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

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

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

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

Volvo volition denote the last artillery capableness person to launch, but the FH volition person 8 batteries compared to six successful the existent model. “For galore customers it’s rather sufficient, but for interregional oregon agelong haul long, this caller motortruck volition 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 similar Tesla and Daimler (parent institution of Mercedes-Benz) are investigating their ain long-haul electrical semi-trucks successful the hopes of electrifying the segment. Tesla seemed similar it would pb successful the conception erstwhile it announced successful 2017, but has had few deployments, and has precocious dealt with a fiery crash of 1 of its trucks successful California. Meanwhile, Daimler is focusing connected gathering an autonomous 1 for 2027.