Volvo invests in a company that builds hybrid forestry trucks
You might not equate vehicles used for clearing forests with environmentally friendly technology. Nonetheless Swedish manufacturer El-forest AB has developed a hybrid drive truck for hauling logs out of the forest. Volvo has bought a stake in the company to help advance the cleaner, more efficient lumber haulers. That's Volvo the truck-maker, not the car brand now owned by Ford. El-forest is scheduled to deliver the first of the hybrid trucks to Sveaskog in 2008.
[Source: AB Volvo]
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Guenther 8:34AM (12/04/2007)
Series hybrid is nothing new to heavy equipment. Every diesel locomotive and pit hauler drives that way. Lets you package things very well.
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