Volvo has developed a system that aims at solving the problem of the truck driver’s blind spot on the passenger side. The results of the research will be demonstrated today in the Intersafe 2 EU project in Wolfsburg, Germany.
City junctions are dangerous places with traffic of all types jostling for space. In Europe, between 30 [...]

Volvo Trucks’ “One More Pile” project has won the Volvo Group’s internal environmental award for its success in reducing emissions from timber haulage trucks.
“One quarter of road haulage in Sweden is accounted for by the transport of timber. If we can make these transport operations more efficient and reduce their carbon emissions, we stand to [...]

Volvo Trucks is continuously working to improve the quality and efficiency of their aftersales services. One method that is currently being tested is the use of smartphones - a consumer-based technology- in their workshops.
“Smartphones are user-friendly devices that can assist our technicians at work while offering our customers better support,” says Bengt Persson, Senior Vice [...]

Before Volvo Trucks releases a new model onto the market, the vehicle always undergoes a rigorous crash-test programme. The Volvo FE Hybrid is no exception. With its 578 kg battery pack, it presents the crash-test engineers with new challenges.
“It’s immensely important to carry out collision tests when working with new alternative drivelines. In the hybrid [...]

It is possible to achieve major environmental improvements. This is the conclusion drawn following the challenge that Volvo Trucks has earlier issued: To cut its transport-related emissions by 20% before end 2010. Thanks to considerable effort by everyone involved in all aspects of transport, the set target was even beaten by a comfortable margin. The [...]

Industry would like public explanation of what to expect going forward with biodiesel mandate
OTTAWA - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) applauded the announcement made today by the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry regarding his request that refiners, distributors and retailers to come to Ottawa to appear before a parliamentary committee and explain their pricing [...]

TORONTO - As previously announced, starting this July the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) will be adopting the national safety code standard for periodic mandatory vehicle inspections of trucks, trailers and converter dollies.
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has now given its thumbs up to MTO’s enforcement strategy having received written confirmation this week that although [...]

Only way to accurately, fairly assess carrier, industry performance
OTTAWA – In a discussion paper recently submitted to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) insists that anytime a commercial vehicle is required to enter a truck inspection station or is stopped by a mobile enforcement unit — even if it is [...]

LONG BEACH, Calif. – at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, Calif., Freightliner Trucks announced that its new 114 Severe Duty (SD) set-back axle (SBA) truck will be available with natural gas technology. Designed for severe duty segments such as construction and other markets, the new 114SD SBA is a lightweight yet [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. – Freightliner Trucks announced that it has begun to deliver the first 70 of 182 Freightliner Business Class® M2 112 natural gas tractors to Ryder System, Inc., a leading commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions provider. The order is part of Ryder’s agreement with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) to launch [...]