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Volvo Wins Biggest Electric Truck Order

Volvo Trucks announced DFDS, one of Europes largest shipping and logistics companies, placed an order for 100 Volvo FM series electric trucks, and noted it is the truck makers largest such order and one of the largest of its type yet in trucking.

October 6, 2021
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Volvo Recalls 460,000 Cars After Air Bag-Rupture Fatality

Volvo Car AB is recalling more than 460,000 vehicles worldwide over risk an air-bag component that has bedeviled automakers for years could rupture into metal fragments and strike drivers.

October 5, 2021
BusinessEquipment

Labor Shortage Leaves Union Workers Feeling More Emboldened

With help wanted signs at factories and businesses spreading across the nation, union workers are seizing the opportunity to try to recover some of the bargaining power and financial security they feel they lost in recent decades as unions shrank in size and influence.

September 7, 2021
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Volvo, Bendix Work to Boost Safety, Driver Training

Volvo Trucks North America is offering the fifth generation SafetyDirect processor (SDP5 Full) from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems as a factory-installed option on Volvo VNL, VNR and VHD models.

July 23, 2021
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Volvo Group Earnings Rise on Global Vehicle Sales

Volvo Group reported strong second-quarter earnings and revenue as sales in its global vehicle-related segment rose 41% compared with a year earlier.

July 21, 2021
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Volvo, Albertsons Complete First Zero-Emission Frozen Food Shipment

Albertsons Cos. completed the nations first delivery of a refrigerated grocery load with zero-tailpipe emissions technology by deploying a Volvo electric truck and an Advanced Energy Machines electric trailer.

June 1, 2021
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Volvo Sees Three Paths to Decarbonize Trucking

Volvo Group expects a near-term convergence of biofuel, battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric-powered trucks as the industry, in the U.S. and in Europe, begins to adopt transformative and disruptive technologies aimed at eliminating harmful emissions and leapfrogging current practices.

May 11, 2021
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VTNA Makes Lytx Video Telematics an Option

Volvo Trucks North America announced onboard technology from Lytx is available on all model-year 2022 or newer Volvo trucks as a factory-installed option.

May 5, 2021
BusinessEquipment

VTNA, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement; Virginia Strike Ends

Volvo Trucks North America announced the company and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement April 30 on the terms of a new five-year contract that would cover approximately 2,900 employees at the New River Valley truck assembly operations in Dublin, Va.

April 30, 2021
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Daimler Truck, Volvo to Make Fuel Cells in Europe in Joint Venture

FRANKFURT, Germany Germanys Daimler Truck AG and Swedens Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies.

April 29, 2021