volvo’s environmental strategy for next generation trucks

Volvo's environmental strategy for next generation trucks

Volvo Truck CorporationEnvironmental Affairs, June 13 2005

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Volvo’s Environmental Strategy for next generation trucks

Lars MårtenssonDirector Environmental AffairsVolvo Truck Corporation



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Volvo does not intend to protect motor vehicles at any price and in all connections.

However, the motor vehicle is indispensable today as a transport unit. It is in the interest of Volvo that motor vehicles are used in such a way that they do not cause damage or injury.

Volvo now considers its responsibility to be not only to ensure that the products are practical as transport units but also that they function in the widest perspective - in our environment.

Volvo alone cannot solve the environmental problems associated with motor vehicles. The community carries the main responsibility for developing our transport systems. But Volvo is determined to make active contributions with viewpoints and proposed solutions.

Volvo is convinced that a city environment which is both vital and favourable to human beings can be combined with efficient transport resources. The community needs both.

Volvo considers that neither fantastic Utopian products nor a romantic back-to-nature movement will solve the problems of the community but believes instead in practical and simple solutions which can be discussed and understood by everyone.



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Core ValuesEnvironmentSafetyQuality

Quality, Safety, and Environmental care express the Volvo Group’s ambition to create value for our customers and to contribute to

sustainable development as an active partner with society

Quality, Safety, and Environmental care express the Volvo Group’s ambition to create value for our customers and to contribute to

sustainable development as an active partner with society



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• Greenhouse effect • Air quality• Noise • Energy

Evironmental Challenges



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Climate change

• “Climate issues will present the automotive industry with its greatest challenge in the future”Leif Johansson President and CEO of AB Volvo.

• The needed reduction of fossil greenhouse gas emissions will be a very strong driver for low or CO2 neutral fuels and vehicles.

• “Climate issues will present the automotive industry with its greatest challenge in the future”Leif Johansson President and CEO of AB Volvo.

• The needed reduction of fossil greenhouse gas emissions will be a very strong driver for low or CO2 neutral fuels and vehicles.



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Air quality

NO2 in Gothenburg, Sweden 2000

• NOx and PM content in air• Measurements show road traffic as main sources



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How to improve old vehicles

• Diesel Particulate Filter (CRT)80-90% Particle reduction85% Hydrocarbon reduction

• Up-grading kitsEuro 1 to Euro 2Euro 2 to Euro 3



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Emission standards

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US 04 Euro 3

g/kW,h

Alternative technologies• EGR + CRT (Diesel Particulate Filter) + LNC (Lean NOx Catalyst) or LNA

(Absorber) • SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) + Urea

Euro 2

US10 US07 Euro5 Euro 4



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Engine SilencersViscofan

Engine: double wallSilencersSound absorbents

Engine - new genDriveline, SilencersSound shieldsLow noise tyres

Engine - new genDriveline, SilencersSound shieldsLow noise tyres

EU Noise LegislationSilencers

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EU noise limit values“change of test method”



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Production of all Oil and Gas

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“Oil peak. The time of cheap and abundant crude oil will be over!”“Oil peak. The time of cheap and abundant crude oil will be over!”



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Infrastructure Impact on Fuel Consumption

..impact on the number of stops

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Paradigm ShiftBy 2012• Regional Challenge on NOx and

Particulates solved (US’10, Euro 6)

• Global Challenge on CO2 remains to beaddressed

• Growing scarcity of, and limited alternatives to, Fossil Oil.

• Reduced Consumption of Fossil Oil

• Improved Transport Efficiency

• Improved Vehicle Efficiency

• Alternative Fuel Solutions

• Alternative Drivelines

• Larger Trucks• Intelligent Trucks• Curb Weight Optimisation• Reduced Air- and Rolling Resistance• Smarter Powertrain Solutions• Improved Powertrain Control• Enhanced Engine Technology

for improved fuel economy



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Future Fuel Sources, OutlookRenewable fuels are not “Alternative” rather “Complementary”

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Source: COM(2001) 547 final

European UnionAlternative fuels• 6% - 2010• 20% - 2020

GTLCTL

CO2 neutral

fossil based fuel



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”Well-to-wheel” analysisVolvo study

1000g/kWh

Fossil Renewable40%

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Volvo’s Position on Future Fuels• Conventional diesel fuel will remain the

dominant fuel for at least two decades.

• Natural gas and biogas will be usedregionally.

• DME is a strong candidate for a morelong term future fuel:

Best well-to-wheel energy efficiency from bio source.Close to CO2 neutral if produced from biomass.

• Implementation will require joint forcesPolitical systemEnergy sectorVehicle producersVehicle customers

• Transforming an energy system comprising vehicles, fuel and infrastructure takes a long time

Requires extensive resources from everyone involved



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• More efficient transportation with lower environmental impact

• Make it possible to improve utilization of existing transport capacity by up to 10%

• More cargo can be moved with fewer trucks

• Fuel consumption and exhaust emissions are both cut

• Offers detailed information about how much fuel the truck uses

Information System



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Driver training



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Environmental Concept Truck



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The HILDUR



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Distribution Concept Vehicle

Fewer vehicles and safer urban traffic!

Should be able to replace today’s conventional distribution trucks, vans and courier vehicles. A development that would cut the number of urban distribution vehicles by about 30 percent

Improved productivity influences energy consumption for the distribution of each package, and coordination of distribution helps reduce the number of vehicles on the road. This in turn has a positive effect on total exhaust emissions.



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