Volvo News Updates

Volvo Group posted a profit of $1.06 billion in Q3, a 42% increase compared with $748.4 million in the third quarter of 2025. The company’s revenue rose 8% to $11.86 billion. 

The trucks are transporting food, beverages and consumer goods, among other freight categories. Texas-based Warrior has a fleet of more than 200 trucks.

Mexican production of heavy-duty trucks slowed in September compared with August but again outstripped manufacturing in the year-ago period by a wide margin.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions will take the driver and observer out of its self-driving VNL tractors in the first quarter of next year.

Volvo Car on Sept. 17 unveiled a broad revamp that includes reshaping its manufacturing network around five plants dedicated to its namesake brand and two shared with partners. 

Initially seen as a steppingstone to battery-only vehicles, plug-in hybrids are more popular as drivers demand more electric power to help offset surging fuel prices. 

Overall, Mexican commercial vehicle production in August totaled 16,389 trucks and buses, up 100.2% year on year. Production also jumped 24.9% month on month.

Private fleet operators are facing a barrage of cost pressures including elevated fuel prices, escalating costs and driver pay, and higher insurance premiums.

Rather than plan around a national transition to zero-emission trucks, fleets are weighing total cost of ownership, operational feasibility and customer expectations.

Work has already begun on some of the reliability testing for third-generation hardware components, Aurora CEO Chris Urmson said during the Q2 earnings call.