The Volvo Group’s engineers have created a method for constructing trucks that weigh less while carrying the same payload. Lighter vehicles would entail a significant reduction in fuel consumption and thus carbon dioxide emissions.
To date, lightweight technology has mainly been used in Volvo Aero’s aircraft engine components, but engineers at AB Volvo’s research company, Volvo [...]

At Volvo’s Capital Market Day in Eskilstuna, Sweden today, Volvo CEO Leif Johansson announced that the Group had developed its own medium-heavy engine for trucks and buses scheduled for launch in 2010. Leif Johansson also said that the focus of the next few years will be on internal efficiency. Furthermore, he stated that the sales [...]

As a result of the sharp decline on world markets for heavy vehicles, the Volvo Group is being forced to implement new personnel reductions within its Swedish operations. A total of 1,543 employees are affected when Volvo Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta and Volvo Powertrain announced new lay-offs today.
Volvo Trucks is serving notice of [...]

The Volvo Group is initiating co-operation within the Swedish government’s logistics forum and with the authorities to realise the EU Commission’s concept regarding environmentally sound goods transport in ‘green corridors’. The goal is to reduce the impact on the environment while simultaneously increasing efficiency and safety on highways through specially adapted transport stretches for heavy [...]