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Article: Volvo: Heavy trucks of the future will be super-light.
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- June 24, 2009
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News:
The Volvo Group's engineers have created a method for constructing trucks that weigh less while carrying the same loads. Lighter vehicles would entail a significant reduction in fuel consumption and thus carbon dioxide emissions.
To date, lightweight technology has mainly been used in Volvo Aero's aircraft engine components, but engineers at AB Volvo's research company, Volvo Technology, foresee favorable opportunities in using similar technology to reduce the weight of the cab and chassis in heavy trucks by at least 20% within ten years.
"We are creating the super-light vehicle in a computer program that ...