Latest Press Release

Latest Press Release

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  2023-01-18 January 18, 2023

  Is EU playing with our net zero future?

  By Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO Volvo Group and Chairman of ACEA Commercial Vehicle Board
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  2022-11-14 November 14, 2022

  A zero-emission transport sector? It is so near yet so far away

  Last autumn at COP 26, we wanted to demonstrate to politicians and industry what’s already possible today. We wanted to show them – in real life – a fully battery-powered, heavy duty concept vehicle made from fossil-free steel. Even better, we wanted to transport this vehicle to the conference on the back of another world-first – a fully electric, heavy-duty long-haul Volvo truck.
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  2021-04-14 April 14, 2021

  Cleaning up shipping

  The issue : The UN estimates that shipping currently accounts for 3% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists warn that by 2050 this could rise to 10%. Despite those figures, efforts to deal with the climate crisis have consistently avoided the shipping sector. As the shipping industry was spared specific emissions-cutting targets in the 2015 Paris Climate Accords, parts of the sector are acting.
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  2020-12-16 December 16, 2020

  How the EU’s new emissions plan could speed the shift towards electric vehicles

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: Increasingly from one year to another, electric vehicles are being seen as a key means of lowering Europe’s and global transport emissions. While the debate about electric cars is ongoing, it is important to remember that commercial vehicles also play an important role.
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  2020-12-09 December 9, 2020

  The good news about rail

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: The climate crisis might have changed people’s relationship with mobility, shifting them away from driving, but did COVID-19 manage to give a boost to the rail industry?
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  2020-12-01 December 1, 2020

  Will cyclists and walkers reclaim city streets from cars?

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: Two years ago the great bicycle boom was initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic, where suppliers were faced with an unparalleled demand and even struggled to keep up with it. Since then, cycling remains a comparatively fast, flexible and reliable option for urban transport. While this marked the beginning of a new mobility paradigm, the different city infrastructures needed to adapt.
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  2020-09-30 September 30, 2020

  Yes, roads are safer but not safe enough

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: In 2020, figures published by the European Commission show that 18,800 people were killed in road crashes in the EU, which represents a drop of 17% in comparison to 2019. However, this significant decrease is largely due to the pandemic which saw sharp falls in traffic levels.
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  2020-07-27 July 27, 2020

  What the EU's new trucking rules mean

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: The European Union reached a milestone on the Mobility Package when it entered into force in all 27 EU Member States in February 2022. However, while many of its measures went into effect, the topic is still sensitive as several countries including Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Romania are fighting a rearguard action at the Court of Justice of the EU.
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  2020-05-06 May 6, 2020

  Why the EU’s Green Deal really could well be its ‘man-on-moon moment

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: Back in 2019, President Ursula von der Leyen announced and named the European Green Deal a ‘man on the moon’ moment. Back then no one knew that the path to the ‘moon’ would not be paved with roses but rather stumbling rocks.
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  2020-04-22 April 22, 2020

  The surprising obstacle to electric vehicles in Europe

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: In recent years, policymakers have been very enthusiastic about the increase in the use of Electric Vehicles (EV), but the current state of play failed to demonstrate a significant improvement over the concerns raised in the report published by green campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E). While sales of electric vehicles in Europe reached a record high in 2021, understood to be a promising success for the future, there are still barriers that will constitute a challenge in the years to come.
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  2020-04-20 April 20, 2020

  How free public transportation could ease the climate and congestion

  UPDATE APRIL 2022: All around the globe, cities and smaller towns are noticing the benefits that come from free public transport. What to some people might appear as impossible was already achieved in over 100 cities around the world, with more many to come!