1 / 7Electric Excellence: Volvo’s heavy electric truck, the Volvo FH Electric, has been crowned International Truck of the Year 2024. The jury commended the electric truck’s performance, seamless acceleration, quietness, and vibration-free behaviour. Gianenrico Griffini, Chairman, International Truck of the Year, in a statement, said, “Volvo Trucks has delivered a state-of-the-art battery electric vehicle range, suitable for a wide array of transport operations.” (Image: Volvotrucks.com)
2 / 7Prestigious Prize: The award was accepted by Roger Alm, President of Volvo Trucks, at the Solutrans Transport Exhibition in Lyon, France. “I am so very proud that our Volvo FH Electric has won this highly respected award. The Volvo FH Electric represents a new era in trucking,” commented Alm. (Image: Volvotrucks.com)
3 / 7Team Triumph: Alm expressed his gratitude to everyone who contributed to this success. “It’s based on great teamwork with passion and dedication among our colleagues within the Volvo Group, and close cooperation with our valued customers, partners and suppliers,” he said. (Image: Volvotrucks.com)
4 / 7Victorious Vehicle: This is the fourth time that Volvo’s iconic FH model has been named Truck of the Year. The Volvo FH is one of the industry’s most successful models ever with nearly 1.4 million trucks sold all over the world. The Volvo FH Electric can operate at a total of 44 tonnes. (Image: Volvotrucks.com)
5 / 7Production Prowess: Production of the Volvo FH Electric started in 2022 in Volvo’s factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, and production in the factory in Ghent, Belgium began in 2023. Volvo Trucks was the first global manufacturer to start series production of electric trucks in 2019. (Image: Volvotrucks.com)
6 / 7Leading the Charge: As of now, Volvo Trucks has a broad electric line-up with a total of six electric trucks designed to handle a wide variety of transport assignments. Volvo Trucks also claims that it leads the market for heavy electric trucks in Europe with a market share of 49%. (Image: Volvotrucks.com)
7 / 7Autonomous Achievement: MAN’s autonomous driving projects, ATLAS-L4 and ANITA, have been awarded the 2024 Truck Innovation Award. The award was presented to Frederik Zohm, Executive Board Member for R&D at MAN Truck & Bus. This is the second time MAN Truck & Bus has won this trophy, following their win in the inaugural Truck Innovation Award edition of 2019 for their aFAS Level 4 automated driverless safety truck. (Image: Truck-of-the-year.com)
