VOLVO TRUCKS’ THREE-PILLAR GLOBAL APPROACH TO
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BY LARS MARTENSSON Director of Environment and Innovation at Volvo Trucks
Companies around the world are increasingly aware of how fleet sustainability can and will lower global emissions and decelerate climate change. But before OEMs roll out new technologies commercially, they need to ensure the vehicles and all their components are reliable and up to the task. Globally, stricter regulations are driving the push to cleaner transportation. During the past few decades, OEMs have led the charge to reduce emissions in their diesel models, with 2010 and later models seeing up to 95% less NOx and particulate matter emissions. But rigorous upcoming and pending standards are on the horizon, and vehicle manufacturers must now develop zero-emission options to reduce emissions even more. In the U.S., for example, legislation on the state and federal levels is driving the industry toward even more sustainable solutions. On the radar for many is California’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule, adopted in April 2023, that bans
combustion truck sales in the state by 2036. While this regulation will have wide-sweeping impacts, it is only one part of the global movement to decarbonize fleets. For Volvo Trucks, these regulations are not starting points for our drive towards zeroemission transport — we do this to leave a better tomorrow for our future generations. Volvo Trucks is leading the shift in the right direction toward more sustainable trucking. Recognizing the need for multiple solutions to achieve sustainable goals, the company is taking a threepillar approach to decarbonizing the industry through battery-electric, fuel cell hydrogen, and other drop-in fossil-free fuels, and pure hydrogen
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