FMX, has been test-driven by journalists for the first time. The test site, a gravel quarry outside Göteborg, offered difficult driving conditions and was ideal for checking out how well the Volvo FMX meets the tough requirements imposed on a construction truck.

• 6/1/2010 Feature: Trucks of the future; closer to reality than you think

  

  Progress is getting ever faster. In just ten years’ time trucks are going to be a lot different to those of today. At least according to Rikard Orell, Design Director at Volvo Truck Corporation and one of the brains behind Concept Truck 2020, the Volvo Truck Corporation's bold vision for the future.

• 6/1/2010 Trained drivers save lives and save money

  

  A poorly secured load can cause major financial losses. And every year people die on Europe's roads due to inadequate driver training. To improve the skills of truck drivers, including in areas such as the securing of loads, Volvo Trucks is the first vehicle manufacturer to roll out an extensive programme of driver training throughout Europe.

• 5/27/2010 All new Volvo trucks now come with unique environmental product declaration

  

  All Volvo FE and FL trucks now come complete with Volvo Trucks’ unique Environmental Product Declaration - EPD. This means that all buyers or owners of new Volvo trucks in Europe have access to a detailed lifecycle analysis of the vehicle’s environmental footprint.

• 5/19/2010 Volvo Trucks Deliveries April 2010

  Globally, deliveries in April were 51% higher than in the corresponding month last year.

• 5/11/2010 Nominations invited for EuroTra Safety and Innovation Award

  

  Each year, The European Transport Training Association (EuroTra), in co-operation with Volvo Trucks, awards those responsible for the best product or service aimed at improving road safety for the European road transport and logistics industry. Nominations are now sought for this year’s award.

• 5/4/2010 Penske Truck Leasing orders 600 Volvo trucks

  

  The US-based transportation services provider Penske has ordered 600 Volvo VN670 tractors providing near-zero regulated emissions and improved fuel economy.