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    The Volvo Group enters partnership with WWF to reduce CO2-emissions

    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 vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2014 by 13 million tons. Independent technical experts will oversee the results.“The partnership with WWF means that we are raising our already

    Volvo receives order for 12 hybrid buses to Norway

    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 Norway. Nettbuss has studied Volvo Buses’ field tests of hybrid buses in Göteborg and London, and has itself tested the hybrid buses in various cities across Norway. “We have always

    Volvo launches the market’s first commercially viable hybrid bus

    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 most important is the need to reduce CO2 emissions that affect our climate. Another is the extremely high price of oil and expected increase in the foreseeable future.The Volvo 7700

    Volvo Group introduces fourth-generation hybrid solution

    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 standardized platform solution, which is a prerequisite for the hybrid technology’s ability to have a widespread commercial impact in the market for heavy vehicles."Volvo has been

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