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9/15/2008VHT Cooling – a new concept to face the Euro 6 challengeCompletely 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.
9/15/2008Drowsiness as dangerous as drink driving – but more commonResearch 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...
9/15/2008Driver care a FIDEUS priorityEmissions 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.
9/15/2008Alcolock development gathers paceDrink 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
9/15/2008Stretch brake makes life safer for timber truck driversThe 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’.
9/15/2008Tech Show 2008 highlighted ‘Energy for Change’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
9/10/2008Meeting the climate challenge: Volvo unveils its CO2-neutral vehiclesVolvo 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.
9/10/2008Seven CO2-neutral trucks in record timePeter Gollungberg quickly understood that it was not a joke when his boss told him, last February, that he was to lead a project to develop seven complete trucks running on seven different CO2-neutral fuels – in just six months. But the project was completed without a single day’s delay.
9/10/2008AUTOSAR promotes global cooperation in electronicsAUTOSAR is perhaps the automotive industry’s biggest joint project. Its purpose is to create an open, global electrical/electronic standard. ‘Cooperate on standards, compete on implementation’ is part of the AUTOSAR mission statement. Volvo was first to adopt the standard.
9/10/2008SET – 10 years of fruitful research collaborationThe SET (Safe Effective Transport) research programme was established jointly by the Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University and AB Volvo/Volvo Trucks in 1997. And collaboration is continuing following a modest 10th anniversary celebration.
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