Find a Volvo truck that's perfect for your needs.
The future is now.
The future of regional hauling - today.
Long haul efficiency – premium comfort.
Setting the standard for heavy haul.
Tougher made smarter.
The ultimate auto hauler.
Volvo Powertrain keeps your business moving forward.
The engine that redefines versatility.
Lightweight, heavy-duty performance
Power for every application
Power options for special applications
Ensures the right shift at the right time
Factory-installed engine options
Near-zero emissions and enhanced efficiency
Speak to a Volvo expert near you. Find a Dealer
The Latest In Volvo Trucks
Stories for our drivers and fleet managers.
The latest news from Volvo Trucks.
In 2011, we began the SuperTruck project, a five-year challenge set before us by the U.S. Department of Energy to create a truck that improves freight efficiency by 50 percent. This is the Volvo SuperTruck.
Exceeding 12 miles per gallon fuel efficiency in road tests
Greater freight efficiency vs. 50% DOE target goal
More fuel efficient compared with baseline 2009 model Volvo VNL 670
The U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruck program is a cost-shared, public-private partnership that promotes research and development to improve the freight-hauling efficiency of heavy-duty Class 8 long-haul tractor-trailer trucks. The program aims to help accelerate the development of advanced efficiency technologies that are not currently available in the market.
Volvo’s SuperTruck concept was designed and built using a complete vehicle approach, optimizing the tractor, trailer, and powertrain to work together as one highly efficient system.
Challenge accepted. Volvo created an ultra fuel-efficient truck for the Department of Energy (DOE) SuperTruck program. The goal was to dramatically increase freight efficiency and reduce carbon emissionsby pushing the limits of fuel efficiency for Class 8 on-highway tractors.
By re-examining every component of the truck, Volvo Trucks was able to reduce the SuperTruck's weight by over 3,200 lbs.
SuperTruck contributed to enhancements to the bumper, chassis and roof fairings of VNL series highway tractors beginning in model year 2016. The enhancements help reduce air turbulence around the vehicle exterior and improve airflow under the truck, around tires and the trailer gap. Reducing turbulence and disruptions in airflow from the tractor to the trailer helps improve fuel efficiency.
The SuperTruck program enabled Volvo engineers to refine the mechanics and aerodynamics of the new geartrain and turbine, ensuring peak efficiency in the “sweet spot” for Volvo’s integrated powertrain solution.
A new turbo compounding system was designed to recover this normally wasted energy on the 2017 Volvo D13 with Turbo Compound, helping boost fuel efficiency by up to 6.5 percent.
The patented wave piston, working in combination with Volvo’s other engine enhancements, delivers improved fuel efficiency of up to 2.2 percent for the D11 and 2.5 percent for the D13.
The SuperTruck program enabled extensive research of a typical combustion chamber and provided Volvo engineers the opportunity to test a new piston design. This new design added “wave” bumps on the side of the piston bowl, which allows the fuel to burn more cleanly.
Through the SuperTruck program, the fuel injection system was optimized to match the new wave piston. Extensive engine testing and simulations led to an injector with enhanced flow rate, spray angle and pressure characteristics that allow the engine to operate more quietly and burn fuel more efficiently.
A proven common-rail fuel injection system was adapted to Volvo’s 2017 D11 and D13 engines. It enables a higher injection pressure, which improves combustion, and allows for finer control of the injection event.