Tag: VOLVO

For the first time ever, Volvo Trucks is the market leader in Europe for heavy trucks, 16-tonnes and above. In 2024, the company had an overall market share in Europe of 17.9 per cent and 56,331 Volvo trucks were registered in the region.

Volvo Trucks has once again raised the bar in the realm of modern coolants and antifreeze with the introduction of its latest coolant specification, VCS2, succeeding the well-known yellow Volvo VCS coolant.

Two of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers are teaming up to form a joint venture for large-scale production of fuel cells.

Behan’s Quarry, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin has taken delivery of its brand new Volvo FH500 6×2.

Volvo is demonstrating its new autonomous electric bus in Gothenburg, Sweden, throughout the Volvo Ocean Race – the round-the-world yacht race that the company sponsors. The prototype is based on Volvo’s 7900 Electric model of city bus, which has been modified for autonomous operation, and will be trialled in the home of Volvo – Gothenburg.

This week saw the final of one of the world’s biggest skills competition for automotive technicians – the Volvo International Service Training Awards (VISTA) – which was held in Curitiba, Brazil. This year’s competition has involved 19,700 participants in teams of four from Volvo Trucks’ and Volvo Buses’ global service networks, but in the end

You’ve heard of reinventing the wheel, but how about the steering wheel? That’s the aim of Volvo Trucks, which is introducing new technology into its HGVs in the form of Volvo Dynamic Steering (VDS), which assists the steering systems of heavy trucks in a way that can be tailored to the driver’s preference. VDS works in conjunction

Swedish truck maker Volvo has unveiled a cloud-based Connected Safety service that enables vehicles to communicate with each other about hazardous road conditions. The partnership will see data being shared between Volvo trucks sold in Sweden and Norway, and Volvo cars equipped with the Hazard Light Alert system. Hazard Light Alert has been available in Sweden and

After revealing its FL Electric last month, Swedish truck brand, Volvo, has already added to its fully electric portfolio with the unveil of the FE Electric – a smaller truck aimed at metropolitan operations. With a Gross Vehicle Weight of up to 27 tonnes, the FE Electric will go on sale across Europe next year. “With the introduction

Leading commercial vehicle component supplier Diesel Technic, has launched an extension to its Volvo Bus parts range through its brand DT Spare Parts. With around 250 new parts, the product range will now include Volvo Bus B 9/11/12/13 D/DH engines. The new catalogue contains about 1,900 spare parts and is equivalent to 4,000 reference numbers.

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, and leading truck maker Volvo Trucks will share real-time data to expand coverage of the companies’ connected safety technology, a cloud-based system that allows vehicles to communicate with each other and alert drivers of nearby hazards. This is the first instance of Volvo Cars sharing safety-related data with another company. The collaboration