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Volvo announces world’s first A30 Electric articulated haul truck
Volvo CE arrived at bauma 2025 in Munich, Germany with a groundbreaking (Ha!) electric line of heavy equipment options that includes the new A30 Electric articulated haul truck – a world’s first from the Swedish equipment brand!
Volvo CE is calling its bauma display a milestone moment in sustainable innovation, raising the bar with its first-ever zero-emission only lineup at the Munich-based show.
The star of the show, hoever, is the game-changing reveal of the never-before-seen A30 Electric articulated hauler, representing the first vehicle of its kind in what is both a key industrial segment for Volvo and a world’s first for a series production BEV in its class.
“This zero-emission lineup is a marker of our commitment to drive change,” explains Melker Jernberg, President of Volvo CE. “Together with our pioneering service, solutions and updated portfolio of conventional machine variants, we show that we stand alongside our customers to support them across every stage of their journey. We show that we are committed to our ambitions, not just because we can, but because it is the right thing to do.”
The articulated hauler segment is especially meaningful to the engineers at Volvo CE, as the company invented the class with the launch of “Gravel Charlie,” the industry’s first articulated haul truck back in 1966.
60-years since Volvo revolutionised the construction industry with the launch of Gravel Charlie, the world’s first articulated hauler, Volvo now brings its latest game-changing articulated hauler solution to the market: the A30 Electric – the world’s first battery powered articulated hauler in its class. Fully electric and zero-emissions – contributing to a significant reduction in energy costs and maintenance – the A30 Electric delivers all the unrivalled off-road performance, operator comfort and durability you expect from Volvo, ready to bring electrified hauling to a range of segments including quarrying, mining and construction.
The new Volvo A30 Electric offers a 64,000 lb. (32 ton)/23.3 cubic yard payload capacity and “full day” operation thanks to its 245 kWh li-ion battery.
In addition to the new A30 Electric haul truck, Volvo CE brought a number of new or updated models to the show. All of the equipment assets, as well as Volvo’s brand-agnostic telematics and fleet management solution, Site Operarions, can be experienced at Volvo CE’s interactive Solutions Bar all this week at bauma Munich.
Volvo CE at bauma 2025
- a revamped EC230 Electric excavator, which now provides a full day of operation
- an updated compact electric range, ensuring customers are more empowered to drive down emissions while elevating business opportunities
- the recently upgraded PU500 Power Unit to enable rapid mobile charging of both Volvo and non-Volvo electric machines, trucks and tools
- the newly launched EWR150 Electric, the company’s first battery-powered wheeled excavator
- the EW240 Electric Material Handler grid-connected excavator
Electrek’s Take
We love learning more about big electric machines and the massive amounts of emissions that they don’t spit out into the places we live, work, and play in. Back in October, we interviewed Sylvie Binder from the New York City Mayor’s Office about a similar effort in NYC backed by the newly launched North American Electric Construction Coalition (NAECC) is committed to decarbonizing the construction industry.
You can check out that interview, above, then let us know what you think of Volvo’s role in decarbonizing the world’s job sites in the comments.
SOURCE | IMAGES: Volvo CE.
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