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INNOVATION

THE HOME OF BRIGHT IDEAS

INNOVATION

Innovation is at the core of Volvo Construction Equipment. It's our company mindset and our way of working. With over 180 years of construction and innovation expertise, we are at the forefront of technological development. 
Innovation infiltrates every aspect of our product development process – from early conceptual exploration through to production. As well as optimizing conventional technology, we are developing radical, game-changing solutions. Our advanced engineering team looks as many as 30 years into the future and provides our organization with roadmaps of the technologies that are in their infancy today but which could make a big difference in the future.

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Electric Range

Our electric machines have the power to change the way you do business. You get high performance delivered with less noise, fewer vibrations and no exhaust fumes.

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Electric customer pilots

The EC55 and the EC230 Electric customer pilots are examples of our innovation for the near future. This is the first time Volvo CE has developed electric customer pilot machines for the Chinese markets.

150,000 connected machines

We live in an increasingly connected world, and there has never been a better time to make a real impact with your data. If every machine that is not connected could be considered a ‘lost machine’, then being part of the digital ecosystem is critical to your success.

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EC300E HYBRID

Introducing the new EC300E Hybrid. Featuring unique hydraulic Volvo technology, the excavator utilizes the boom down motion to charge accumulators, with the stored energy used to drive assist motors which power the hydraulic pump.

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Volvo Concept Lab

Volvo Concept Lab is a joint visionary communication platform for the Volvo Group and the Volvo Product Brand. Through Volvo Concept Lab, we showcase cutting-edge ideas and innovative concepts that meet our customers’ future needs and accelerate the transition to a sustainable future.

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PARTNERSHIPS

Electric Site

Volvo CE and Skanska are turning the quarrying industry upside down in a groundbreaking study to create the world’s first ‘emission-free’ quarry. Drawing on the electromobility and automation expertise of the Volvo Group, the research project, dubbed Electric Site, aims to electrify each transport stage in a quarry – from excavation to primary crushing, and transport to secondary crushing – although a negligible amount of diesel power will still be used. The system’s efficiency, safety and environmental benefits are set to impact both customers and society at large.


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5G Partnership with Telia and Ericsson

Telia, Ericsson and Volvo CE have launched Sweden’s first 5G network for industrial use today at Volvo CE’s facility in Eskilstuna. Volvo CE has hereby become one of the first in the world to use 5G technology to test remote-controlled machines and autonomous solutions. 

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MEET VOLVO LX03

THE INTELLIGENT FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION

This fully autonomous, battery-electric wheel loader prototype is the first real-world example of a self-learning wheel loader with the brains to make decisions, perform tasks, and interact with humans.

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INNOVATION EVENTS

Volvo Group Innovation Summits

Following 2017’ Summits, the Volvo Group hosted a new Innovation Summit in Berlin on September 12 focusing on developing technologies connected to electromobility, automation and connectivity that will help to make the construction industry more sustainable.

Learn more about the Volvo Group Innovation Summits
The Xploration Forum

In September 2016, we invited hundreds of customers, members of the international press, government representatives and academics to attend our Xploration Forum in Eskilstuna, Sweden. At the event we unveiled a range of futuristic concepts and innovations from electromobility to intelligent machines and total site solutions.

Everything was presented under the umbrella of ‘Volvo Concept Lab’ – a technology communication platform for Volvo-branded companies within the Volvo Group to showcase their research and development projects.

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