Volvo’s new FH, FM and FMX trucks will be manufactured in Taiyuan for consumers in China.
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Volvo Trucks acquires Chinese truck manufacturer JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle Co. Ltd. , a subsidiary of Jiangling Motors Co. Ltd. , which includes production in Taiyuan, In China’s Shanxi Province, with the aim of starting production of the new Volvo FH, Volvo Trucks FM trucks and Volvo FMX for consumers in China until the end of 2022.
Volvo Trucks has been active in the Chinese market since 1934. In more than two years, the strong expansion in logistics services, adding e-commerce, has led to an increase in Volvo truck sales in the country. In 2020, more than 4,500 Volvo heavy trucks were imported and delivered to consumers in China.
Oconsistent withations in Taiyuan will come with stamping, welding, cabin manufacturing, portrait and final meeting of Volvo trucks. Within a few years, the plant will have the capacity to produce 15,000 Volvo trucks consistent with the year, with the option of additional expandability.
Canadian company Westport is running in Brazil and Austria to expand a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine.
The Brazilian company Tupy SA specializes in the molding and machining of high-tech structural components. AVL List GmbH from Austria is a specialist in development, simulation and in the automotive industry.
The collaboration aims to mix complex fabrics and molding technologies with the latest generation of H2 ICE high-pressure direct injection.
Employees see hydrogen as promising for carbon-neutral truck shipping applications. Unlike mobile fuel technology, hydrogen ICEs enable carbon-free shipping of existing base engine technology. they said.
The bank’s first effects of this new joint progression program are expected in early 2022.
Cummins will introduce a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine.
German company DHL Global Forwarding forecasts a strong and sustained expansion of cross-border road shipping in Southeast Asia, where the e-commerce sector is expected to grow by 5. 5% in 2021. The projected recovery is also due to the resumption of expansion in many primary economies of South-East Asia, as the productive sector recovers and firms regionalize and diversify their chains.
DHL Global Forwarding expects an expansion in cross-border road transport in Southeast Asia.
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Volta Trucks has begun technical evaluation and progression testing of the first Volta Zero prototype, an all-electric advertising truck designed for city centre logistics in the UK. The newcomer to the industry plans to start large-scale production by the end of 2022. Volta is making plans, a first European strategy for its launch, but plans to bring its trucks to North America a year or two later.
In South America, just over a year after the resumption of truck production and sales, markets are showing signs of strong and sustained expansion. Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Colombia in the first part of this year increased by more than 50% compared to the same was last year. The yield is also higher than the previous partial year in 2019. The segments that drive truck sales come with agriculture with record harvests, mining, package delivery, and transportation distribution in general. rest of the year, with an overall accumulation estimated at around 50% over total volumes in 2020.
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