Tag: Volvo

Happy Meal toys bio-makeover, Cell-based caviar, biodegradable shoes, fish waste based building material, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of September 30th

September 29, 2021 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

Hot news in from McDonald’s which is phasing out fossil fuel-based plastic from its Happy Meal toys in more than 100 countries as it transitions to mostly recycled and renewable plastics and sustainable fibers by 2025. In France, smelly fish waste is being turned into beautiful tiles that resemble marble. In the Netherlands, the […]

Volvo is ditching leather interiors for recycled and biobased materials

September 27, 2021 | Rebecca Coons

In Sweden, automaker Volvo Cars has declared it will go leather free in its 100% electric cars and will transition away from animal leather completely by 2030. “Being a progressive car maker means we need to address all areas of sustainability, not just CO2 emissions,” said Stuart Templar, director of global sustainability at Volvo Cars, […]

Volvo’s Daqing factory running to run on 83% biomass power

March 29, 2021 | Meghan Sapp

In China, Volvo Cars’ manufacturing plant in Daqing, China is now powered by 100 per cent climate neutral electricity and follows in the footsteps of the company’s other large Chinese manufacturing plant in Chengdu, which reached the same milestone last year. Going forward, the Daqing plant in Heilongjiang province will be powered by electricity generated […]

ASDA getting over 200 LNG tractors– largest order ever placed in UK for renewable fuel heavy trucks

December 27, 2020 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

In the United Kingdom, grocery store giant Asda is taking delivery of 202 Volvo FH LNG tractor units, in what is believed to be the single largest order ever placed in the UK for heavy trucks running on renewable fuels, in this case biomethane. The supermarket has ambitions to transition its core fleet of 1,000 […]

Volvo Buses’ new “S-Charge” hybrid electric bus can run on biofuels

April 15, 2020 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, the new Volvo self-charging buses with hybrid power, the “S-Charge” model range have been upgraded with new capabilities and can now drive silently and emission-free on electricity at higher speeds and cover longer distances than before. This creates new possibilities to use self-charging hybrid-electric powered buses in city zero-emission zones and other sensitive […]

Volvo Buses to deliver 27 Euro VI buses to Transdev Sweden

November 5, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Sweden, Volvo Buses will deliver 27 Euro VI buses to Transdev Sweden for regional operations, running on biodiesel. The deal is also the largest single order for electric buses in Europe. Volvo Buses will deliver 157 electric articulated buses to Transdev starting in 2020. The buses will operate on a number of routes in […]

Strategic Intent: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Valero, Volvo

September 29, 2016 | Jim Lane

This season, The Digest is hosting the Strategic Intent webinar series, looking at the plans, progress and future milestones of strategic stakeholders in the Advanced Bioeconomy. In this slide deck, we looked at Valero and Volvo and their direct investments, partnerships and alliances with companies both heralded and unknown.

They ♥ DME, yeah yeah yeah: NREL, Enerkem advance BIO-DME to commercialization

June 26, 2016 | Jim Lane

Poor DME. it burns like natural gas, handles like LPG, powers like diesel, and it’s as well-known as a good place for sewing machine repair in Burundi. San Diego-based Oberon Fuels has been the one consistent champion on the “what are we doing about energy security?” circuit. It’s the drop-in that gets dropped out, and […]

Mack Trucks follows parent Volvo to approve renewable diesel

January 7, 2016 | Meghan Sapp

In North Carolina, Following extensive truck and engine testing, Mack Trucks has signed off on the use of renewable diesel fuel in all Mack engines. Renewable diesel fuel delivers performance similar to diesel refined from petroleum, but with several additional customer benefits, including reduced greenhouse gas and particulate emissions, as well as decreased maintenance costs. “As […]

Volvo Trucks, Gasrec enter gas vehicle partnership

June 18, 2013 | Jim Lane

In the UK, Gasrec has teamed up with global heavy-duty truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks to co-operate commercially and technically to increase the availability and promote the use of gas vehicles in the UK. Gasrec is Europe’s largest supplier of Bio-LNG; a blend of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquid biomethane (LBM). LBM is a natural, […]