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The WWF partnership
In an exclusive partnership, the Volvo Group will be the first vehicle manufacturer to join the WWF:s Climate Savers Program. Our truck companies undertake to reduce the CO2-emissions from both...
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Volvo Group contributes to carbon-neutral airports
In partnership with Schmidt and Swedavia, the Volvo Group is participating in a field test to trial the world’s first biogas-fueled snow sweeper. The vehicle is equipped with two nine-liter Volvo...
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Measuring CO2 emissions for business travel
Since January 2011, measurements have been made of the carbon emissions generated by all business flights in the Volvo Group. The target is to link these emissions to the price of travelling. This...
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Every drop counts
Volvo Trucks is launching a campaign to increase knowledge about fuel-efficiency. “Fuel consumption can be significantly reduced via relatively simple measures. Lower fuel consumption is good for our...
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Volvo Group supports Earth Hour
On Saturday, March 26, at 8:30 pm, AB Volvo will turn off the lights for an hour to support Earth Hour, the World Wild Fund for Nature’s request to turn off the lights as a global statement of concern...
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Joint venture with Chinese SAIC Motors
Volvo Buses and Chinese SAIC Motors have agreed to form a new joint venture company. It is a company for driveline systems for new energy buses such as hybrids and electric buses. The new company will...
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The success that is filling the order books
While other competitors threw in the towel, the Volvo Group instead stepped up its expectations of the products that were going to comply with the world’s most rigorous emission requirements. This...
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Electric energy, not only for small vehicles.
On October 13th, Renault presented the keys of an all-electric 16 t. Renault Midlum to the logistics company STEF-TFE. It is, quite simply, the largest electric-powered truck ever to be put on the road...
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Moving target
The Swiss are fore runners in implementing environmental technologies. The four years before I turned thirty, I lived in Zürich in Switzerland. It was a wonderful time that I always look back at with...
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Do you know the myths about flying?
There is one thing on which absolutely everyone agrees: flying impacts the climate. However, obtaining the full picture and knowing exactly what is true or false is not easy. We have gathered together...
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Video: Learn about the hybrid technology
In this video you learn about the hybrid technology of the Volvo 7700 Hybrid, a technology which has been developed even further in the follow-up model Volvo 7900 Hybrid. The Volvo Bus hybrid...
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Keep the oceans clean
The message is as simple as it is loud and clear: ‘Keep The Oceans Clean!’ That will be the environmental battle cry of the Volvo Ocean Race when the boats launch into the Mediterranean during one of...
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Diesel – a versatile engine
From peanut oil to methane gas. The fuels powering the diesel engine have undergone considerable development during its 119 year long history. So much so that today, even the fuel we traditionally, if...
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The diesel engine leads the emission race
The Volvo Group is the global leader in the race for reduced emissions, and the diesel engine – a veteran that has been going strong for over 100 years – still plays a key role. The diesel engine has...
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A vision for aerodynamic design
The visionary design of Volvo Trucks and the thinking behind it have always been driven by a view to the bigger picture. To do this, it is important to understand the context in which the products are...
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Volvo Group expands partnership with WWF
Volvo Construction Equipment and Volvo Buses have joined the Volvo Group’s cooperation with WWF Climate Savers program. The cooperation is based on the Volvo Group’s commitment to reduce carbon-dioxide...
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Volvo Trucks’ double energy certifications
Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley 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...
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The Volvo Group CSR and Sustainability Report 2011 – infographic
All you need to know about the Volvo Group’ CSR and Sustainability Report 2011. Feel free to share the infographic in social media or download it and use it on your own blog! Read the full report here...
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The Mean Green to attempt world speed record
Mean Green, the world’s fastest hybrid truck, will attempt to reach speeds in excess of 260 km/h (165 mph) April 27 at Wendover Airfield in Utah to best its own world speed records. The Volvo-built...
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Award for energy-efficiency
The Volvo Technology Award for 2012 has gone to Björn Brattberg and Sven-Åke Carlsson of Volvo Construction Equipment for their work on OptiShift, a system that makes a wheel loader up to 15 percent...
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