Volvo Trucks - Inside the new revolutionary heavy-duty electric driveline

Take a closer look at the technology inside the Volvo FM, Volvo FMX and Volvo FH Electric driveline. These components and innovative software solutions combine to deliver low noise, minimal air pollution and zero CO2 emissions.
* Operational range and charging times may vary. Learn more at volvotrucks.com/electrictrucks
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[@bonesaw1072]

I want this in Euro Truck Simulator 2

[@rayadams1312]

I dont know why some people think that truck simulator is a great idea there ain't no comparison compared to get in the truck fully loaded a head of on a long country run it's the only way to learn

[@MatthewGoat91515]

For some of us, it’s the only way we can experience a semi truck. Some of us don’t even have close up access to any trucks at all, so simulators are the only way we can experience what life is generally like behind the wheel of a big rig truck.

[@o74769]

@@rayadams1312 well excuse us for not having a trucking job or a truck to drive my friend..

[@rayadams1312]

@@o74769 Hi there man I wasn't having a dig at you im just a bit surprised how they do thing's in outher countries me personally started driving a truck as a kid cause the old man had a number of trucks a one day we were taking a load up the country a he said hey son do you wanna have a drive of the truck I said yeah no problem a that's how I got started in trucking a yes ive driven every thing from big tray truck's to semis truck a truck a dog trailer's a everything else in between a have driven at least a few million kms however ive retired now cheers man have a good day

[@teixopoison601]

@@rayadams1312 you are a old man?

[@maioralofknowledge2658]

This is absurdly outstanding. The larger battery pack probably has around 600v-900ah as well as the motor has minimum 480-720v power, impressive for such demanding weight job. With this expertise acquired, you guys have the potential for developing an all-electric system for future main battle tanks up to 45 tons, think about it. ;)

[@GoatKo]

I'm looking forward to a Volvo vs. Tesla trucks battle!

[@lanista78]

There is no battle. Volvo trucks are there, Tesla trucks aren't.

[@GoatKo]

@@lanista78 When Tesla trucks will be..

[@KhoPhi]

Well, Tesla trucks will lose, easily. 1) Volvo has truck making industry experience of decades. Decades. 2) Volvo has been making electric trucks used on the road, in real life, by real customers, for real tasks for years. 1) and 2) combined means, Volvo, specifically for electric trucks, has more data and know-how. Data and know-how that Tesla won't magically have. It'll take tesla same months or years to catch up with Volvo (assuming volvo stops improving today) If you talk of electric cars, sure Tesla is ahead of the game. But for electric TRUCKs, I'll pick a volvo over anything tesla does any day, because even non-electric volvo trucks are rock solid on their own.

[@butcher6939]

@@KhoPhi 3) volvo has been producing full electric buses for a 15 years :)

[@evil7011]

@@GoatKo There is no Tesla Truck. We saw a non functioning Truck on stage and... Thats it. 3 years in and Tesla has still nothing to show.

[@tufanakarirmak7279]

Wow, a truck with ERS, amazing.

[@tangomike15]

I saw two of these being transported on the back of a (diesel) truck on the M1 today.

[@MrGuRu-ik5mg]

Yeah i saw them going southbound yesterday towards Sydney

[@user-jj2uo6hr7w]

300 km is not a distance to ride, 90 minutes to charge is to long to wait. Especially in long way between countries. Volvo has answers on this questions?

[@volvotrucks]

In our view, gas-driven trucks are currently the best alternative to standard diesel trucks for heavy long-haul transports in Europe. Electromobility will play an important role for local as well as regional transport and the development of batteries and charging infrastructure will be important factors in its expansion. However, there is no one silver bullet solution available to cut carbon emissions. We will see a gradual introduction of alternative drivelines including battery-driven trucks and gas-driven trucks over the next couple of years. Electromobility using hydrogen fuel cells has the potential to reduce the need for batteries in heavy long-haul transport in the longer term.

[@Noname_NoID]

@@volvotrucks So current EU plans to replace all cars and trucks by non-emitting (electricity, hydrogen) vehicles looks like a total bullshit. At least for trucks.

[@aokusazimniy8]

@@Noname_NoID no emission is a good things for environment and u call that bullshit? U kidding me

[@benjamingyorgyhera7259]

@@Noname_NoID wow didnt know people could be so dumb

[@esunisen3862]

Long range driving is a nonsense, use train instead.

[@isaackent2355]

Why not hybrid, ie all electric, but an cng gas engine behind cab to charge batteries

[@nico7691]

Volvo, always one step ahead!💪

[@jeffroyer869]

I cant wait to win a job in the Electricmobility department here in Hagerstown, Maryland I really want to a part of a better future for our planet

[@gage3725]

I wonder how much power the emergency brakes would generate for regenerative braking

[@FredoSantana90]

You’re asking the real questions

[@brianb-p6586]

"Emergency brakes" are not involved in regenerative braking. The graphic for regen highlights the drive wheels, but of course the electricity is generated by the drive motors, not the wheels. Regeneration power and torque are similar to drive power and torque, limited by the battery's ability to absorb that power.

[@indi15]

KingsOf the road

[@shahbazhaider7235]

I love Volvo truck

[@Marc-so2cd]

I'm not a huge fan of EVs but this is a beautiful electric truck and typically a Volvo.

[@homayoonf.i.b444]

Volvo is love❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👑👑

[@VinodKumar-rz8tx]

Great looks! Volvo trucks ❤🎉

[@shahbazhaider7235]

Volvo it's a great vehicles

[@user-yz5rl3wf3p]

Smarts powers....Trucks VOLVO..,

[@ninjagaiden2277]

What’s the max load it can take?

[@volvotrucksyemen7446]

Think big with volvo.

[@user-cg5vd3ik9f]

Volvo full power full technology full creative full design full pleasure. Volvo yes amazing truck & bus & car 💪✌❤

[@epeli0035]

What?

[@umangdave8200]

Very nice Technology for our planet

[@robertgoddard7046]

Amazing. Driving all week, this will be a dream. You will be a lot less fatigued by the end of it. Believe me , it's the noise all day from a diesel engine in your ears all week, is what makes you tired.

[@alireza7086]

Hi i need a parameter for daylight can you help me ?

[@cemunal4077]

Volvo Electric trucks super.

[@abuthahir3816]

It's wonderful

[@informationandnews32]

Volvo always best

[@Tommmmmmmmmmmm]

Why would an electric truck need 12 gears

[@selimis8334]

Emeğinize yüreğinize gönlünüze çalışmanıza sağlık helâl olsun VOLVO

[@pascalwalter7twitter644]

will you be able to make an FH with 4 motors ?? and can we forsee electric volvos hauling abnormal loads??

[@phatmeow7764]

Hi Volvo this is my suggestion for a small compromise resulting in a huge range capability! Instead of a pure BEV semi-tractor with 500+ KWh batteries that can do 300 km why not a smaller/lighter battery with Methanol Fuel Cells? there is barely any emissions of note compared to petrol/diesel and in the case of green methanol it actually is more eco-friendlier than big heavier batteries i believe! The great thing is unlike Hydrogen, Methanol is far easier/cheaper to store and transport...

[@alexandermelnichenko3116]

hey wait this is the same one as yesterday

[@nopsFU]

They changed the word BREAKING to BRAKING.

[@brucepeppinck9988]

Looking forward great 👍 truck 🛻 electric ⚡️ great 👍👍👍🇦🇺

[@LiquidX16]

wouldnt it make more sense to build the batteries into the trailer instead of into the truck? This way driver and truck could be on the road all time while the trailer is always changed and charging?

[@R_sounchi]

Very good❤

[@biral0072]

hey volvo i requested to you please put solar pannel on the roof of container

[@cristianbarrerahbt8225]

This what Tesla need to understand never can be. A close to the owner of the electric company in innovation for Future

[@charafimohamed4024]

Bravo Volvo top

[@ichich3536]

Warum kommen keine Zusatzakkus in den Anhänger ????? Der könnte auch eine Antrieb bekommen ......

[@avcisoner]

keske aynalar felanda kamera olsaydi

[@greenpeas57]

very nice

[@Ostsol]

It's really cool, but I wonder about what truckers and freight carriers think of it. Is the battery capacity enough for LTL drivers doing in-city pickup-and-delivery runs all day? Potentially with heat or AC on? If not, are they alright with 90 minutes of down-time to recharge? There's a lot of things to consider. Also, where I live in Canada, major cities are hundreds of kilometres apart. At work we receive weekly shipments from 300 km away. These questions and concerns aside, I remain excited to see how the technology develops.

[@drister007]

Yes, the battery capacity is enough for driving it a whole day and then you can recharge at night. It can even recharge from 0 to 80 % in just half an hour. In Europe you can only drive for 4 hours and then you MUST take 45 minutes break by law, during the brake you can charge (you don't have to, because the range is enough for the whole day of driving, but you can). By law you are not allowed to drive more than 8 hours per day in any truck, diesel or electric. So yes, the range is more then ehough. I am talking about Tesla semi.

[@Zamin_Khalilov]

Waiting when Björn will do banana box test 😬

[@ayushmishra1229]

VOLVO = TRUCK AND BUS MERCEDES = F1 TOYOTA = CIVIL CARS

[@sharonec5419]

Mercedes F1 haha. Ye sure if you want to be in the midfield lol. Toyota Civil Cars lol. What are Civil cars?

[@sutrisaja590]

💯%👍and 💯%🌟

[@macberry4048]

I'm curious to know how well these trucks handle steepe hills

[@RoadRunner217]

On paper it should perform better, with time. Unaware of the current state of Electric Truck engines, but EVs beat combustion engines by miles on everything that's called terrain or uphill. The near direct connection between motor and wheels and much simpler transmissions and lack of loss of force over multiple vehicle parts, is something you have to witness yourself by driving an EV. It's almost alien and feels very unreal when you're used to not getting anything groundbreakingly new over decades of car engineering in terms of actual performance, aside from acceleration.

[@erikzavadlav9702]

What if you cover the trailer with photovoltaics? It should be interesting to see the range in a sunny day. 200 w on sq. meter. 2.5 x 13.6 x 0.2W =6.8 KW

[@drister007]

6,8 kW of solar panels on a trailer will give you around 68 km of additional range in 10 hours. It is something.

[@dlux6700]

You just know that most truckers are gonna stick it in power mode and leave it there forever. Unless they don't have a trailer of course

[@baxtiyorhasanov3984]

We're good

[@Tommiaislandi]

Is this the future rather than DME trucks?

[@volvotrucks]

Electromobility will play an important role for local as well as regional transport and the development of batteries and charging infrastructure will be important factors in its expansion. However, there is no one silver bullet solution available to cut carbon emissions. We will see a gradual introduction of alternative drivelines including battery-driven trucks and gas-driven trucks over the next couple of years. Electromobility using hydrogen fuel cells has the potential to reduce the need for batteries in heavy long-haul transport in the longer term.

[@misterudik6101]

i think about downhill...how electric truck prevent overheat brake pad?

[@yarik.sharik]

Probably by using regenerative braking.

[@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759]

Just as you do with an ordinary retarder in modern lorries and buses, but in this case use it for charging.

[@recycleman975]

can't since there is no coolant

[@Mikhail1221]

Круто 👍😎

[@NavinSuraj_A]

❣️⚡

[@deekshithshetty1484]

❤️

[@RapyArtz]

amazing

[@jobishjobish3416]

No short squrt

[@yassersaadalmuthaybiri9047]

التريلات صارت هيبرد

[@dionisiisari4685]

Elon Musk has a new competitor

[@butcher6939]

Volvo has a new competitor :) A competitor without experience :)

[@epeli0035]

@@butcher6939 Yes. My brother got to ride a tesla that his client had, and he said that it looks cool and all, but the quality is horrible. F.e. When they went to a car wash, the water started flowing a bit from the corners. Not dripping droplets, but actually letting water in pretty well lmao

[@rayadams1312]

I don't know abouts this one it can only travel 300kms cause if your in the middle of nowhere i think your on your own no thanks yous do realise that some of them long haul trucks travel abouts 800kms per day

[@yarik.sharik]

For now, these trucks are city focused where range and charging are not a issue, but the noise and pollution definitely is.

[@yarik.sharik]

And it’s just a matter of time, in the next 10 years or so, when battery density catches up with long haul needs.

[@volvotrucks]

Electromobility will play an important role for local as well as regional transport and the development of batteries and charging infrastructure will be important factors in its expansion. However, there is no one silver bullet solution available to cut carbon emissions. We will see a gradual introduction of alternative drivelines including battery-driven trucks and gas-driven trucks over the next couple of years. Electromobility using hydrogen fuel cells has the potential to reduce the need for batteries in heavy long-haul transport in the longer term.

[@recycleman975]

no Tesla Volvo No

[@goldnmxroc9670]

No, No, NOooooo

[@Johanboy-ih6yu]

Its just a toy

[@mustangsuper1973]

Life less, electric, bash it, awful Gigger off, Bull shit

[@carpex2613]

300 km of range is nothing for a truck, and have to wait 90 minutes just to get 80% using fast charger its too much time. Combustion engines are still way better fot this types of machines.

[@volvotrucks]

Fully electric trucks are ideal for transporting goods in and around cities on pre-defined routes which include a return to the home base at the end of the working day for charging. Distribution, urban construction and refuse collection (often for city and municipal authorities) are examples of segments that have been early adopters of electric trucks. But the capacity of Volvo’s heavy-duty trucks now also allows goods to be transported between cities. Electrification, in the form of battery electric and fuel cell vehicles, will become possible in more and more segments. At the moment, the main exceptions are long-haul transport, due to a lack of charging infrastructure, and heavy-duty transport applications in the timber, construction and mining industries.

[@anonymou478]

Scania es mejor

[@patricksilva06_]

Kkkkkkkk

[@anonymou478]

@@patricksilva06_ Volvo solo gana en velocidad

[@vilias]

You mean VW, scania die

[@anonymou478]

@@vilias :v

[@anonymou478]

@@vilias Volkswagen es scania :v