And up to 90% of the truck can be recycled at the end of its life. Today, around 30% of the materials in a new Volvo truck come from recycled materials. As the availability of fossil-free steel increases, it will also be introduced in other parts of the truck. The first steel produced with hydrogen will be used in the truck’s frame rails, the backbone of the truck upon which all other main components are mounted. “We will increase the use of fossil-free materials in all our trucks to make them net-zero not only in operation – but also when it comes to the materials they are built of,” says Jessica Sandström, Senior Vice President Product Management, Volvo Trucks. Small scale introduction of the steel in Volvo’s heavy electric trucks will begin in the third quarter of 2022. The result is a much lower climate impact than conventionally produced steel. The steel from SSAB is produced using a completely new technology, based on hydrogen. The steel is produced by the Swedish steel company SSAB and the heavy-duty electric Volvo trucks will be the first to include it. As the world’s first truck manufacturer to do so, Volvo is now introducing fossil-free steel in its trucks.
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