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| A small base of companies with a huge impact on petroleum consumption and economic growth. That’s the heavy-duty vehicle industry in a nutshell. |
| Six engineers have been named the winners of Volvo’s 2009 Technology Award for their development of the world’s first commercially viable hybrid solution for heavy vehicles. The award was presented by Leif Johansson, President and CEO of Volvo, at the Annual General Meeting of AB Volvo on April 1. |
| At the moment, thousands of students in Sweden are considering what line of studies to choose. Leif Johansson, President and CEO of Volvo Group, who is the Chairman of the Swedish government’s Technology Delegation, wants to interest them in seeking an education in engineering. |
| Completely new systems for cooling the engine package in a truck will be needed when the Euro 6 exhaust emission standard comes into force, probably in 2013, since EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) involves significantly higher heat dissipation. |
| Research carried out in recent years has shown clearly that driver fatigue is the cause of many more road accidents than drink driving. As a result, the subject of ‘drowsiness’ has become the object of extensive research, leading to the presence of some very tired truck drivers on Swedish roads... |
| Emissions and noise from vehicles such as trucks constitute a major problem for all major cities. Among other things, the EU FIDEUS project has developed a complete distribution truck equipped with a number of interesting features designed to alleviate these problems. |
| Drink driving among truck or bus drivers is rare. However, Volvo is a strong advocate of the introduction of the alcolock in every commercial vehicle. The technology is available and the cost is becoming less |
| The 60-tonne timber truck crawls slowly down an icy hill on a forest road. But as the rig negotiates the bend crossing the railway, the trailer goes straight on, slides into the ditch and overturns, leaving the tractor stranded across the track. However, an accident of this nature should not be possible with Volvo’s new ‘stretch brake’. |
| About 1,200 engineers from the Group as a whole, together with about 100 external stakeholders, visited Volvo Group Tech Show 2008 to view 150 exhibits demonstrating that Volvo is advancing steadily in the forefront of technological development. And Volvo has precisely what is needed to achieve this – the energy for change |
| Volvo possesses all of the technical capabilities needed to produce completely CO2-neutral vehicles. This presents politicians, competitors and the fuel industry with the challenge of joining in a constructive dialogue on climatechange and how to fuel transportation systems in the years ahead. |
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