GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 8, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) expands
its footprint in North America
with the establishment of an office in Texas and starts manual operations in
preparation for commercial autonomous hub-to-hub transport.
V.A.S. has opened an office in Fort
Worth, Texas dedicated to driving activities to set up its
first autonomous freight corridors that will run from Dallas Forth Worth to El Paso and from Dallas to Houston. To prepare for commercial launch,
V.A.S. has also started to haul loads with trucks using drivers for
key customers like DHL and Uber Freight to test aspects of the
transport solution and establish frameworks and procedures for safe
and reliable operations.
"At Volvo Autonomous Solutions we believe the path to autonomy
at scale is through reducing the friction and complications around
ownership and operations for customers. This is why we have taken
the decision to be the single interface to our customers and take
full ownership of the elements required for commercial autonomous
transport. With the opening of our office in Texas and start of operational activities, we
are building the foundations for a transport solution that will
change the way we move goods on highways," says Nils Jaeger, President of Volvo Autonomous
Solutions.
"Through our Autonomous Transport Solution, our ambition is to
create a new source of industry capacity that will ease some of the
burden of the increasing demand for freight while also enabling
local drivers to shift into short-haul jobs that will keep them
closer to home. This will unlock significant efficiencies in the
entire supply chain and benefit everyone in the transportation
industry," says Sasko Cuklev, Head of On-Road Solutions.
Partnerships to drive industry innovation
Volvo Autonomous Solutions is a part of the Volvo Group and
tackling the transportation industry's capacity constraints through
safe, sustainable and efficient autonomous transport solutions. The
Autonomous Transport Solutions (ATS) offered by V.A.S. includes
hardware, software and services required to run autonomous
transport operations. On highways, the solution is operated based
on a hub-to-hub model where autonomous trucks take on the highway
portion of the driving, operating all hours of the day and night
between transfer hubs while human drivers complete local
operations.
To accelerate the development and adoption of autonomous
transport solutions, V.A.S. is partnering with others in the
industry including DHL and Uber Freight who are part of the V.A.S.
key customer program. The program is aimed at shippers, carriers,
logistics service providers and freight brokers whom V.A.S. will
work with to pilot and commercialize autonomous transport
solutions.
V.A.S. has also formed a partnership with industry-pioneer
Aurora. At the heart of the partnership is the integration of the
Aurora Driver with Volvo's on-highway truck offering.
About Volvo Autonomous Solutions
The autonomous transport solution offered by Volvo Autonomous
Solutions is based on Transport as a Service (TaaS) and includes a
vehicle purpose-built for autonomous driving, a virtual driver,
required infrastructure, operations and uptime support as well as a
cloud solution that controls the transport system and manages
logistics flows. The solutions developed by Volvo Autonomous
Solutions are tailor-made for each customers' needs and intended to
make their operations safer, productive and sustainable.
June 8, 2023
Journalists wanting further information, please
contact:
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Relations, +46 76 553 72 29
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The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport and
infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction
equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications,
financing and services that increase our customers' uptime and
productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to
shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and
infrastructure solutions. The Volvo Group is headquartered in
Gothenburg, Sweden, employs more
than 100,000 people and serves customers in almost 190 markets. In
2022, net sales amounted to SEK 473
billion (EUR 45 billion).
Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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