Volvo Vehicles introduced that it acquired a document order of 110 electrical vehicles from Maersk, and all these vehicles needs to be delivered by early subsequent 12 months.
Business electrical truck deployment is quickly rising, and Volvo Vehicles is rising as a frontrunner.
The corporate is aiming for 50% of its vehicles to be electrical by 2030.
Earlier this 12 months, the corporate unveiled its second-generation VNR Electrical vehicles with larger batteries, added vary, and new configurations.
It’s already paying up with a brand new huge order from Maersk.
The logistic big is ordering 110 Volvo VNR Electrical vehicles:
Volvo Vehicles in North America has gained an order for 110 Volvo VNR Electrical vehicles from the worldwide logistics firm Maersk. The deal provides to a earlier order of 16 autos of the identical mannequin and marks the only largest business order so far for Volvo’s electrical vehicles.
The Volvo VNR Electrical that the corporate is ordering has an working vary of as much as 440 km (275 miles) and vitality storage of as much as 565kWh. The truck might be 80% charged in 90 minutes with the six-battery bundle and 60 minutes with the four-battery configuration.
The vehicles are going to be in Volvo Vehicles’ New River Valley plant in Virginia and deliveries are going to begin this 12 months, and the entire order needs to be delivered by the primary quarter 2023.
Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Vehicles North America, commented on the announcement:
Volvo Vehicles is worked up to proceed collaborating with Maersk on its fleet sustainability objectives and to play a key position within the group’s continued scaled investments in electromobility options.
Neither Volvo nor Maersk commented on the price of the vehicles, however the electrical fleet goes for use in California, the place the state gives vital incentives to deploy electrical vehicles.
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