Volvo Vera

A cabless, electric, connected tractor unit for short repetitive hauls, overseen from a control tower. Its first assignment was shuttling containers between a DFDS logistics centre and APM Terminals in Gothenburg.

Price: —service only, not sold
Autonomy: Level 4No driver needed in its area
Driverless: TestingSince 2019
Fleet: —Not published
Speed: 40.0 km/hToo few to rank
Range: —Not published

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Why it matters

A prototype vehicle from Volvo Trucks (Volvo Group).

Real-world use

Announced in June 2019 for a DFDS route in Gothenburg mixing private and public roads at up to 40 km/h; Volvo described it as still being developed before full operation.

Timeline

First shown: 2018
Released: Not yet

Presented by Volvo Trucks; later shown at IAA Hanover

Maker

Volvo TrucksCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status: Driverless tests only
Where it runs: Gothenburg, Sweden (DFDS to APM Terminals)
Driverless since: 2019
SAE level: Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area

How it stacks up

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Volvo VeraVolvo Trucks (Volvo Group) · 201840.0 km/h

Too few trucks publish a speed to rank it. Bars show the 0 closest in date.

Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention Volvo Vera gets, from open data.

No Wikipedia article of its own yet
No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement: Wheeled base
How it runs: Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

Volvo Vera is the only vehicle from Volvo Trucks (Volvo Group) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price: Not publishedservice only, not sold
How to get one: No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Volvo Group Vera's first assignment: Volvo Trucks presents an autonomous transport between a logistics centre and port The Mover Vera goes to work in Gothenburg

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