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OEM dealership programs drive efficiency and uptime—and their lessons go beyond dealerships.

Volvo Trucks’ Active Driver Assist 2.0 system available in VNR, VNL and VNX models

Volvo Active Driver Assist (VADA) 2.0, a comprehensive collision mitigation system, will be made standard in the new Volvo VNR and VNL models, and available on VNX models, later this year.

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Truck service data: You have to act

Data isn’t going to do it for you.

Volvo Trucks collaborates on trucking automation safety project

This project leverages human intuition artificial intelligence that reads the intention and awareness of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, Volvo says.

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Seeing the Solution: Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve is focused on producing the right tool for the job

The former head of Volvo Group Australia, Peter Voorhoeve, was named Volvo Trucks North America President last September, and he was thrown into an industry where today’s talking points include electric trucks and automated driver assistance systems that will lead to higher levels of self-driving technology.

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Volvo partners with Nvidia to develop AI for autonomous trucks

The Volvo Group has signed an agreement with Nvidia to jointly develop the decision-making system of autonomous commercial vehicles and machines.

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Volvo Trucks integrates autonomous transport system into logistics company

The purpose of the collaboration is to implement Vera in a real application, enabling a connected system for a continuous flow of goods, from a DFDS’ logistics centre to an APM Terminals port facility in Gothenburg, for distribution across the world, Volvo says.

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What electric trucks on the road now can tell us about electric trucks of the future

Electric trucks are hitting the road. And beyond the (extremely cool) fact that what once may have seemed like a distant fantasy has now officially become a full-fledged reality, there’s a lot we can learn from observing these trucks.

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Volvo facilities report improved energy performance

Volvo Group North America improved its energy performance at 14 of its U.S. facilities by 17.5% since Volvo re-pledged the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge in 2014 to reduce energy consumption by 25% in 10 years, the company says.

Volvo presents $44.8M check for Volvo LIGHTS project to South Coast AQMD

Volvo Trucks North America hosted the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as they presented a $44.8 million check to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) for the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project.

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Shifting transmission maintenance gears

AMTs have impacted the service process.

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Volvo Trucks releases new parameter updates

Volvo Trucks has made parameter updates to complement its newly-launched Parameter Plus subscription package, which allows for up to 50 parameter updates annually per covered vehicle.

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