2009 news releases
| As America’s Independence Day holiday draws near, employees at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley Plant recently continued their long-standing tradition of honoring the nation’s fallen and missing military heroes. |
| Seeing is believing, so Volvo Trucks North America is making sure as many customers as possible see its EPA2010 emissions technology in action through its “No Regen Engine” tour. So far, more than 1,000 customers have learned first-hand about the many benefits of Volvo Trucks’ fuel-saving selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology, and how SCR eliminates diesel particulate filter (DPF) active regenerations for EPA’10.
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| The cleanest trucks in the world can be ordered today from Volvo Trucks North America, with delivery starting later this year. Customers can place orders now for trucks across Volvo’s product line equipped to meet the EPA2010 emissions standards, using Volvo’s selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology. SCR also helps Volvo increase the fuel efficiency of its EPA’10 trucks and reduce their carbon footprint.
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| Increasing road congestion, inadequate infrastructure and the continued need to reduce the environmental impact of trucks means the trucking industry, policymakers and the general public must be open to new ways of increasing highway freight transport productivity, according to Volvo Trucks North America. One strategy that should be well understood and considered is the ability to use more productive trucks as part of the transportation mix.
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| Fleet managers and drivers can hear straight from their peers how well selective catalytic reduction (SCR) works in the real world as Volvo Trucks customers talk about their experiences in a video on www.volvotrucks.us.com and YouTube.
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| Volvo Trucks North America now offers advanced collision avoidance technology with Volvo Enhanced Cruise (VEC), a system that works with a truck’s cruise control to maintain a safe following distance between vehicles. |
| In a major benefit for fuel economy and operating costs, Volvo trucks equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions control systems will not undergo driving or parked active regeneration of diesel particulate filters (DPF) during normal highway operating conditions. |
| The Captains of America’s Road Team, the roving ambassadors of the U.S. trucking industry, now have a Volvo VN780 at their disposal to help deliver important news about the trucking industry and highway safety. Volvo Trucks North America presented the tractor to the American Trucking Associations today at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky.
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| Volvo Trucks North America said its trucks with EPA’10 emissions reduction technology will include a surcharge of $9,600. This cost is associated with the new technology necessary to meet the strict new emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, which take effect January 1, 2010.
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