Volvo’s standard electric truck demand

The order – which is actually a declaration of intent rather than a binding commitment – is the largest yet for Volvo. Deliveries of around 130 Volvo FH and FM Heavy trucks to France, Germany, Switzerland and Great Britain are initially scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year and throughout next year.

By replacing 1,000 existing Volvo FH diesel trucks with electric Volvo FH trucks that use green electricity on a typical road, up to 50,000 tonnes of CO2 could be saved each year.

Savings are based on calculations using the Volvo Trucks Eco Calculator (which compares CO2 emissions over an annual mileage of 80,000 km for a truck with a gross weight of 44 tonnes, and assumes that the diesel comparison uses 7 percent more biodiesel and achieves an average of 23 l/ 100 km).

The transition to net-zero emissions requires in-depth collaboration across the entire value chain. We are excited to work with Volvo to reduce CO2 emissions in our European operations with our electric vehicle fleets. In doing so, we are closer to our goal that 30 percent of our heavy-duty trucks will have zero emissions by 2030, says Holcim CEO and Chairman Jan Jenisch in a press release.