DELIVERY OF
THE FIRST FULLY
ALUMINUM HEAVY
TRUCK CHASSIS
In April, the Commercial Vehicle
Technology Department and the Prototype Workshop at the Apodaca Plant
delivered a prototype ultra-light chassis
called ULCV to Volvo North America. This
new architecture uses only aluminum
and our current manufacturing capacities. The patented design reduces the
weight of the chassis by 46%, offering
better performance than with the current
steel chassis.
Volvo will use this chassis in its Super
Truck program, an initiative of the United
States Department of Energy, whose
goal is to increase the efficiency of fleet
transport by 50%.
NEW PROJECT
FOR CAMPO LARGO
Volvo assigned the Set Car project
to the Campo Largo Plant in Brazil, where
around 500 bus models will be produced for
export to Tunisia. Set Car is a Volvo partner
that exports buses and trucks to many
counties of Africa and the Middle East.
MAY METALSA LIFE 9