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Volvo Trucks is introducing a new safety system to detect other road users entering the blind spot on both sides of the truck. In busy traffic situations, it is difficult for even the most experienced driver to perceive everything around the vehicle. To increase safety and ease stress on the …

Volvo is now introducing fossil-free steel in its trucks – the world’s first truck manufacturer to do so. The steel is produced by the Swedish steel company SSAB and the heavy-duty electric Volvo trucks will be the first to include it. The steel from SSAB is produced using a completely …

Peterborough-based AB Agri has strengthened its relationship with Volvo Trucks, with the pig and poultry feed manufacturing side of its business, ABN, taking on 12 new Volvo FM 460 Globetrotter 6×2 tractor units. Supplied by David Beecroft, Regional Key Account Sales Manager at Volvo Truck and Bus Centre South & …

Bath International Transport has taken delivery of a new Volvo FH 500 4×2 tractor unit, equipped with a Globetrotter XL cab, as it prepares for a busy summer of music tours, television shoots and live events. The Bristol-based business supplies transport solutions for many well-known shows and artists, delivering lighting …

New statistics show that Volvo Trucks is the market leader for all-electric heavy trucks in Europe with a market share of 42 per cent. In 2021 the company took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1,100 electric trucks worldwide. The international road transport industry is undergoing …

Samworth Brothers Supply Chain has introduced the first LNG-powered trucks into its fleet, following a four-week trial with a demonstrator provided by the local Volvo Trucks dealer. The move sees the logistics arm of the chilled specialist take delivery of six new Volvo FM LNG tractor units with Globetrotter cabs, …

Blackpool-based Fox Group has placed a landmark order which is expected to see it become the first tipper operator in the UK to begin the transition from diesel to electric vehicles, following an order placed with Thomas Hardie Commercials for two Volvo FE Electric 6×2 tippers. Expected to enter service …

Western Fuel has added its first new Volvos to its 26-strong tanker delivery fleet, putting two FL 4×2 rigids into service. The trucks replace older vehicles at the Bridgwater-based business and will be used to deliver kerosene, diesel and gas oil to a wide customer base across the south west. …

Volvo Trucks has received an order for 100 FM Electric trucks from DFDS, Northern Europe’s largest shipping and logistics company. The deal is the largest commercial order to-date for Volvo electric trucks, and one of the largest ever for heavy-duty electric trucks worldwide. “This is a major milestone in our …

National provider of plant and site equipment, Garic, has taken delivery of four new Volvo FH 8×2 rear-steer rigids and one Volvo FM Globetrotter 6×2 rigid, with several additional FMs to follow later in the year. Supplying dealer Thomas Hardie Commercials fought off two rival manufacturers to win this latest …