Volvo’s commercial trucking division is launching a next-generation long-range version of its flagship electric semitruck, due out in the second half of 2025, with twice the battery range of the previous one.
The new FH Electric truck can travel 600km, or about 373 miles, on a single charge. The current model goes 300km, or about 186 miles, in comparison, which Volvo representative Helena Lind tells The Verge will stay in the lineup.
The extra range is thanks to Volvo’s new e-axle driveline tech design “where the electric motors and transmission is integrated in the rear axle, [which gives] room for more batteries,” Lind says.
Volvo will announce the final battery capacity closer to launch, but the FH will have eight batteries compared...
