First recipient of Volvo Electric in France
French contractor Eiffage has taken delivery of an all-electric Volvo FE Electric truck and a Volvo ECR25 Electric compact excavator
Launching a new generation of zero exhaust emissions products, leading French contractor Eiffage has taken delivery of an all-electric Volvo FE Electric truck and a Volvo ECR25 Electric compact excavator, becoming the first recipient of the products in France.
The new products—an electric Volvo FE truck with electrically powered crane, and a Volvo ECR25 Electric compact excavator—will be used to support Eiffage’s low carbon strategy and will work on the ambitious Grand Paris Express transport project in the French capital. This is a rapid transit initiative being built in the French capital that will add 200 kilometres (120 miles) of new track and 68 new stations, ultimately serving two million passengers a day.
The handover of Volvo Trucks and Volvo Construction Equipment’s first all-electric products was marked with a small ceremony in Paris.
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"By 2030, we want over a third of the machines the Volvo Group sells to be electric. We can’t do this alone; we want to do this together with our customers, partners like Eiffage, and the wider society," says Volvo Group CEO Martin Lundstedt. "Today is an exciting landmark on this journey to shape the future of transport and infrastructure."
The Volvo FE Electric 6X2 truck was built at the Volvo plant of Blainville-sur-Orne in France. It will be used to deliver and collect tools and spare parts for demolition works of Part 1–line 16 and Part T2B of line 15 of the Grand Paris Express project. It will do around 150km per day.
The Volvo ECR25 Electric compact excavator will be used by Eiffage in support of demolition and dismantling activities. The company says the 2.5-tonne machine has the same performance as its diesel counterpart, and its battery pack offers four hours work time, depending on application. The Volvo ECR25 Electric was developed and built at Volvo CE’s Belley factory in France.
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