Volvo Group to create a new business area for autonomous transport solutions21 October 2019

The Volvo Group has announced that it will create a new business area – Volvo Autonomous Solutions – that will aim to accelerate the development, commercialisation and sales of autonomous transport solutions.

This, Volvo Group adds, will enable it to meet a growing demand and to offer the best solutions to customers in such segments as mining, ports and transport between logistics centres.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions will constitute a new business area as of 1 January 2020. The recruitment process for the position as head of Volvo Autonomous Solutions has also commenced.

“We have experienced a significant increase in inquiries from customers,” says Martin Lundstedt, president and CEO. “With the Volvo 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.”

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

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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 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.

Adam Offord

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