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Volvo To Launch Hydrogen-Powered Trucks

Volvo Trucks is developing trucks with Trucks Will Be Commercially the added benefit of potentially net zero
combustion engines that run on hydrogen. Available CO2 emissions well-to-wheel. They will be a
On-road tests with trucks using hydrogen Volvo will begin customer tests with trucks valuable complement to our battery electric
in combustion engines will begin in 2026, using hydrogen in combustion engines in trucks, which have been on the market for
and the commercial launch is planned 2026, and the trucks will be commercially several years,” says Jan Hjelmgren, Head
towards the end of this decade. Trucks that available towards the end of this decade. of Product Management and Quality, Volvo
run on green hydrogen provide a significant Already, testing in labs and in vehicles Trucks.
step for Volvo to achieve its net zero goal is ongoing. The hydrogen-powered
and support customers in reaching their combustion engine trucks will complement Higher Energy Efficiency With
decarbonization targets. Volvo’s offering of other alternatives, such Lower Fuel Consumption
as battery electric trucks, fuel cell electric Volvo trucks with hydrogen-powered
One Way to Decarbonize trucks and trucks that run on renewable combustion engines will feature High
Transport fuels, like biogas and HVO (Hydrotreated Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI), a
Trucks that run on green hydrogen Vegetable Oil). technology where a small amount of ignition
instead of fossil fuels provide one way to fuel is injected with high pressure to enable
decarbonize transport. Hydrogen trucks “They will be a valuable compression ignition before hydrogen is
will be especially suitable over longer complement” added. The advantages of this technology
distances and in regions where there is “Trucks where the traditional internal include higher energy efficiency with lower
limited charging infrastructure, or time for, combustion engine remains but runs on fuel consumption, and increased engine
recharging of batteries. hydrogen will have the same performance power.
and reliability as our diesel trucks, but with

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