Volvo Trucks is opening its very first battery meeting plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will provide ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full-electric heavy-duty vans.
“This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation. By 2030, at least 50 percent of all trucks we sell globally will be electric and by 2040, we will be a carbon-neutral company,” says Roger Alm, President of Volvo Trucks.
In the brand new battery plant, cells and modules from Samsung SDI might be assembled into battery packs which might be tailored for Volvo Trucks´ heavy-duty electrical vary: Volvo FH, Volvo FM, and Volvo FMX. Series manufacturing begins within the third quarter of this yr.
Each battery pack has a capability of 90 kWh and the client can select to have as much as six battery packs (540 kWh) in a truck. The variety of batteries is dependent upon every buyer’s particular vary and cargo capability calls for.
“By integrating the battery assembly process in our production flow, we can shorten lead times and secure high-performing batteries, while at the same time increasing circularity,” says Roger Alm.
Volvo Trucks´ batteries are designed in order that they will later be remanufactured, refurbished, and reused. The plant is powered by 100% renewable power.
Volvo began the sequence manufacturing of electrical vans in 2019 and is main the market each in Europe and North America.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”