Volvo’s next electric semi-truck goes 373 miles on a single charge

Volvo’s commercialized trucking section is launching a next-generation long-range version of its flagship electrical semi-truck, owed retired successful nan 2nd half of 2025, pinch doubly nan artillery scope of nan erstwhile one.

The caller FH Electric motortruck tin recreation 600km aliases astir 373 miles connected a azygous charge. The existent exemplary goes 300km aliases astir 186 miles successful comparison, which Volvo typical Helena Lind tells The Verge will enactment successful nan lineup.

The other scope is acknowledgment to Volvo’s caller e-axle driveline tech creation “where nan electrical motors and transmission is integrated successful nan rear axle, [which gives] room for much batteries,” Lind says.

Volvo will denote nan last artillery capacity person to launch, but nan FH will person 8 batteries compared to six successful nan existent model. “For galore customers it’s rather sufficient, but for interregional aliases agelong haul long, this caller motortruck will beryllium great,” Lind says.

Volvo has 8 electrical trucks successful its lineup and has delivered “more than 3,800 trucks to customers successful 47 countries” since 2019, Lind says. The automaker has a 2040 extremity of reaching “net-zero emissions” successful its lineup. In May, Volvo sold 50 electrical trucks to Amazon.

In summation to Volvo, automakers for illustration Tesla and Daimler (parent institution of Mercedes-Benz) are testing their ain long-haul electrical semi-trucks successful nan hopes of electrifying nan segment. Tesla seemed for illustration it would lead successful nan conception erstwhile it announced successful 2017, but has had few deployments, and has precocious dealt pinch a fiery crash of 1 of its trucks successful California. Meanwhile, Daimler is focusing connected building an autonomous 1 for 2027.