New Volvo Vehicles FM Low Entry class 8 truck is electrical solely

Volvo Vehicles simply launched an up to date model of its FM Low Entry mannequin cabover metropolis truck with new options meant to offer it an edge navigating city environments. However the huge information is tucked away beneath the cab. This truck is electrical … and, for the primary time, there isn’t any diesel model coming.

That’s proper, youngsters – that is an electric-only Class 8 business truck, not an electrical model of a truck you too can get as a diesel. If you need the newest FM, you’re going electrical.

As extra cities all over the world work to enhance their residents’ high quality of life by decreasing the degrees of dangerous diesel emissions of their city facilities, international demand for ZEV vans and buses that may preserve folks and issues rolling alongside is surging. Volvo Vehicles consider their new FM Low Entry is uniquely suited to delivering on the wants of these forward-looking cities.

“For instance in waste administration, distribution transport and development … this zero-emission truck is a good addition to our electrical vary, completely suited to metropolis transports and designed with the driving force in thoughts,” explains Roger Alm, President Volvo Vehicles. “It’s highly effective, but clean to drive and simple to maneuver. The brand new Volvo FM Low Entry is completely according to our ambitions to develop our electrical supply, enabling much more clients to cut back their carbon emissions.”

Volvo FM Low Entry electrical class 8 truck

The brand new FM Low Entry electrical truck will initially be offered in Europe and South Korea, with gross sales starting Q1 of 2024 (so like, now). Sequence manufacturing is about to start out in Q2, with different markets opening up in keeping with demand.

Volvo FM Low Entry key options

• The visibility (with commonplace specification) fulfills the Transport for London 5-star Direct Imaginative and prescient Normal.
• The truck is supplied with Volvo Dynamic Steering system for easy steering and lowered vibrations.
• Three seat choices can be found: Driver + 0, 1 or 3 passengers. With 3 passenger seats positioned behind the cab, they aren’t within the view of the driving force. This minimizes blind spots and contributes to wonderful visibility.
• The numerous ergonomic options embody a low instep, flat flooring and well-positioned seize handles for straightforward and protected exit of the cab.
• The truck is on the market with Volvo’s new superior Digital camera Monitor System.
• It’s obtainable in two heights (standing): Sleeper cab (1575 mm) and Prolonged/Excessive sleeper (1945 mm).
• Axle configurations obtainable: 4X2, 6X2, 6X4, 8X2, 8X4
• GVW: 19-32 tons
• Motor: 330 kW
• Battery: 360 kWh (4 batteries)
• Vary: as much as 200 km (vary relies on a number of parameters equivalent to load weight, driving type, driving cycle, topography, temperature, and many others.)
  Charging: 250 kW (DC), 43 kW (AC)
• Wheelbase: 3900-6000 mm

Electrek’s Take

With the launch of this all-electric metropolis truck, Volvo Vehicles now has a complete of eight absolutely electrical truck fashions in its vary – and that’s not together with the upcoming electrical model of the just lately re-launched, next-generation VNL, or the electrical Mack Vehicles. The corporate is severe about decarbonization, in different phrases, and any municipal or business fleet that’s severe about their very own ESG targets would do effectively to take a look at their choices.