@@mikafiltenborg2291 im still waiting on the cyber truck, they wont deliver any Trucks in a 10 year period, its typical Musk pr bullshit just like his hyperloop Volvo atleast have a truck on the market
No but as a driver I enjoy hearing the sounds of the truck. I’ve always felt the sounds of the truck give me an idea of what to anticipate in the truck. It’s why I like my manual truck over an auto. The autos are nice but I find myself wandering off with how easy it is to drive those auto shift trucks.
I’m impressed by charging up to 80% in 70 minutes. That’s faster than smaller passenger electric vehicles. This might be the solution for around town truck deliveries.
@10:05: motors don't "change polarity" to change between motoring and generating. The current and power flow on the DC link change direction, not polarity.
As the text says, but the verbal description got wrong, battery capacity is in energy units of kilowatt-hours (kWh), not power units of kilowatts (kW).
In Pinetown, a City just outside of Durban, we have a road called Fields Hill. It has had so many accidents due to Truck brakes failing. I can just see these trucks regenerating down long hills and saving brakes
Great point. Also you will see a lot of electric ⚡️ fully loaded trucks staying on the side of the road simply because they ran out of juice. It requires a lot of amps to propel or move fully loaded truck up hill for prolonged periods of time. I hope that they have very good batteries that will cool off fast enough for regenerative charging down hill. If you are going up hill fully loaded your batteries will be very hot due to excessive amp usage, thus if batteries are hot, regen breaking won’t be available, meaning you are going to use your traditional air break/service breaks, which also might overheat 🤔
There is a quarrying business in New Zealand that has a quarry at a high altitude and need to bring their materials to the bottom of the hill. They use an electric dump truck to do this. Because the truck always travels up to the quarry empty and always returns down hill full, under regenerative braking, the energy usage for the round trip is minimal. I believe they pay about $8 / day to fully charge the truck.
@@lexxx666777 They showed that the batteries are liquid cooled and coolant returns to the rad. No different then L/C PCs for gaming, just on a larger size.
Why did they place the emergency cutoff switch right behind the front wheel when I have seen a lot of truck accidents where that's the area where the wheel smashes itself into the body? Same with the charge port maybe move it further back where the diesel filler is usually located?
Imagine going from a noisy diesel engine that only operates up to 2100 rpm and 1600 torque to 3500+ rpm and double the torque with very little noise, bet this truck drives really nice. Once battery technology really improves it electric in more vehicles!
just little bit longer frame and there is room for 2 more batteries , as well as 2 right behind cab on top of catwalk : so right there that would be 4 more batteries little bit of organizing/relocating of “ the other stuff “ under the hood and there is room for another battery real world trucking requirement is 9 up to 11 hrs driving per shift everything else is perfect I’d get that bigger capacity E-Volvo and charge it up all day while I sleep so other then that , absolutely perfect... and looks ru good too thx Volvo for stepping up to the E-plate and being a front runner
Yes a decent first prototype. Lets see how long it takes to build the needed infrastructure. Because what does a EV do without a plug anwhere? Nothing...
@@wolfgangpreier9160 you can charge while your loading or unloading. Its urban and regional not long haul. How long does a truck sit at Walmart unloading? (Ofcause the top post already solved the problem)
I'm sorry I missed the important things, How far can it go? Is this truck West coast, Mid West or East coast truck? If you stuck on the highway in a snow storm and you get stuck on the road how long will you have heat in your truck? When Road Salt gets into those electrical components what will happen and is there a fail safe? I believe these are very very important factors for truck driver's to be informed of. I believe trucks should start off as a hybrid. Thank goodness my trucking career is coming to a close. 👍🏻
Our company have about 60 of this now and said another 60 on order...a few of these trucks the heater is not hot..just blowing cool air..why?..just to get vnr out to quick and out of production?
Always loved the Volvo for regional and OTR. Why not eliminate the transmission and connect motors directly to drive axles? No mention of selling price, production availability nor ride-and drive opportunities. Is this going to have lease as well as purchase options? When will dealerships have trained technicians? Where is the 150K charging infrastructure, are these 3rd party expectations?
That chassis power cutoff switch........up is power off/down is normal power......that is backwards positioning from EVERYTHING drivers, emt, cops, etc. will be familiar with. Circuit breakers in homes to battery cutoff switch in motorcoach busses. Up is power on while down is power off. Classic example of engineering not talking with sales and end users. Engineering designed a cutoff activate switch vs. a power disconnect switch. That switch will also be yet another way to screw with a driver. Same gig as pulling the rod for 5th wheel hitch release. Look at how and where emergency power cutoff switches are done in cars and pickup trucks - both EV and Hybrid. Hidden in plain view vs. not hidden at all.
Electric trucks for metro markets with no hills make sense. Would be curious about what you are doing in hydrogen. Are you looking at PEM or nanophotonic light-activated solid-state hydrogen thin film?
@@brianb-p6586 One of the things I learned before retiring last week as a power generation electrical engineer from the EV mfg business was the issue of regen. I agree with you on regen on hills with consistent loads in a unique area of coverage. What surprised us when we launched our first production commercial EV semi-truck in 2019 was load management. Trailer loads vary drastically during the day so relying on regen becomes an issue. The range was not an issue with our constant load EV school and city buses as long as the areas they traveled during the day's net elevation change equaled zero. Our EV dump trucks had no issues if they had a local central dump collection station but if they had to travel to a remote landfill their range was greatly affected. That is why we produced hydrogen trucks which have a much greater energy density than today's production battery. The last batteries we tested in AZ had 500Wh/kg scheduled for 2024 production versus the typical 230Wh/kg.
The display cluster has a lot to be desired. It is too busy looking and small. Not easy to look at a glance and get important information. It needs to be improved.
They are not allowed to. The indian government has to proetct their assets. In this case Tata. Nobody will be allowed to build decent vehicles for Indian users.
Could be vibration from wheel slippage before traction control cut the torque down. That van body would amplify any vibration. There definitely was the EV whine there.
Goodbye to the breakdowns caused directly by the constant and powerful vibration of a big diesel engine. Once drivers have tasted electric driving, only old-timers will tell tales of shifting gears with roaring black smoke!
Convincing some truck drivers that frmmm frmmm isn't the same as hp and torque might be a problem. No frmm frmm might alow delivery in nois sensitive areas.
If you drive 600 a day how long is your work day? Thats almost 1000 km that is 10+ hour driving none stop, that would break traffic laws in most of europe, I would not feel safe meeting you or any trucks from your company on the road.
@@09impala most of us get that but unfortunately some don’t because they are not advertised well the company I work for was going to get 2 of them and at the last minute finally realised what the range was after the lead in the shop finally got them to see that we were going to be needing to tow trucks every day to get the trucks back to the warehouse These are feel good trucks to make it seem that they care because most companies work well beyond that range even if they are P&D services they would however be great yard jokey trucks
Welcome to a whole new generation of steering wheel holders...eventually no more drivers or mechanics...you'll own nothing, eat bugs and be happy...reeeeeeeee🖕
My advice to anyone that thinks they want any volvo truck, is to send it to the Crusher, or don't buy one at all. Im an owner-operator of one of their rigs. The company refuses to return calls, and their service techs are just as UN-professional. Since these units are too proprietary. My advice to fleet operators and owners. Is to find another company to go with.
Any diesel shop has access to any diagnostic equipment and training. The same as the dealerships. Since Volvo Trucks is about 10+years ahead of any other manufacture, some things are going to be proprietary. The only proprietary component I can think of, is the Ishift Trans.
No info on avg distance or weight of tractor diesel vs electric so don't want one until it gets a thousand miles per charge. And be 100% recharged in 30 minutes.
I will only buy electric trucks if they give me one for free and with all the electric current inside for the whole 1,5 million miles i will drive it. NEVER!
@@wolfgangpreier9160 your great grandfather was probably that one guy in the photo on a horse and carriage surrounded by cars. Jelling what you just wrote.
@@CHMichael No he was a winegrower in Bohemia and lost everything to the Benes Decrees after WWII. Which - as we all know - was a bit after the 1890‘s when the first cars emerged in Austria.
I learned more from John Moore in 13 minutes about EV heavy trucks than Elon at Tesla ever said.
Love how Volvo has elevated their game to the EV world, very impressive (and quiet). :)
@ChillModeOn what, you need some special effects and explosions to keep your attention? 😄
Tesla SEMI will have better range & price
Coming year 2022 or 2023...
@@mikafiltenborg2291 im still waiting on the cyber truck, they wont deliver any Trucks in a 10 year period, its typical Musk pr bullshit just like his hyperloop Volvo atleast have a truck on the market
No but as a driver I enjoy hearing the sounds of the truck. I’ve always felt the sounds of the truck give me an idea of what to anticipate in the truck. It’s why I like my manual truck over an auto. The autos are nice but I find myself wandering off with how easy it is to drive those auto shift trucks.
@@mikafiltenborg2291 Yeah, well these are already on the road transporting good, tesla semi on the other hand for now is just a in paper project.
If I had a 48' Toy Hauler, I'd be skipping the heavy duty pickups and getting one of these instead. This is an incredible feat of engineering.
I’m impressed by charging up to 80% in 70 minutes. That’s faster than smaller passenger electric vehicles. This might be the solution for around town truck deliveries.
Fuel profit
@10:05: motors don't "change polarity" to change between motoring and generating. The current and power flow on the DC link change direction, not polarity.
As the text says, but the verbal description got wrong, battery capacity is in energy units of kilowatt-hours (kWh), not power units of kilowatts (kW).
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I personally build these exact trucks... Don't be fooled this is actually the filthiest technology on the planet
In Pinetown, a City just outside of Durban, we have a road called Fields Hill. It has had so many accidents due to Truck brakes failing. I can just see these trucks regenerating down long hills and saving brakes
Great point.
Also you will see a lot of electric ⚡️ fully loaded trucks staying on the side of the road simply because they ran out of juice.
It requires a lot of amps to propel or move fully loaded truck up hill for prolonged periods of time. I hope that they have very good batteries that will cool off fast enough for regenerative charging down hill.
If you are going up hill fully loaded your batteries will be very hot due to excessive amp usage, thus if batteries are hot, regen breaking won’t be available, meaning you are going to use your traditional air break/service breaks, which also might overheat 🤔
There is a quarrying business in New Zealand that has a quarry at a high altitude and need to bring their materials to the bottom of the hill. They use an electric dump truck to do this. Because the truck always travels up to the quarry empty and always returns down hill full, under regenerative braking, the energy usage for the round trip is minimal. I believe they pay about $8 / day to fully charge the truck.
@@paulg3336 that's pretty sweet, plus it just makes so much sense having all that torque available all the time.
@@lexxx666777 They showed that the batteries are liquid cooled and coolant returns to the rad. No different then L/C PCs for gaming, just on a larger size.
thanks for showing and explaining how the hardware and systems of these trucks actually work
Why did they place the emergency cutoff switch right behind the front wheel when I have seen a lot of truck accidents where that's the area where the wheel smashes itself into the body? Same with the charge port maybe move it further back where the diesel filler is usually located?
because they are idiots stupid location
Great job your your electric truck Volvo 👍🏻
Imagine going from a noisy diesel engine that only operates up to 2100 rpm and 1600 torque to 3500+ rpm and double the torque with very little noise, bet this truck drives really nice. Once battery technology really improves it electric in more vehicles!
just little bit longer frame and there is room for 2 more batteries , as well as 2 right behind cab on top of catwalk : so right there that would be 4 more batteries
little bit of organizing/relocating of “ the other stuff “ under the hood and there is room for another battery
real world trucking requirement is 9 up to 11 hrs driving per shift
everything else is perfect
I’d get that bigger capacity E-Volvo
and charge it up all day while I sleep
so other then that , absolutely perfect... and looks ru good too
thx Volvo for stepping up to the E-plate and being a front runner
I think they should but a couple optional batteries on the trailer ( optional if you need the weght)
Yes a decent first prototype. Lets see how long it takes to build the needed infrastructure. Because what does a EV do without a plug anwhere? Nothing...
@@wolfgangpreier9160 you can charge while your loading or unloading. Its urban and regional not long haul.
How long does a truck sit at Walmart unloading?
(Ofcause the top post already solved the problem)
Very nice work gentlemen.
I'm sorry I missed the important things, How far can it go? Is this truck West coast, Mid West or East coast truck? If you stuck on the highway in a snow storm and you get stuck on the road how long will you have heat in your truck? When Road Salt gets into those electrical components what will happen and is there a fail safe? I believe these are very very important factors for truck driver's to be informed of. I believe trucks should start off as a hybrid. Thank goodness my trucking career is coming to a close. 👍🏻
Our company have about 60 of this now and said another 60 on order...a few of these trucks the heater is not hot..just blowing cool air..why?..just to get vnr out to quick and out of production?
You'd save on heavy diesel mechanic service and repair rates. And charge up while being unloaded at the delivery depot.
Also it’s nice and quiet which results in a good quality of life cause loud sounds aren’t good for humans :)
I would love to play with this thing in the field.
Smart to go with two motors,. If it fails one of two smaller motors is cheaper then one double that size.
Good for economy of scale as well.
It sounds like heating is only by resistance heaters, not heat pumps.
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What is your brake system supplier? Knorr?
What exactly is the range of this Volvo model?
He said 150 miles
@@paulg3336 Thanks man.
How many miles can I drive before I have to charge the batteries for 70+ minutes?
Company said around 150 miles, should be enough for regional hauling
Maintenance plan...cover for many years to come..Does that mean at least 6yrs?
It means, "Every year you pay for it."
Very good info, give it 5 short years we will achieve 1MW for sleepers
Do you have OTR trucks
How much it cost???
Always loved the Volvo for regional and OTR. Why not eliminate the transmission and connect motors directly to drive axles? No mention of selling price, production availability nor ride-and drive opportunities. Is this going to have lease as well as purchase options? When will dealerships have trained technicians? Where is the 150K charging infrastructure, are these 3rd party expectations?
Because this would be like trying to start your car in top gear. An electric motor does not produce infinite torque and needs reduction gearing.
What’s the retail?
That chassis power cutoff switch........up is power off/down is normal power......that is backwards positioning from EVERYTHING drivers, emt, cops, etc. will be familiar with. Circuit breakers in homes to battery cutoff switch in motorcoach busses. Up is power on while down is power off. Classic example of engineering not talking with sales and end users. Engineering designed a cutoff activate switch vs. a power disconnect switch.
That switch will also be yet another way to screw with a driver. Same gig as pulling the rod for 5th wheel hitch release. Look at how and where emergency power cutoff switches are done in cars and pickup trucks - both EV and Hybrid. Hidden in plain view vs. not hidden at all.
Price???
Electric trucks for metro markets with no hills make sense. Would be curious about what you are doing in hydrogen. Are you looking at PEM or nanophotonic light-activated solid-state hydrogen thin
film?
EVs are well-suited to hills, since they recover some the energy used to climb by regenerating while descending.
@@brianb-p6586 One of the things I learned before retiring last week as a power generation electrical engineer from the EV mfg business was the issue of regen. I agree with you on regen on hills with consistent loads in a unique area of coverage. What surprised us when we launched our first production commercial EV semi-truck in 2019 was load management. Trailer loads vary drastically during the day so relying on regen becomes an issue. The range was not an issue with our constant load EV school and city buses as long as the areas they traveled during the day's net elevation change equaled zero. Our EV dump trucks had no issues if they had a local central dump collection station but if they had to travel to a remote landfill their range was greatly affected. That is why we produced hydrogen trucks which have a much greater energy density than today's production battery. The last batteries we tested in AZ had 500Wh/kg scheduled for 2024 production versus the typical 230Wh/kg.
Simply great - Volvo.
He didn’t mention a sleeper So I guess this is only local usage
When the truck enters a flooded area, are the batteries and motor waterproof?
I would love to see this truck loaded at 80k go down a 15 mile 10% grade with switch backs, then turn around climb it .
4000 ft lbs i think it would be fine.
Regenerating all the way down it will arrive at the bottom with cool breaks and a replenished 🔋:)
Want that motor
The display cluster has a lot to be desired. It is too busy looking and small. Not easy to look at a glance and get important information. It needs to be improved.
I need this ev straight trucks in India right now...come and start manufacturing in India NOW
They are not allowed to. The indian government has to proetct their assets. In this case Tata. Nobody will be allowed to build decent vehicles for Indian users.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 can understand... monopoly of the mightiest
@@tinnu123 Yes. The indian environment and of course all its people will suffer for those hard headed men.
Wow
The truck will pay for itself quickly with diesel savings and potentially oil changes too.
Did anyone hear the engine noise when it was moving forward? Or I'm the only one?
Could be vibration from wheel slippage before traction control cut the torque down. That van body would amplify any vibration.
There definitely was the EV whine there.
You're the only one. There are noises from the transmission gears, axle gears, and accessories such as the air pump.
No more noisy trucks or smelly diesel fuel.
Great!
Even model S takes up 200kwh charge per hour. It has to charge way faster than this.
Volvo✌️💪
Goodbye to the breakdowns caused directly by the constant and powerful vibration of a big diesel engine.
Once drivers have tasted electric driving, only old-timers will tell tales of shifting gears with roaring black smoke!
Good to see a lot of companies switching to EV. But lets be honest. Nikola TRE BEV is way better. 350 miles a charge.
Goodbye big mountains of western America
Convincing some truck drivers that frmmm frmmm isn't the same as hp and torque might be a problem.
No frmm frmm might alow delivery in nois sensitive areas.
Good concept but my local job has me running anywhere from 300 to almost 600 miles a day so the 150 mile range is a joke
If you drive 600 a day how long is your work day? Thats almost 1000 km that is 10+ hour driving none stop, that would break traffic laws in most of europe, I would not feel safe meeting you or any trucks from your company on the road.
@@samolofsson2401 when I drive that much all over 13hrs and 9 and a half is driving
Thats not what this truck is for, this is for close runs between or within cities
@@09impala most of us get that but unfortunately some don’t because they are not advertised well the company I work for was going to get 2 of them and at the last minute finally realised what the range was after the lead in the shop finally got them to see that we were going to be needing to tow trucks every day to get the trucks back to the warehouse
These are feel good trucks to make it seem that they care because most companies work well beyond that range even if they are P&D services they would however be great yard jokey trucks
Make it hybrid
You haven't seen a real truck, in America you need the VOLVO FH and FMX and you'll know what a real truck is.
Its freaking noisy
No, it’s not compared to a diesel engine, this is 10 times less noice
Welcome to a whole new generation of steering wheel holders...eventually no more drivers or mechanics...you'll own nothing, eat bugs and be happy...reeeeeeeee🖕
Not talking miles ha
My advice to anyone that thinks they want any volvo truck, is to send it to the Crusher, or don't buy one at all. Im an owner-operator of one of their rigs. The company refuses to return calls, and their service techs are just as UN-professional. Since these units are too proprietary. My advice to fleet operators and owners. Is to find another company to go with.
Any diesel shop has access to any diagnostic equipment and training. The same as the dealerships. Since Volvo Trucks is about 10+years ahead of any other manufacture, some things are going to be proprietary. The only proprietary component I can think of, is the Ishift Trans.
You want to tell us we should buy Peterbuilt? GMC? Ford? Mack? Or maybe Hino? Hyundai? Sino? Or maybe Mercedes? Iveco? MAN?
No info on avg distance or weight of tractor diesel vs electric so don't want one until it gets a thousand miles per charge. And be 100% recharged in 30 minutes.
Why would you need that for urban distribution?
Do you only have a giant hammer in your tool box ?
I will only buy electric trucks if they give me one for free and with all the electric current inside for the whole 1,5 million miles i will drive it. NEVER!
@@CHMichael Yes, 20 inches long! Every woman likes that! 😂🤣
@@wolfgangpreier9160 your great grandfather was probably that one guy in the photo on a horse and carriage surrounded by cars.
Jelling what you just wrote.
@@CHMichael No he was a winegrower in Bohemia and lost everything to the Benes Decrees after WWII. Which - as we all know - was a bit after the 1890‘s when the first cars emerged in Austria.
Hyln truck is better buy Hyln stock