Volvo Trucks unveils its all-new VNX truck built for North America’s toughest jobs
Volvo Trucks has unveiled its all-new Volvo VNX, a vocational and heavy-haul truck engineered from the ground up for North America’s most demanding work.
Purpose-built for tough jobsites in construction, concrete, logging, infrastructure, winter maintenance and heavy haul, the truck marks the company’s biggest push yet into the vocational segment.
“This is Volvo like you’ve never seen before. The all-new Volvo VNX is the toughest, safest, most connected and most powerful vocational truck we have ever built,” said Peter Voorhoeve, President of Volvo Trucks North America.
“Designed specifically for North America and for the most demanding jobs, it marks a major step forward for Volvo Trucks in the vocational market.”
The new Volvo VNX completes the renewal of Volvo’s North American lineup, which began with the all-new Volvo VNL in January 2024 and continued with the all-new Volvo VNR in March 2025.
The three trucks share a common platform, the result of Volvo’s $3 billion investment in product development and manufacturing. The multi-billion-dollar capital investment marks one of the most significant product transformations in Volvo Trucks’ history.
“The all-new VNX builds upon that platform, and it provides the strength to our customers of proven technology components that are well suited for the North American location market,” said John Moore, Volvo Trucks Product Marketing Manager. “From that strength, we can deliver an incredibly durable truck that’s really designed and built for some of the toughest job sites in America and North America.”
The VNX is available in three configurations, including:
- VNX 300 daycab, available as a tractor or a straight truck
- VNX 440 with a 1-metre sleeper, available as a tractor or a straight truck
- VNX 640 with a 1.5-metre midroof sleeper tractor.
- All VNX models are available in axle-forward or axle-back configurations.
A vocational history
Volvo isn’t new to the vocational truck segment. The company leads the vocational and construction segments in many markets globally, including in Northern Europe and Latin America, and its FMX and VMX trucks are operating on jobsites across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Volvo has also spent years serving vocational customers in North America, learning firsthand what the region’s toughest jobsites demand. The all-new Volvo VNX brings that global and North American experience together in a truck designed and built from the ground up for this market.
“Growth in vocational is a natural next step for Volvo Trucks, right as we’re seeing stable demand for trucks on construction sites, infrastructure projects and industrial builds across the country. The all-new Volvo VNX puts us in a position to serve that market, with a truck built specifically for the toughest jobsites in America,” Voorhoeve said.
As well, Volvo Construction Equipment has built and sold construction machines in North America for more than 50 years, providing significant experience within the Volvo Group building equipment for the toughest jobsites.
“We are the only OEM in the world that has yellow machines and truck manufacturing in one house,” Voorhoeve said.
Volvo’s safety vision
Vocational jobsites put drivers close to on-site workers, equipment and unpredictable conditions. The all-new VNX is equipped with Volvo’s advanced safety systems to help mitigate risk. It carries forward the same safety platform introduced on the Volvo VNL and Volvo VNR, built around Volvo’s vision of zero accidents.
The optional pedestrian detection continually scans for people around the truck from 7 to 70 metres out, and blind spot detection on both sides of the truck warns the driver with an amber light and an audible alert when a lane change is not safe.
As well, a 360-degree camera system further enhances situational awareness, providing a top-down view around the entire cab.
To boost cab strength, the Volvo VNX uses 33 per cent more ultra-high strength steel than legacy vocational trucks. The optional side curtain airbags make Volvo the only OEM in North America to offer them on a vocational truck.
Cab comfort
The VNX is built from the driver out, with a cab engineered to reduce noise and vibration.
“We built a completely new cab that’s far more aerodynamic, far more fuel efficient, and far more comfortable,” Voorhoeve said.
Volvo Dynamic Steering eases driver strain and keeps the truck steady even when the ground isn’t, giving drivers more control with less fatigue behind the wheel.
Volvo has also introduced Remote Steer for tight-space manoeuvring. It gives operators full control of the truck from outside the cab at speeds up to 8 km per hour, making it valuable for off-road work where drivers navigate tight spaces and difficult surroundings.
“There are a lot of people out there that think comfort and durability can’t exist on one platform, but it can. And there it is, right there,” Moore said. “This actually is the most comfortable truck we’ve ever built.”
Tough from the frame up
The all-new Volvo VNX’s strength starts with heat-treated steel frame rails and with a clean layout behind the cab so body builders can mount components exactly where they work best.
The all-metal grille has a rugged steel mesh backing that keeps debris away from engine components while maintaining airflow, and the steel bumper comes in three configurations to accommodate frame extensions, attachments and a centre tow pin. The Tough Shield windshield is twice as resistant to sharp impacts and thermal shock as a tempered glass windshield and five times more scratch resistant.
D13 engine
Under the hood, the all-new Volvo VNX runs on the proven D13 platform, now rated up to 540 horsepower and 1,950 pound-feet of torque, with an engine brake delivering up to 630 braking horsepower. The engine is certified to EPA 2027 emissions standards, meeting the strictest emissions requirements. The interior is designed for the wear and tear of jobsites where operators are frequently in and out of the cab all day, with easy-to-clean surfaces that hold up to dirt, dust, and off-road operations.
Connected
The all-new Volvo VNX is Volvo’s most connected vocational truck yet.
Every Volvo VNX comes with a factory-installed 4G telematics gateway, which powers Remote Diagnostics that monitor the truck 24/7 and flag potential issues before they put a truck out of service.
Remote Programming delivers software and parameter updates over-the-air, so trucks stay on the job instead of sitting in the shop.
Through Volvo Connect, fleet managers get real-time reports on fuel efficiency, location and safety.
