In a historic, first-ever win for an electrical car, the Volvo FH Electrical class 8 truck is the 2024 Worldwide Truck of the 12 months. Be aware: not the electrical truck of the 12 months. The actual one. The large burrito.
The Worldwide Truck of the 12 months Award is bestowed by 24 business car journalists from trucking publications all through Europe, and considers all the brand new business vehicles launched to the market through the earlier 12 months. The winner is the one which, “has made probably the most vital contribution to highway transport effectivity.”
This 12 months? That’s the Volvo FH Electrical … which isn’t as massive a shock as you may assume, contemplating it’s the fourth time that a Volvo FH mannequin has been named Truck of the 12 months.
“With the introduction of the FH Electrical, Volvo Vehicles has delivered a state-of-the-art battery electrical car vary, appropriate for a wide selection of transport operations,” stated Gianenrico Griffini, chairman of the Worldwide Truck of the 12 months and (clearly) an enormous Volvo fan. “It’s proof that the vitality transition is gaining power even in at this time’s difficult enterprise surroundings.”
For his or her half, the Volvo Vehicles staff appears actually excited concerning the win. “I’m so very proud that our Volvo FH Electrical has received this extremely revered award,” stated Roger Alm, President of Volvo Vehicles, as he accepted the distinguished award through the prize ceremony on the Solutrans Transport Exhibition in Lyon, France, final week. “For the primary time in historical past the transport business has chosen an electrical car as Truck of the 12 months. The Volvo FH Electrical represents a brand new period in trucking and successful this award clearly exhibits that the shift to zero emission transport is occurring right here and now.”
The Volvo FH Electrical can function at a complete of 44 tonnes. Manufacturing of the Volvo FH Electrical began in 2022 in Volvo’s manufacturing unit in Gothenburg, Sweden, and manufacturing within the manufacturing unit in Ghent, Belgium started earlier this 12 months.
Supply | Pictures: Volvo Vehicles.
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