June 5th, 2008 @ LiberalTrucker // One Comment
Volvo launches the first hybrid garbage truck in the world. With oil prices still creeping up and the green energy movement growing the world is ready to take another step towards commercialization of new technology for heavy vehicles.
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The idea of commercial Hybrid trucks was first conceived in 2006. Two hybrid garbage trucks will start road operations test on a regular daily basis in Sweden. This is the final stage in evolution before the hybrid trucks go into production.
Tags: commercial trucks, green-energy, hybrid, trucking news, volvo
Gina Buss
3 years ago
This is fantastic news. Its about time that commercial hybrids entered the market.
Let’s hope this sparks the manufacture of many more hybrid trucks.