News & updates
| Volvo Trucks is now launching an upgrade of the world’s first hybrid refuse truck. After a year and a half of initial field testing with excellent results, an upgraded truck is now being released with new components and software. The new refuse truck will be tested by Veolia Environmental Services in central London. |
| “The whole world hopes that the automotive industry can now develop ways of transporting people and goods without producing so much carbon dioxide,” says Susan Salomon, Volvo Environmental Prize Laureate 2009. |
| Volvo Technology Transfer (VTT) has become one of four major investors in Arizona-based SDCmaterials. VTT has identified a unique opportunity to promote a state-of-the-art technology which looks set to revolutionise the catalyst industry. |
| The Volvo Group is a partner in the development and testing of road train technology to reduce accidents, improve fuel consumption and hence lower the CO2 emissions. |
| Dr Susan Solomon is one of the world’s leading atmospheric chemists and is in Sweden to receive the Volvo Environment Prize on 5 November in Stockholm. The prize, this year worth SEK 1.5m (approx. € 150 000), is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It has become one of the science world’s most respected environmental awards. |
| October 20, Volvo Trucks North America took part in a demonstration of technology to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The effort aims to dramatically cut down on truck engine idling by making it easier to use electric power when parked.
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| The Swedish government’s venture capital company for the automotive industry, Fouriertransform, is now making its first investment. SEK 60 M will be invested in Powercell Sweden AB, which develops, produces and sells fuel cells, fuel reformers and auxillary power units. |
| Volvo’s latest PL4608 pipelayer has been awarded runner up prize in the New Technologies Award at this year’s annual International Pipeline & Offshore Contractors’ Association (IPLOCA) Convention, held in September in San Francisco. |
| The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded a grant worth SEK 500 M to Chemrec’s facility in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The grant is intended for the production of biofuel from black liquor, a high-energy, viscous by-product from the pulp industry. |
| The Volvo Group has developed a computer game to teach the principles of lean production, a concept designed to increase the efficiency of working processes. In this game, the players can see how different changes impact efficiency and profitability. The results indicate that what is known as serious gaming is an excellent complement to training at work. |
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