Volvo Truck says it has delivered the world’s most powerful series-manufactured truck to a customer in Norway.
Mr Tore Aase, from Norway, has taken delivery of the first 700 horsepower FH16 which also comes with 3150 Nm of available torque.
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The truck will be used in long-haul operations in the west of Norway, hauling equipment for the oil industry.
“The reason why we chose the FH16 700 is that we haul loads of up to 50 tonnes. The roads are often narrow and there may be kilometre-long gradients of between 6 and 10 percent, so you can never really have too much power,” says Tore Aase, owner of haulage company Spesial og Tungtransport AS, located in Förde 170 kilometres north of Bergen on the Norwegian west coast.
The new truck will become operational toward the end of July. Before that, it will be fitted with a variety of accessories, including roo-bars. Not that kangaroos are a common sight on Norwegian roads, but the region abounds with wild deer, elk and reindeer.
Volvo says the Volvo FH16 with 700 horsepower is the world’s most powerful truck.
Despite its 700 horsepower, Volvo says there is no increase in either its emissions or fuel consumption compared with the previous model and the new truck meets the forthcoming Euro 5 emission standards.
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By GlobalData“The FH16 700 is in a class of its very own on the world truck market. It offers a unique combination of performance and fuel economy. We have already noted considerable interest in the new model among customers who run particularly demanding transport operations,” says Claes Nilsson, President of the Europe division at Volvo Trucks.
The new Volvo FH16 700 is built at the Tuve plant outside Gothenburg in Sweden.
