Press releases 2013

A new heavy-haul tractor, a 13-litre engine running on liquefied natural gas, the introduction of Volvo I-Shift as standard throughout the product range, and services that boost uptime. These are some of the new features that Volvo Trucks in North America is now presenting at the renowned Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in February 2013 amounted to 12,272 vehicles. This was a decrease of 26% compared with the year-earlier month.

Volvo Trucks now presents its new Volvo FM. Offering top-notch flexibility and transport efficiency, it covers the needs of most customers. Among the new features are an improved driver’s cab and the groundbreaking Volvo Dynamic Steering that boosts the truck’s first-class driving properties.

Today, Wednesday, March 13, AB Volvo is publishing its 2012 Annual Report on www.volvogroup.com.

The Volvo FM is next in line in the rapid renewal of Volvo Trucks’ product range – with the groundbreaking innovation Volvo Dynamic Steering as one of its prominent features. The truck will be launched in Europe on March 19.

Niklas Gustavsson has been appointed Executive Vice President Public & Environmental Affairs and member of the Volvo Group Executive Team. He will assume his duties on April 1, 2013 and will succeed Jan-Eric Sundgren, who was appointed Senior Expert Adviser to the CEO and senior management.

The number of votes in AB Volvo has changed due to the conversion of a total of 529,000 Series A shares to a total of 529,000 Series B shares. The conversions were implemented with the support of the opportunity for Series A shareholders to request conversion of Series A shares to Series B shares, which was entered in the Articles of Association at the 2011 Annual General Meeting.

AB Volvo’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3.00 PM CET at Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg.

Deliveries from the Volvo Group’s truck operations in January 2013 amounted to 10,791 vehicles. This was a decrease of 23% compared with the year-earlier month.

Volvo Group Venture Capital, a subsidiary to the Volvo Group, today announced that Volvo has made a strategic investment in DriveCam. The two companies have joined forces with the objective of delivering innovative safety-centric solutions to the global commercial vehicle industry.