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Synthetic diesel
DME–Dimethylether
Methanol/Ethanol
Biogas
Biogas + Biodiesel
Hydrogen + Biogas
Taking the lead to reduce
climate impact
The Volvo Group is the fi rst heavy duty vehicle manufacturer to
develop seven different demonstration trucks that can all be driven
without any emissions of climate-impacting carbon dioxide. The trucks,
which were showcased at a large, much-noted event in Stockholm, Brussels
and Washington D.C., have diesel engines that were modifi ed to operate on
seven different renewable fuels, in both liquid and gaseous form.
“We are a part of the climate problem, but we
have shown that carbon-dioxide-neutral trans-
port is a possibility and that we as a vehicle
manufacturer want to be
a part of the solution,”
says Volvo CEO Leif
Johansson.
The seven Volvo FM
trucks have been equip-
ped with Volvo’s own
9-liter engines, which
have been specially modifi ed by the Group’s
engineers to show the possibilities of carbon-
dioxide-neutral transport.
According to the much-noted Stern report,
about 14% of the total worldwide carbon-diox-
ide emissions come from transport – road trans-
port account for a total of 10%. No data is avail-
able as to how much of these emissions in turn
come from cargo transport. An estimate based
on European conditions and statistics, in which
cars account for 60% of the carbon-dioxide
emissions and cargo transport for the remaining
40%, indicates that cargo transport accounts
for about 4–5% of total carbon-dioxide emis-
sions worldwide.
A part of the solution
Environmental care is one of the Volvo Group’s
corporate values together with quality and
safety. The Volvo Group’s mission states that
its products should have superior quality,
safety and environmental care.
The seven trucks that were exhibited can be
driven on several different renewable fuels or
combinations of fuels: biodiesel, biogas, biogas
combined with biodiesel, ethanol/methanol,
DME, synthetic diesel and hydrogen combined
with biogas. Because all of these fuels are
manufactured from renewable raw materials,
they do not add carbon dioxide to the ecocycle
through combustion in the
vehicle’s engine and, conse-
quently, do not impact the
climate.
“The diesel engine is a
remarkably effective energy
converter that is excellently
suited to several different
renewable fuels, regardless of whether they
are in a liquid or gaseous form. With our exper-
tise in engine technology and our large vol-
umes, we can develop engines for several dif-
ferent renewable fuels as well as create
possibilities of carbon-dioxide-neutral trans-
ports in other product areas such as buses,
construction equipment and boats,” says Jan-
Eric Sundgren, Group Executive Committee
member responsible for Environmental and
Public affairs.
The Volvo Group is ready
Today, the supply of various renewable fuels is
limited and there is a lack of both large-scale
production and distribution of most of the
alternatives that could be used for carbon-
dioxide-neutral transport. This requires long-
term political decisions on the international
level and stable regulatory codes, which lead
to large-scale production of selected fuels.
The fuels must be available long term and in
many countries.
We are a part of a climate problem, but we
have shown that carbon-dioxide-neutral trans-
ports is a possibility and that we as a vehicle
manufacturer want to be a part of the solution,
says Volvo CEO Leif Johansson.
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