Volvo’s Mean Green hybrid racer has broken the world’s speed record at Utah’s Wendover Airfield. The truck clocked 236.577km/h (147.002mph) in a Flying Kilometer run and 153.252 km/h (95.245mph) in the Standing Kilometer. Adjustments made the truck less powerful to compensate for the higher altitude, but don’t seem to have affected its performance. Owner/driver Boije [...]
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Volvo Trucks adds natural gas-powered VNL daycab to lineup
March 29th, 2012 
Aaron Turpen Volvo Trucks announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show the addition of a natural gas-powered Volvo VNL daycab. This is a unique point in time in regards to dealing with fuel efficiency, said Ron Huibers, president, Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing “There is an alignment of interest among industry, manufacturers and government,” Huibers said. [...]
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Tags: Mid America Truck Show, natural gas, volvo, Volvo Trucks 
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Blue Corridors Open the Door To Lower-carbon Long-haul Trucking
March 1st, 2012 Aaron Turpen Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a viable lower-carbon alternative to diesel for heavy-duty long-haul trucks, but the necessary infrastructure for it in Europe is lacking. Volvo Trucks is involved in efforts to establish “blue corridors” with strategically placed filling stations to make the fuel more widely available. The transport industry accounts for around 25 per [...]
Posted in Featured, Natural Gas / Propane Tags: European Commission, Filling station, LBG, Liquefied natural gas, lng, volvo, Volvo Trucks No Comments »Volvo developing a plug-in hybrid bus
September 1st, 2011 Aaron Turpen Volvo Buses (sto:VOLVA), (sto:VOLVB) is currently developing a plug-in hybrid bus that can drive long distances silently and exhaust-free on only electricity. Three buses will be tested in Gothenburg, Sweden, supported by the European Union. “Reducing the total global energy consumption is the most important measure today and in the future,” says Volvo Buses CEO [...]
