Volvo Vehicles unveiled a very new, absolutely electrical rear axle on the IAA Transport present in Hannover, Germany. The brand new e-axle integrates the electrical motors and the transmission into the rear axle, thereby releasing up area for extra batteries.
Extra batteries imply longer vary, which creates alternatives for lengthy distance transports to even be electrified. On the gas cell electrical vehicles that will likely be launched within the second half of this decade, the extra area is useful for putting in different parts.
Volvo Vehicles will begin serial manufacturing of vehicles with the brand new e-axle in just a few years and it’ll complement the present line-up of battery electrical vehicles.
It is a breakthrough for electrical vehicles and a transparent sign that there will likely be an enormous demand for public fast-chargers for heavy vehicles within the close to future, not the least alongside highways.
We’ll proceed with our versatile battery electrical vehicles which can be already in manufacturing. They will presently cowl a variety of transport assignments. In just a few years, we’ll add this new rear e-axle for purchasers protecting longer routes than as we speak.
—Jessica Sandström, SvP World Product Administration at Volvo Vehicles
Volvo Vehicles has a three-path technique to succeed in zero emissions: battery-electric, fuel-cell electrical and combustion engines that run on renewable fuels corresponding to biogas, HVO and even inexperienced hydrogen.
Volvo Vehicles has the widest provide of battery-electric vehicles within the business, with six totally different fashions in serial manufacturing.
