GÖTEBORG, Sweden, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As the world’s first truck producer to accomplish that, Volvo has begun utilizing fossil-free steel in its trucks. The first electric trucks with fossil-free steel are actually being delivered to customers.
In September this 12 months, Volvo Trucks began collection manufacturing of industrial quality electric, 44 tonne* trucks, as the primary world truck producer to obtain this. Some of the electric trucks may even be the primary trucks on the planet which are constructed with fossil-free steel.
“Our journey to net zero emissions includes both making our vehicles fossil free in operation and over time fully replacing the material in our trucks with fossil-free and recycled alternatives,” says Jessica Sandström, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Volvo Trucks.
The fossil-free steel is produced by the Swedish steel producer SSAB and is made by utilizing a totally new expertise with fossil-free electrical energy and hydrogen. The result’s a considerably decrease local weather influence and an vital step in direction of a net-zero emissions worth chain. Among the customers that can have fossil-free steel in a few of their electric trucks are Amazon and DFDS and, by means of the transport firm Simon Loos, Unilever.
“At Amazon, we are on the way to make all of our operations net-zero carbon by 2040. We need partners like Volvo to make this transition happen,” says Andreas Marschner, Vice President Transportation Services Europe at Amazon.
“DFDS is committed to our green transition and to deliver greener transport and logistics solutions. Any step in the green transition of logistics brings us closer to a carbon free society and we are therefore happy to learn that some of our new electric trucks soon to be delivered are also produced with fossil free steel,” says Niklas Andersson, EVP of DFDS Logistics Division.
The first steel produced with hydrogen is getting used within the electric truck’s body rails, the spine of the truck upon which all different primary elements are mounted. As the supply of fossil-free steel will increase, it can even be launched in different components of the truck.
Today, round 30% of the supplies in a brand new Volvo truck come from recycled supplies. Also, up to 90% of the truck might be recycled on the finish of its life. Fossil-free steel shall be an vital complement to the normal and recycled steel utilized in Volvo’s trucks.
Volvo Trucks is dedicated to the Paris agreement on local weather change and to attaining net-zero greenhouse gasoline emissions in the complete value-chain by 2040, on the newest.
*Gross Combination Weight (GCW)
November 10, 2022
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