Volvo Trucks has launched five new truck models since September last year, starting with the spectacular launch of the new Volvo FH, followed this year by the introduction of the new Volvo FM, Volvo FMX, Volvo FE and Volvo FL. All the new models include innovations and features that make the driver’s job easier and...
In what is believed to be a European ’first’ for a truck manufacturer, Volvo Trucks is introducing the use of ’Augmented Reality’ (AR) as part of their CV Show presence. Visitors to Volvo’s stand in Hall 5 will be able to benefit from interactive, ’hidden’ content at a number of areas on the stand, providing...
Volvo Trucks has begun 2013 with a groundbreaking multi-media marketing campaign that showcases the company’s user-friendly suite of solutions that can be used by operators to maintain compliance with O Licence regulations and thereby secure optimum OCRS scores.
For drivers, loading and unloading is a time-consuming activity. As a consequence Volvo Trucks has developed Work Remote – a wireless remote control device that streamlines the load handling process. The gains are lower costs for haulage firms and a better working environment for drivers.
Volvo Trucks has developed Collision Warning with Emergency Brake – an advanced emergency braking system equipped with early collision warning to help prevent severe accidents caused by inattention. Rear-end collisions account for a significant proportion of road accidents. In order to address this problem, Volvo Trucks has developed Collision Warning with Emergency Brake –...
A new issue of Volvo Trucks’ tablet magazine is now available for download, offering the latest news from Volvo Trucks and the transport industry.
A young woman walks a slackline between two Volvo trucks driving at full speed: not even in Hollywood has this stunt ever been attempted. Now the film about the stunt is a massive success on YouTube and within nine days, more than 3.8 million people have seen the film.
Volvo Trucks has developed a new GSM-based system that allows the workshop to check a truck’s condition remotely – a development that promises increased uptime and lower maintenance costs. The system is scheduled for release in Europe in 2013.
Volvo Trucks has developed a new GSM-based system that allows the workshop to check a truck’s condition remotely – a development that promises increased uptime and lower maintenance costs. The system is scheduled for release in Europe in 2013. The new remote services are possible thanks to the latest version of in-truck Telematics Gateway...
A new issue of Volvo Trucks’ celebrated tablet magazine is now available for download, offering the latest news from Volvo Trucks and the transport industry.
VISTA – Volvo Trucks’ and Volvo Buses’ world championship for service and workshop personnel – is once again about to begin, with registrations being accepted from 1st July. When round one of the competition kicks off in September, it is hoped that over 14,000 participants will be taking part.
The truck industry is searching high and low for solutions that cut fuel consumption. One method is to use the vehicle’s kinetic energy to propel the truck and now Volvo Trucks has developed I-See, which operates like an autopilot and takes over gear-changing and utilises gradients to save fuel.
Trucks that impose hardly any load on the environment because their carbon emissions are virtually zero. Could this be a future scenario? Well, in actual fact, Volvo Trucks is already running successful field tests with vehicles powered by bio-DME, a fuel that can be produced from biomass both cost and energy efficiently. For the...
A new edition of Volvo Trucks’ award-winning tablet magazine is now available to download, free-of-charge, offering the latest news from Volvo Trucks and the transport industry.
Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant is the first U.S. manufacturing facility to achieve two top energy certifications.New River Valley is the largest Volvo Trucks manufacturing plant in the world, and has been certified by the ISO 50001 standard and the Superior Energy Performance (SEP). ISO 50001 and SEP are, respectively, the...
