Record order for Volvo electric trucks

The record Maersk deal adds to a previous order of 16 vehicles of the same model and marks the single largest commercial order to date for Volvo’s electric trucks.

Deliveries of the Volvo VNR Electric trucks to Performance Team, a Maersk company, will begin in the second quarter of this year.

The order was placed by Performance Team, part of the Maersk Group, and adds up to mean a total of 126 such electric trucks will be in service for Performance Team. All 126 trucks are scheduled for deployment by the first quarter of 2023.

“Volvo Trucks is excited to continue collaborating with Maersk on its fleet sustainability goals and to play a key role in the organisation’s continued scaled investments in electromobility solutions,” said Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America.

The Class 8 electric trucks will be used in California for a variety of transport assignments, serving port drayage and warehouse distribution routes.

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Volvo says the VNR Electric has an operating range of up to 440km and energy storage of up to 565kWh. The truck can be 80% charged in 90 minutes with the six-battery package and 60 minutes with the four-battery version. The Volvo VNR Electric is produced in Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley plant in Virginia, which is the exclusive producer of all Volvo trucks in North America.50% electric sales by 2030

Globally, Volvo Trucks has set the ambitious target that by 2030 50% of all trucks it sells will be electric.

“We are determined to lead the electric transformation of the transport industry,” says Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks. “Volumes are still low, but we see rapidly growing interest in Europe, North America and also other parts of the world.

“In 2021 we took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1100 trucks in over 20 countries. It´s clearly becoming a key competitive advantage to be able to offer electric, zero emission transports,” Mr Alm added.

Volvo Trucks was the market leader in heavy electric trucks in 2021 in Europe with a market share of 42% and also has a leading position in North America.