Building a shared sustainable future for heavy commercial vehicles in India .
A first-of-its-kind collaboration
LeadIT members Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles and Volvo Group have pledged, as part of their membership, to work together on a more sustainable heavy-duty transport eco-system in India. In a first-of-its-kind cooperation for the Leadership Group, LeadIT will facilitate collaborative work between the two companies. The aim is to foster dialogues and collaboration to address the challenges of transitioning to a low-carbon transport infrastructure. This infrastructure could encompass both green hydrogen and fossil-free electricity. The collaboration may in the future include:
- joint research and innovation projects for ecosystem development/innovation projects
- collaborative pilots and demonstrations to aid infrastructure development
- Participation in policy or regulatory consultations
- Shared events, roundtables, and publications.
- mutual support for capacity building and training.
Partnership as a critical lever for change
Press Release - Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles, Volvo Group and LeadIT
Download the press releaseA tough decarbonization challenge
Research from LeadIT/SEI has demonstrated that commercial road transport accounts for a small share of the global vehicle stock, but a disproportionately large portion (37%) of road-transport CO2 emissions. It remains one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize as emissions are high, and the pathways are complex. Per Andersson, the Head of the LeadIT Secretariat, welcomed this new joint initiative to address an urgent decarbonization priority.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles, Volvo Group and LeadIT (SEI) was announced at an event hosted by the Ambassador of Sweden to India, Jan Thesleff, with Sara Modig, State Secretary, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Government of Sweden and Ruchika Drall, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and LeadIT Board Member.
Next steps
Joint working groups have been established and will now begin technical and strategic meetings to advance the collaboration. The goal is to bring together expertise from both companies to develop scalable, actionable knowledge that supports a just and inclusive industrial transition.
It is truly inspiring to reveal the new partnership between Volvo Group and Tata Motors on opportunities for strengthening the ecosystem for heavy vehicles in India, under the umbrella of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition. A vision of working together is now being materialised as the parties move into the next phase. We hope it will also inspire others in the group, and elsewhere, to make technical co-development part of the fabric of the global industry transition.
Per Andersson
Head of Secretariat, LeadIT