This is a heavy-duty electric truck from a Swedish car company

Volvo Trucks has just announced a new range of heavy-duty electric vehicles and future eco-friendly solutions.

Volvo FH, FM and FMX are the latest electric models from the Swedish automaker. With the appearance of a new fleet of vehicles, Volvo Truck is considered the heavy vehicle manufacturer with the largest electric vehicle portfolio in Europe. Up to now, Volvo has owned 6 types of all-electric trucks/tractors.

In which, the FH Electric and FM Electric models are positioned by Volvo Trucks as versatile electric vehicles, serving local (ie short-term) transportation. Meanwhile, the FMX Electric model has better off-road capabilities, so it can be used more widely, although it was born mainly to serve the construction industry.

The Volvo FH Electric comes with a 180–540 kWh battery pack. At full load with 44 tons has a range of 343 km. Volvo FM Electric uses a 180–540 kWh battery pack. At full load with 44 tons has a range of 380 km. The Volvo FMX Electric comes with a 180–540 kWh battery pack with a range of 140-280 km.

The first are the 16-ton FL Electric and the 27-ton FE Electric introduced in 2019, catering to local transportation, waste collection, as well as urban transport applications. With a battery pack of 100 to 300 kWh, the lighter FL can go 186 miles (300 km) on a single charge, while the heavier FE has only 124 miles (200 km) of WLTP.

Next, in December 2020, the US-made VNR Electric electric vehicle model for the North American market, comes in multiple configurations with an initial pi package of 264 kWh. Volvo Trucks later supplied it with larger battery packs (375 and 565 kWh), the 4×2 version also increasing the range from 150 to 230 miles.​

In total, with 3 additions, Volvo Trucks has a total of 6 electric trucks on the market. However, Volvo’s ambition is for half of the trucks it makes to be EVs by 2030. According to the manufacturer, orders for its electric trucks have been rolling out in the months before kick-off. Official sales. Volvo Trucks says it has received more than 1,100 requests from 20 countries, including letters of interest.