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Image: Volvo Construction EquipmentCX01
Electric hybrid split-drum compactor; autonomous and fleet-coordinated by design
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How it works on your site
The Volvo CE CX01 is a cab-less asphalt compactor concept from Volvo CE's Concept Lab: a single drum ("unidrum") split into two halves, kept upright by a self-balancing control system and driven by a diesel generator that charges ultracapacitors. It covers asphalt compaction, alone or in a rolling train; Volvo describes remote control and autonomous fleet operation as the design intent, and no source documents an autonomous run. Volvo CE unveiled it at The Utility Expo 2021 and showed an evolved version at Volvo Days 2024; its own blog calls the CX01 a one-off exploration "not practical in its current form", the Concept Lab page lists it at concept stage, and no sale, pilot or job-site use is on record.
Compaction (Rolling Train)
Volvo describes several CX01 units teaming up on one paving job, linked in a site communication network and coordinating material delivery with the trucks and the asphalt plant. In that design the units survey the mat for density, temperature and passes, then decide when and where to compact, running autonomously or under remote control. Volvo calls the CX01 purely an exploration, not practical in its current form.
Will it work on your site
- Power source
- Diesel-generator hybrid with ultracapacitors1.7 L diesel in 2021, 1.4 L in 2024
- Control interface
- Volvo Co-Pilot touchscreen, described for the conceptCo-Pilot is an existing Volvo CE interface
- Fleet management
- Fleet coordination, Volvo's stated design intentCX units with trucks and the asphalt plant
- Electric-mode runtime
- About 20 min on ultracapacitors2024 version; varies with speed; recharges in minutes
As the maker states it.
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