News : Hybrids

The Volvo Group will be the world’s first vehicle manufacturer to join the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Climate Savers Program. As a WWF partner, the Volvo Group’s truck companies undertake to reduce the CO2-emissions from...
“The partnership with WWF means that we are raising our already ambitious goals in relation to cutting the CO2-emissions of our products, says Volvo’s CEO Leif Johansson. Our shared...

The operator company Nettbuss has ordered 12 hybrid buses from Volvo Buses for service in Norway, thereby becoming the first company in the Nordic region to implement the hybrid technology commercially. Hybrid buses reduce fuel consumption by as much as 30%.
The operator company Nettbuss has ordered ten Volvo 7700 Hybrid buses for use in Trondheim and two Volvo 7700 Hybrid buses for use in Arendal in southern...

For the first time there is now a commercially viable hybrid bus on the market, the Volvo 7700 Hybrid. With up to 30% lower fuel consumption and hybrid components from Volvo, bus operators can earn a payback on the extra cost in only five to seven years.
The demand for a substantial reduction in fuel consumption within the transportation industry is growing increasingly stronger and for many reasons. One of the...

The Volvo Group is now introducing the fourth-generation hybrid solution on a broad front in buses, trucks and construction equipment. “Our hybrid solution for heavy vehicles is completely different from anything that has existed in the market to date,” says Leif Johansson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Volvo Group. “As a result of our volumes and resources, we have succeeded in developing a more...