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The new cooperation agreement between Boliden and Volvo Trucks means that two heavy, electric Volvo trucks will be used in Boliden’s Kankberg mine, outside Skellefteå in northern Sweden. The first truck will be used to transport rock bolts and other equipment down into the mine, the second will be l...

The customer is the refuse collection company Arma, and this is the first heavy battery-electric truck from a global manufacturer to be in commercial operation in Africa. The truck will be delivered to the city of Rabat.

South Korea has a national plan to decrease CO2 emissions and aims for carbon neutrality by 2050. Out of six electric heavy truck models currently in series production, three will be sold in the Far Eastern country.

Fourteen trucks out of 20, charged using green electricity, will be used to transport goods to and from the Volvo Trucks assembly plant in Gothenburg. In addition, four of the 20 trucks delivered to DFDS use fossil-free steel.

In 2022, the market of electric heavy-duty truck models (16 ton and over) in Europe grew by 200% to 1,041 trucks, with Volvo Trucks keeping the highest market share (32%), according to the overview released by IHS Markit.

The electric concrete mixer truck will be operating at a ready-mix concrete plant in Spandau in Berlin, starting this month. Electrification of concrete transportation is challenging due to heavy loads and continuous mixing demands.