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Volvo creates new business area for autonomous solutions

GOTHENBURG, October 20, 2019

The Volvo Group has set up a new business area, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, which will accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions.

This will enable the group to meet a growing demand and offer the best possible solutions to customers in such segments as mining, ports and transport between logistics centres, as a complement to today’s products and services, said a statement from the company.

With global developments that are characterised by higher demand for transportation, increasingly congested roads and major environmental challenges, the industry needs to provide transport solutions that are safer, have a lower environmental impact and are more efficient, it said.

Autonomous transport solutions, based on self-driving and connectivity technologies are well-suited for applications where there is a need to move large volumes of goods and material on pre-defined routes, in repetitive flows. In such situations, autonomous transport solutions can create value for customers by contributing to improved flexibility, delivery precision and productivity, it added.

Martin Lundstedt, president and CEO, Volvo, said: “We have experienced a significant increase in inquiries from customers. With the group’s wide range of offerings and broad experience of different applications, we have a unique opportunity to offer solutions that meet their specific needs.”

“It is a logical next step for us to gather expertise and resources in a new business area with profit and loss responsibility to take autonomous transport solutions to the next level,” he said.

The Volvo Group has already demonstrated a number of different autonomous transport solutions.  

In the Electric Site project, material handling in a quarry was automated and electrified. The result was a safer working environment and a reduction of operator costs by 40 percent and of carbon dioxide emissions by 98 per cent, said the statement.

At the Brønnøy Kalk mine in Norway, autonomous Volvo FH trucks will be used in commercial operation to transport limestone along a five-kilometre stretch.

Another pioneering initiative is the self-driving, connected and electric vehicle Vera. In its first assignment Vera will form part of an integrated solution to transport goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions will constitute a new business area as of January 1, 2020. Its financial results will be reported as part of the Truck segment. The recruitment process for the position as head of Volvo Autonomous Solutions has commenced, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service




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