Swedish heavy vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group (OTC: VLVLY) could be one of the early birds to launch heavy-duty trucks entirely powered by batteries, Financial Times reports.
With a range of 300kms, Volvo electric trucks will be open for pre-sales in 2021 and production kicking off in 2022.
Apart from electric trucks, Volvo’s portfolio also includes battery-powered construction equipment like hook lift trucks and concrete mixers.
What Happened: In its October sales update, Volvo disclosed a 7.1% growth in car sales globally. Despite a 4.6% drop in sales for January-October 2020, the European markets accounted for 43% revenue share, and China contributed to 25.6% of revenues.
Volvo is targeting electric models to generate 50% of its European truck sales by 2030.
VolvoTrucks Head of Product and Vehicle Sales, Jessica Sandstrom, said that it was a big step in adopting large commercial electric vehicles — Financial Times.
Why Does It Matter: Some of Volvo’s closes market peers in this business segment include the German company Daimler AG (OTC: DMLRY), the Chinese carmaker BYD Co Ltd (OTC: BYDDF), the Henrik Fisker founded Fisker Inc (NYSE: FSR), Ohio based Lordstown Motors Corporation (NASDAQ: RIDE) and the Trevor Milton owned Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA).
Volvo Trucks President Roger Alm said that the company wanted the total cost of ownership of an electric truck to be as comparable as possible to diesel trucks.
He added that Volvo is hoping for society to pay more for deliveries done with climate-friendly trucks.
Price Movement: Volvo ADR gained 1.32% to close at $20.70 on Wednesday.
Related Link: Ford Does Not Intend To Build Electric Super-Duty Trucks, Says Top Executive
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瑞典重型汽車製造商:沃爾沃集團(場外交易:中國)VLVLY)可能是最早推出完全由電池驅動的重型卡車的公司之一,英國“金融時報”另據報道。
沃爾沃電動卡車的續航里程為300公里,將於2021年開始預售,2022年開始生產。
除了電動卡車,沃爾沃的產品組合還包括電動建築設備,如吊鉤卡車和混凝土攪拌機。
怎麼了:在其歷史上10月份銷售更新據沃爾沃披露,全球汽車銷量增長7.1%。儘管2020年1月至10月的銷售額下降了4.6%,但歐洲市場佔營收份額的43%,中國貢獻了25.6%的營收。
沃爾沃的目標是,到2030年,電動車型佔其歐洲卡車銷量的50%。
VolvoTrucks產品和車輛銷售主管傑西卡·桑德斯特羅姆表示,這是採用大型商用電動汽車的一大步--英國《金融時報》
為什麼這很重要?:沃爾沃在這一業務領域的一些接近市場的同行包括這家德國公司。戴姆勒股份公司(場外交易:中國)DMLRY),中國汽車製造商。比亞迪股份有限公司(場外交易:中國)BYDDF),亨裡克·菲斯克創立的。菲斯克公司(紐約證券交易所股票代碼:)FSR),總部位於俄亥俄州Lordstown汽車公司(納斯達克:中國)騎)和特雷弗·米爾頓擁有的。尼古拉公司(納斯達克:中國)NKLA).
沃爾沃卡車總裁羅傑·阿爾姆表示,該公司希望電動卡車的總擁有成本盡可能與柴油卡車相當。
他補充說,沃爾沃希望社會為用環保卡車完成的送貨支付更多費用。
價格走勢:沃爾沃ADR週三上漲1.32%,收於20.70美元。
相關鏈接:福特高管表示,福特不打算製造電動超級卡車
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