Worldwide first pilot test of electric Volvo FH truck
The first phase of the project includes four trucks in total from Volvo and Scania. The first fully electric Volvo FH truck with gross combination weights up to 60 tons operates in regional traffic since March. Volvo Trucks’ customer, logistics company DHL, will use the truck on a 150 km long route between two logistics centers in Sweden; Göteborg and Jönköping. Charging will be done at DHL in Jönköping and Volvo Truck Center in Gothenburg.
The project consortium is also planning and preparing for the second phase of the project, starting in the fourth quarter of 2021 by ramping up with more trucks from Volvo and Scania.
Magnus Broback, Charging Systems Director, Volvo Trucks says about the project: “This is the first time that we operate electric trucks in regional transport as well as in daily distribution routes. We are very happy with this collaboration with DHL, which will give us important insights into how we can use electric trucks in the most efficient way with regards to design and planning of driving and charging.”
About Reel
The Reel initiative brings together truck manufacturers, electricity network companies, energy companies, charging station operators, hauliers, recipients of goods transport and public actors. Together they will test and develop electrification of regional transports with heavy trucks in practice. Reel is partly financed by the Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova. The participants in Reel are: Chalmers University of Technology, Dagab, DHL, EVBox, Göteborg Energi, Scania, Vattenfall and Volvo Group. The project is led by the collaboration platform CLOSER at Lindholmen Science Park. The project is scheduled to run until end 2021.
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