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Resource 09/20/21

Redefining Goods Movement: Building an Ecosystem for the Introduction of Heavy-Duty Battery-Electric Vehicles

This article, published in the World Electric Vehicle Journal on September 7, 2021, spotlights early insights from the Volvo LIGHTS project.

Press Release 08/31/21

Volvo Trucks Customer Dependable Highway Express to Transport SunPower Solar Products Using VNR Electric Fleet

Volvo Trucks North America, Dependable Highway Express (DHE), SunPower Corp. and Kuehne+Nagel today announced a new sustainable freight initiative to transport solar photovoltaics (PV) products using solar-powered Volvo VNR Electric trucks.

Press Release 08/17/21

Volvo Trucks, NFI Team Up for Run on Less – Electric Showcase

Volvo Trucks North America, along with third-party supply chain solutions provider NFI, is participating in Run on Less – Electric (RoL-E), an electric truck technology demonstration that showcases advancements in freight efficiency.

Press Release 08/12/21

Volvo Trucks Delivers the First of Five VNR Electrics to New York Customer Manhattan Beer Distributors

Volvo Trucks North America today delivered its first Class 8, battery-electric regional hauling truck on the East Coast to its customer Manhattan Beer Distributors. Five zero-emission Volvo VNR Electric trucks are joining the New York City-based beer and beverage distributors’ fleet of more than 400 delivery trucks to service customers throughout New York City, Long Island, and the surrounding… Read more »

Resource 06/08/21

Next Generation of Truck Technicians Graduate from Two Southern California Colleges

Through the Volvo LIGHTS program, two Southern California colleges are training the next generation of electric truck maintenance technicians.

Congressman Peter DeFazio highlights clean energy priorities in President Biden's American Jobs Plan and federal infrastructure bill while taking a spin in an electric semi-truck

News Story 05/10/21

DeFazio Promotes Clean Energy: ‘We’re headed toward electric semis in the near future’

Congressman Peter DeFazio is highlighting clean energy priorities in President Biden’s American Jobs Plan and federal infrastructure bill.

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