Volvo rolls out first hybrid trucks

Volvo Trucks has announced it will deliver a total of 100 FE hybrid trucks to 13 selected European countries by 2013. Last week, the company chose Vienna's historical Lusthaus pavillion as the venue for the first delivery of its hybrid truck in the German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) to Spar Austria, which, with 74,000 employees, is Austria largest private-sector employer.
May 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
2394 Volvo Trucks has announced it will deliver a total of 100 FE hybrid trucks to 13 selected European countries by 2013. Last week, the company chose Vienna’s historical Lusthaus pavillion as the venue for the first delivery of its hybrid truck in the German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) to Spar Austria, which, with 74,000 employees, is Austria largest private-sector employer.

The low-emission, low-noise Volvo hybrid truck, which will mainly be used by Spar in Vienna's city traffic, reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 20 per cent. Depending on usage, it can travel shorter distances silently and with zero emissions at speeds of up to 50 km/h (30mph) on its electric motor alone.

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