the other Day handed over Volvo Lastvagnar two pure electric vehicle, a garbage truck, to the waste and recycling company Renova, as well as a distributionsbil to the fault of the carriers TGM, who is running for the transport and logistics giant DB Schenker. The presentation of the ready to run vehicles, to be located in one of Volvo’s provkörningsbanor on Hisingen in Gothenburg, followed barely a year after the manufacturer has demonstrated prototypes of fully electric trucks for use in urban traffic.
the Volvo Trucks president Roger Alm turned to the invited representatives of the transport sector, the city of Gothenburg and other stakeholders, and the press and underlined that the requirements on sustainable solutions for and driving the development of electric drive-forward:
as technology becomes a competitive option for more customers, we will continue to develop our offering for the electric drive. In parallel, we reduce also the steady climate and the environmental impact of our diesel and gas powered trucks, in particular through more energy-efficient drivetrains.
Volvo Trucks ‘ president Roger Alm (left) and AB Volvo’s ceo Martin Lundstedt was not far to the smiles during the presentation day on the island of Hisingen, göteborg. Photo: Kalle Holmberg
the electrified transport solutions that respond to the requirements of the clients set up on performance, range, cargo handling and efficient use of the vehicles. Production on a small scale should follow during the second half of 2019.
In the current projects have a number of drivers had the opportunity to drive the cars before the card is inserted in the traffic. Yasar Aydin, sopbilsförare at Renova in Gothenburg, sweden, is one of them:
I drove a whole day in the operation. It was a different experience – you are used to diesel cars. I’m sitting in a quiet and vibration-free car, so clearly a better working environment than the one we are accustomed to, ” says Aydin.
and vibration-free that day as it was at the same time, a part of the hubbub, because it was a test run. For example, a representative of Volvo in the car all the time, and still others were in an escorting car.
Yasar Aydin (top) and Magnus Holmström will soon sit behind the wheel of the company’s electric Volvo. Photo: Kalle Holmberg
– Now we’ll get the car in next week, understand that a part of wiring of the computers remains. Then we shall afterwards see if it can handle it as promised. See anyway forward to this, ” says Yasar Aydin.
Anna Thordén, product manager at Volvo Truck corporation for electric mobility, ” says that there is a specific question that often recurs around the elbilssatsningen.
– The if scope. For the company’s part, in which our logging has shown that the totalsträckan during a working day with short distances and many stops are between 50 and 60 kilometres per day, it is enough with charging only during the night. The car compactor, construction for the waste handling, takes by its weight and operation in the one-third of the charged energy, ” says Anna Thordén.
that will in the service of TGM will in addition during the night also to be charged in his, then via the DC-charging (super fast charging), which according to the Thordén shall be provided at ”a popular lunch restaurant” in Gothenburg.
Anna Thordén, product manager at Volvo Truck corporation for electric mobility, has control over the scope of the two electric Volvobilarna. Photo: Kalle Holmberg
Under the auspices of the Volvo’s instructor Dieter De Waele got DN to test drive one of the electric cars, the TGM:s distributionsbil. Not unexpected was the driving experience is basically similar to the one I got while driving recently by a Jaguar electric car In-Pace: the car reacts directly when the engine is throttled and captures braking energy when the lightening of the pedal. Jaguarens ”engine brake”, however, was stronger, a inställningssak.
the Volvo FL Electric is easy to drive with good feeling in the steering. Just as with electric cars in general, I feel that the economics of the effect is a good idea. With a smooth driving style will be the quiet and vibration-free förarupplevelsen more positive.
Yasar Aydin and his colleagues have to look forward to a clearly improved working environment – as long as räckviddsångest not tillstöter.
DN’s envoy Kalle Holmberg very much enjoyed getting behind the wheel during the test run. Photo: Dieter De Waele