In the transport business of today, truck transportation is steadily increasing. In the EU, truck transports accounts for more than 70% of today’s commercial goods transportation. And in the United States, the truck plays almost an equally significant role.
In this perspective, environmental care has become one of the most important competitive arguments to reinforce the truck's position in relation to other forms of transportation. At Volvo, we prefer to think of this argument in terms of "environmental efficiency".
We believe that by developing vehicles with lower economical impact and system solutions that make it possible to transport more cargo with fewer trucks, we can boost our customers’ profitability while at the same time reducing both fuel consumption and emissions, allowing them to meet extremely stringent environmental requirements. And thus strengthen the truck’s position in today’s business life even further.
There is, in other words, no contradiction between good transport economy and environmental care. On the contrary: the fact that efficient transportation reduces the environmental impact is the main argument behind the concept of environmental efficiency.