19 Facts About Volvo Trucks

Volvo Trucks is a truck manufacturing division of Volvo based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Volvo Group was reorganised on 1 January 2012 and as a part of the process, Volvo Trucks ceased to be a separate company and was instead incorporated into Volvo Group Trucks along Volvo's other truck operations, as Renault Trucks and Mack Trucks.

When Volvo Trucks manufactured its first automobiles in 1927, the first truck was already on the drawing table.

Volvo Trucks cabs are manufactured in the north of Sweden in Umea and in Ghent, Belgium, while the engines are made in the central town of Skovde.

In 1981, AB Volvo acquired the assets of White Trucks, forming Volvo White Truck Corporation in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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In 1986, Volvo commenced sales of trucks under its own brand in North America, introducing the FE-series low-cab COEs.

In 1995, Volvo Trucks GM ended the use of the WhiteGMC name, with all non-Autocar models adopting the Volvo Trucks name.

On 25 April 2000, AB Volvo acquired Renault Vehicules Industriels through a merger, making it the owner of Mack Trucks.

In 2007, Volvo Trucks re-entered the segment through its purchase of UD Nissan Diesel.

In 2000, Volvo Trucks introduced the VHD severe-service conventional, largely as a replacement for Autocar conventional vehicles.

Today, Volvo produces Class 8 Volvo trucks at its Dublin, Virginia plant and Class 8 Mack truck models in Macungie, Pennsylvania.

Affiliate Volvo Trucks Powertrain produces engines and transmissions at its Hagerstown, Maryland, facility, for use exclusively in the North American market.

On 20 June 2022, Volvo announced that "in the second part of this decade" it would begin making trucks using hydrogen fuel cells with a range of 600 miles, compared to 275 miles for the existing VNR trucks.

AB Volvo Trucks struck a deal in August 2021 to buy a heavy duty truck subsidiary of Jiangling Motors Corp for about $125.

Volvo Trucks are exported to and sold by more than 1800 dealers in more than 75 countries.

Volvo Trucks tried to settle in Argentina on two different occasions: the first, in 1959 would be carried out in partnership with the local company Conarg.

Volvo Trucks is currently focusing on such alternative fuels such as HVO, DME, LNG and methane.

In Formula One, Volvo Trucks sponsored the British team McLaren from the 2016 to the 2021 seasons.

Volvo Trucks has released the Live Test series of commercials, which included The Epic Split.