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Volvo Trucks North America is one of the major Automotive Manufacturer in the US & Canada mainly. They have also recently released some electric semi-trucks which bought interest to major companies & transport companies.
Swedish Company Volvo is a jor brand in Europe & is becoming popular in North America.
Maersk, one of the largest freight transport companies in ocean & road sector caught interest. The Major transport brand placed an order 10 Times larger than their Volvo VNR Electric day cabs.
In total, 110 Class 8 truck are going to be delivered to Maersk. The Company is constantly changing to electric for the better.
Maersk has also partnered with Watt-EV to make chargers for it's rapidly growing EV Fleet. Volvo is also making it's battery range better by the day as right now, on 1 charge, the trucks can go 275 Miles which is low according to estimates. The Trucks can also carry 20,000+ Pounds of Weight on a single trailer.
Volvo NA has launched EV Trucks very recently. When this goes successful, it can become a leader in EV Semi's in North America.
Competition:
Tesla-Tesla has launched it's Tesla Semi in 2 versions (300 & 500 Miles versions).
Nikola- This is also a major automotive manufacturer who has launched it's own semi-trucks. It is more in competition with Volvo than Tesla
In the end, it is upon who is travelling and how he/she wishes to travel. Every mode of transit has it's own pros and cons which suits different types of people.
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