Volvo Truck News

Ten new Volvo FH-480 artics, which have recently joined the fleet of leading distribution company Fowler Welch Coolchain, met their operating cost targets inside three weeks. “Much faster than expected,” reports National Operations Director Lee Juniper.

Volvo Trucks latest Fuelwatch initiative could save hard-pressed operators as much as 10% on their fuel bills. Fuelwatch is an integral part of Volvo’s Fuel Management Service - a consultancy service which includes a detailed fuel management audit, followed by action planning and target setting.

Volvo Trucks is taking measures to downsize capacity in its European production system to meet the declining demand for trucks in the European market.

According to S. A. Brains’ Fleet Manager Andrew Foley, the famous South Wales brewers’ good experience with Volvo’s MOT pass rates was an important factor when it was time to purchase the latest batch of fleet replacements.

Volvo Trucks has been voted as having the strongest business-to-business brand in Sweden in its category. The ranking was produced by SIFO Research International and Superbrands Brand Council, consisting of independent experts in the fields of advertising, marketing and brand management.

Volvo’s Overview Surveillance System, developed together with Toshiba Corporation, gives drivers a unique bird’s eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings for advanced driving assistance and safety. This groundbreaking system has been installed on Volvo’s hybrid refuse trucks for on-the-job testing.

Volvo Trucks will start delivering its first FH and FM trucks with EEV (Enhanced Environmental friendly vehicle) engines during 2009. The new engines will help improve air quality by reducing particulates and smoke drastically, going beyond the requirements of Euro V.

Approximately every third of the roughly 40,000 traffic-related deaths reported in the European Union each year can be directly attributed to alcohol. To promote safer driving and help reduce traffic fatalities, Volvo Trucks is introducing Alcolock.

Volvo Trucks’ deliveries during August amounted to 5,891 vehicles, up 6% compared with the year-earlier period. The increase in August is mainly driven by higher volumes in Asia and Eastern Europe, though partly offset by a negative impact from production change-over to a new product range.

Cambridge-based medical equipment supplier and distributor Unisurge has taken delivery of an 80th Anniversary Volvo FH-480 which will be used to shuttle surgical procedure kits to and from their sterilisation plant at Alfreton, Derbyshire, and to deliver to hospitals nationwide.