Innovations to drive sustainability unveiled by Volvo CE

MEq
By MEq September 21, 2016 14:31

Innovations to drive sustainability unveiled by Volvo CE

Volvo CE showcased a range of futuristic concepts and innovations from electromobility to intelligent machines and total site solutions at the company’s Xploration Forum in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

At Volvo Construction Equipment’s event, customers, members of the international press and government representatives were given an exclusive look at a new technology that has the potential to transform the industry.
Highlights at the event included: unveiling the LX1 prototype hybrid wheel loader – a machine with the potential to improve fuel efficiency by up to 50%, demonstrations of a prototype autonomous wheel loader and articulated hauler working together, and an electric site solution that showcased the new concept HX1 autonomous, battery-electric, load carrier. The electric site project aims to transform the quarry and aggregates industry by reducing carbon emissions by up to 95% and total cost of ownership by up to 25%. All of the innovations shown at the Xploration Forum are ongoing research projects that aren’t commercially available at this stage.

“At Volvo CE we are developing technologies connected to electromobility, intelligent machines and total site solutions that will benefit our customers and the environment by contributing to increased machine performance, productivity, efficiency, safety and sustainability. Our future products and services will play an important part in building a sustainable society”, commented Martin Weissburg, Member of the Volvo Group Executive Board and President of Volvo CE. “Volvo CE is at the forefront of technological development. Each year, the Volvo Group invests billions of Swedish Kronor in research and development to drive the evolution of new innovations,” he continued.

MEq
By MEq September 21, 2016 14:31