Volvo Morocco unveiled on Wednesday in Casablanca a full range of medium and heavy-duty electric trucks, a step toward the company’s goals of achieving 50% of electric truck sales by 2030, and 100% by 2040, announced Volvo to in a press conference.
“With these new, electric trucks we are making it easier than ever for even more customers to go electric, and for cities to shift to zero-emission vehicles for virtually all transport flows,”said Goran Travancic, Managing Director of Volvo Morocco.
“The electric trucks offered by Volvo don’t have standard battery capacity; so, the charging depends on the battery capacity of each truck. For example, 3 battery packs can provide a working up to 200 kilometers, but 4 battery packs can go up to 300 kilometers,.” said Abderrahim El Mekkaouy, Product Engineer Volvo Morocco in a statement to Hespress EN.
The Managing Director of Volvo Morocco underscored during the press conference that “Volvo Trucks strongly believes that electrification is the only way toward zero emission. In this sense. They started the serial production of medium-duty trucks back in 2019. Volvo also delivered the first truck in Africa some months ago”. He also promised more deliveries to come in the future.
The Swedish multinational company now offers a total of 6 electric truck models in serial production, making it the most complete electric lineup in the global truck industry. Volvo Trucks cover a wide range of applications, including goods distribution, reuse handling, urban construction transports, and regional haulage.
Tranvancic promised “Only six years from now, we commit to the planet and ourselves that 50% of what we produce is going to be electric, using both battery electric and fuel-cell electric.”
In alignment with Morocco’s vision, Volvo’s group is committed to achieving zero emissions and contributing to a sustainable and more environmentally friendly future. They aim to reduce the environmental impact of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks, taking a step forward in electrifying and decarbonizing road transport.
As to the operating costs, René Muller, Segment Growth Director Volvo Trucks International, told Hespress EN, “By operating with an electric truck, you will not have the diesel costs, but you will have the cost for energy. However, since Morocco has decided to build the biggest solar panel globally, the country will be self-sufficient in solar panel-produced energy, which gives Morocco the perfect condition to do this transition to electric trucks.”
Always in alignment with the measures undertaken by the Moroccan government to create a green economy, Mehdi Mansouri, Sustainable Development Manager underscored that “the Volvo electric truck is part of this ecosystem and plays a primordial role to move towards this energetic transition.”
He emphasized that electric trucks are high-performance, durable, and efficient even if they work with renewable energy.
TAs to the design of the new Volvo electric trucks which is very similar to diesel trucks, Reda Bouazzaoui, Sales Director at Volvo Morocco together with Muller explained that keeping a lot of similarities between the two trucks helps 2300 service points that are alreadythat already trainededucated inon handling the electric vehicles.
Muller said, “There are many parts that are similar between diesel and electric trucks, and we want to keep them as simple as possible because there are a lot of workshops out there that need education in the electric part of the truck, but they know everything about diesel truck.”
In addition to the previously launched medium-duty FL and FE electric range in November 2022, The Swedish multinational company has now introduced rigid versions of their heavy electric trucks, namely Volvo FH, Volvo FM, and Volvo FMX.
These Trucks can operate with a total weight of up to 44 tonnes and offer the option of full battery electric power, which means that they can run solely on electric power with zero fuel.
With over 5,000 electric trucks sold in more than 40 countries, Volvo Trucks has established a strong presence and dominated the international market.Volvo Truck is part of the large Volvo group which is present literally in all continents. They have factories in 18 countries, such as Canada, Mexico, France, Saudi Arabia, Australia, etc., They are also physically present in 190 markets.
Last March 2023, Volvo Trucks delivered its first electric heavy goods vehicle to Rabat, Morocco. The blue truck was purchased by Arma, a household waste collection company, making it the first electric heavy goods vehicle to arrive on the African continent.
Volvo Morocco said it wasis committed to working closely together with Moroccan customers to decarbonize truck transport.
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