# Volvo Truck’s New Plant in Belgium Will Supply Ready-To-Install Batteries

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/05/volvo-trucks-new-plant-in-belgium-will-supply-ready-to-install-batteries/
- Published: 2022-05-20T11:35:34-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

### **Volvo Trucks is opening its very first battery assembly plant.**** Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full-electric heavy-duty trucks.**

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“This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation.
By 2030, at least 50 percent of all trucks we sell globally will be electric. And
by 2040, we will be a carbon-neutral company,” says Roger Alm, President of Volvo
Trucks.

In the new battery plant, they will assemble cells and modules from Samsung SDI 
into battery packs. Moreover, they are tailor-made for [Volvo](https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/05/volvo-xc90-plugin-hybrid-electric-car-is-amazingly-responsive-power/)
Trucks´ heavy-duty electric range: Volvo FH, Volvo FM, and Volvo FMX.  Series production
starts in the third quarter of this year.

## **Shorter lead times and increased circularity **

Each [battery pack](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/12/volvos-first-electric-hybrid-bus-route-commercial-service-hamburg-germany/)
has a capacity of 90 kWh, and the customer can choose to have up to six battery 
packs (540 kWh) in a truck. The number of batteries depends on each customer’s specific
range and load capacity demands.

“By integrating the battery assembly process in our production flow, we can shorten
lead times for our customers and secure high-performing batteries while at the same
time increase circularity,” says Roger Alm.

In addition, the plant is designing Volvo Trucks´ batteries so that later we can
remanufacture, refurbish, and reuse them. Moreover, 100% of power in the plant comes
from renewable energy.

## **Electric solutions for most transport needs **

With the production of three heavy-duty full-electric models starting this year 
in Europe, [Volvo Trucks](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/05/order-system-for-volvos-heavy-duty-electric-trucks-officially-open/)
will offer a total of six electric truck models globally, covering everything from
city distribution and refuse to handle to regional transport and construction work.

“We started series-production of electric trucks already in 2019 and are leading
the market both in Europe and North America. With the rapid development of charging
networks, and improvements in battery technology, we will see a rapid transformation
of the entire truck industry in the very near future,” says Roger Alm.

[Source](https://www.volvotrucks.us/trucks/vnr-electric/): Volvo