Volvo Trucks is expanding its biodiesel B100 compatible truck range, offering another renewable fuel choice for customers looking to reduce CO2 emissions.
The truckmaker has one of the industry’s broadest ranges of renewable fuel options, including biodiesel, HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oils) and biogas.
Now though, B100 is available across an even broader array of engines in Volvo’s FL, FE, FM, FMX, FH and FH16 models.
“Our customers are asking for solutions to reduce their carbon emissions and renewable fuels is an attractive option – it’s simply an efficient way to reduce CO2 from transport here and now”, said Head of Product Management and Quality at Volvo Trucks, Jan Hjelmgren.
“As a global truck maker, we need to cater for a wide variety of transport needs and market conditions which is why we do not only invest in new technologies, but also in solutions that decarbonize transport in the short and long term”.
The “well to wheel” CO2 reduction from using biodiesel is between 30% and 70% compared to traditional diesel fuel, depending on the type of raw material used to produce the fuel, Volvo Trucks says..
Volvo’s range of medium- and heavy-duty trucks are offered with powertrains that run on diesel, biodiesel, HVO, CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), LNG (Liquified Natural Gas), Bio-CNG, Bio-LNG and electricity.
The combustion engine, powered by renewable fuels, is one of three pillars in Volvo Trucks’ decarbonization strategy, where the other two are battery-electric and fuel cell electric. This strategy is supporting the company’s aim that all sold Volvo trucks should have net-zero emissions by 2040.
