90% of a Volvo truck can be recycled
Fossil-free steel is now being employed in the production of Volvo trucks.
These days, technology is often driven by other technology, and Volvo is always ready to be the first to apply new technology towards its goal of zero accidents and driving costs down.
Better even is the fact that the steel is manufactured using fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The manufacturing company is SSAB.
In addition, and truly amazing, is that 90% of a Volvo truck can be recycled.
The fossil-free steel is used in the manufacturing of Volvo’s 44t heavy-duty electric trucks.
“Our journey to nett zero emissions includes both making our vehicles fossil-free in operation and over time fully replacing the material in our trucks with fossil-free and recycled alternatives,” said Jessica Sandström, senior vice president of product management at Volvo Trucks.
Among the customers that will have fossil-free steel in some of their electric trucks are Amazon and DFDS, and through the transport company Simon Loos, Unilever.
“At Amazon, we are on the way to making all of our operations nett zero carbon by 2040. We need partners like Volvo to make this transition happen,” said Andreas Marschner, vice president of transportation services in Europe at Amazon.
“DFDS is committed to our green transition and to deliver greener transport and logistics solutions. Any step in the green transition of logistics brings us closer to a carbon-free society, and we are therefore happy to learn that some of our new electric trucks soon to be delivered are also produced with fossil-free steel,” said Niklas Andersson, EVP of DFDS Logistics Division.
“The first steel produced with hydrogen is being used in the electric truck’s frame rails,” said Volvo. “This is the backbone of the truck upon which all other main components are mounted. As the availability of fossil-free steel increases, it will also be introduced in other parts of the truck.”
This initiative confirms Volvo’s commitment towards achieving nett zero greenhouse gas emissions in the entire value chain by 2040, at the latest.
Source: Tanje Wandrag
