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Industrial Evolution
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the successful commercialization of
battery-electric trucking. Objectives
included identification of ideal routes
for electrification, strengthening dealer
support, building charging
infrastructure, training technicians, and
raising awareness among first responders
about the high-voltage elements on
the VNR Electric.
" Zero emission trucks work -
as this project shows - and we need
strong rules, in many states and
federally, promoting them, " Craig
Segall, California Air Resources Board
(CARB) deputy executive officer for
mobile sources and incentives, says.
" This project shows that this
technology can serve business and
deliver protections that will benefit
the health of our communities that
need it the most. "
" Ultimately,
Peter Voorhoeve
all these [electric]
trucks need to be
built. And they
will be built here, "
Peter Voorhoeve,
president of Volvo
Trucks North
America, says in accordance. " In 2019
we started a $400 million dollar
investment project that we are now
executing. Dublin, Va., is now in the
heart of building very innovative trucks. "
The number of electric trucks coming
off the assembly lines is in the hundreds
per year, Voorhoeve adds.
MAKING IT HAPPEN
But until more new electric vehicles
can be manufactured at lower prices,
Collignon - who left Volvo in 2019
to start Trova - says repurposing is
the way to go.
" Cost needs to go down, lead time
needs to go down, " he says. " And on
top of that, if you look at California, if
they ever want to reach their targets -
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Patrick Collignon
Chad Burchett
" We do this because I
strongly believe we have
a responsibility to our
children, to our
grandchildren, to hand
over a better world. "
- Peter Voorhoeve
and they have very lofty targets -
mathematically, you cannot reach it
because the OEMs do not produce
enough new zero-emission vehicles.
For California to reach its targets by
2030, almost every OEM today would
have to make 100% zero-emission
vehicles. It's not happening. Not even
close. We strongly believe that repowering
solutions like ours will be key. "
Collignon says that as far back as
2017, he understood that the world
was about to change. He says that as
of right now, one way or another, there
is a consensus among those in the
automotive industry that by 2030,
transportation will totally be redefined.
Voorhoeve agrees and says the change
for him is a personal mission.
Through a combination of improved
combustion engines, fuel-cell electrics,
and battery electrics, Volvo is aiming
at a 50% reduction in carbon dioxide
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Charging port on a Volvo electric.
emissions by 2030 and 100% by 2040
when it hopes to reach a goal of an
emissions-free transport fleet.
" We do this because I strongly
believe we have a responsibility to our
children, to our grandchildren, to hand
over a better world, " Voorhoeve says. 
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