29 Mar 2011, 09:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Volvo Trucks recently announced it has already started selling hybrid trucks, under the name Volvo FE Hybrid, to customers in selected European markets. To be used primarily in distribution and refu...
28 Mar 2011, 13:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish truck brand Volvo has recently announced its new construction truck, the FMX, has made a major impact on the construction truck market. Since its launch in April last year, almost 5,000 unit...
24 Feb 2011, 18:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Woodside Distribution, part of the Woodside Group based in Ballyclare, has recently acquired two FE 18 ton curtainside rigids from Dennison Commercials. The trucks will join a fleet consisting of ar...
21 Feb 2011, 12:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I'Anson Brothers Ltd is one of the United Kingdom's leading manufacturers of premier animal feedstuffs and has been serving farmers in Yorkshire and the North of England since 1900. The co...
17 Feb 2011, 10:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The most powerful series-manufactured truck, the Volvo FH16, has returned to our attention today, as the Swedes at Volvo Trucks have just launched a version for heavy haulage involving gross combina...
16 Feb 2011, 17:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hewicks Haulage, a British company that provides general traction services together with its main co-managed tanker fleet, Cave Liquid Haulage, has taken delivery of its first three Volvo FH13 6x2 t...
14 Feb 2011, 11:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Volvo Trucks announced today the launch of a new global community for drivers, that is projected to become the largest and most active of its kind in the world. Dubbed Worldtrucker, this Internet co...
10 Feb 2011, 07:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following the inauguration of the new facility in Presov in late 2010, Volvo Trucks in Slovakia has inaugurated a new Volvo Truck Center in the Zilina area. The new premises provide customers with a...
1 Feb 2011, 11:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aimed at finding optimal ways to rationalize timber haulage, the One More Pilot project has recently concluded another testing phase, using a 30 meter long Volvo rig with a payload of 66 tonnes.We a...
17 Jan 2011, 09:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The first successful demonstration in the EU-financed SARTRE project was carried out recently at the Volvo Proving Ground in Sweden, the automaker announced today. The key feature in the project is ...
4 Jan 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Volvo Trucks announced today it has launched a new magazine specially configured for iPad, which will be issued in English and targets a global reading public. The magazine features stories about li...
30 Dec 2010, 16:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / One of Manchester city’s waste wood recycling firms, Boden's Wood Waste Recycling has added five new Volvo FH-500s to their fleet, thus expanding to a 20 Volvo truck total. The five 6x2 t...
23 Nov 2010, 11:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hauling 74 ton timber loads up steep and slippery forest tracks pushes the limits of what timber trucks’ drivetrains can do. That's why Volvo is testing a new hydraulic front-wheel-drive ...
8 Nov 2010, 09:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish manufacturer Volvo Trucks recently announced its Saudi Arabia distributor, Zahid Tractor, recently signed a deal for no less than 350 trucks with Al Ayuni Investment & Contracting. Most ...
20 Oct 2010, 10:27 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Volvo Trucks announced today the start of a public field testing with methane diesel trucks that can run on liquefied methane gas. At the same time, Sweden’s first filling station for liquefie...
24 Sep 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A more flexible and easier to use version of the Dynafleet web-based system for transport information is being launched today, Volvo Trucks Announced. The upgraded version now comprises four service...
22 Sep 2010, 12:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks and tire maker Michelin have recently conducted a large-scale test that showed just how much wheel alignment, tire pressure and rolling resistance affect fuel...
15 Sep 2010, 13:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One way of fighting against alcohol as a cause of 30 percent of all fatal road accidents is to fit alcolocks, which prevent the vehicle from being started by a driver who is over the legal blood alc...
12 Aug 2010, 12:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Volvo Trucks announced today that the fleet of We Move Bikes opted for two new, all-black 4x2 Volvo FH tractor units, which will be used to transport the latest and most exot...
7 Jul 2010, 08:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Swedish truck manufacturer announced today it has already decided what to bring at the IAA show in Hanover this fall. The Volvo Trucks display at the event will feature unique green technologies...