Volvo Trucks North America revealed the new VNX on October 14, debuting three variants of its new vocational model during a live digital event. The VNX offers two sleeper cab options and a daycab vocational platform that can serve as a tractor or a straight truck.

This marks Volvo's third truck launch in three years, following the Volvo VNL debut in 2024 and the Volvo VNR in 2025. However, of the three, the VNX is the only one designed for off-highway use.

“This is Volvo like you’ve never seen before," said Peter Voorhoeve, president, Volvo Trucks North America.

"The all-new Volvo VNX is the toughest, safest, most connected, and most powerful vocational truck we have ever built. Designed specifically for North America and for the most demanding jobs, it marks a major step forward for Volvo Trucks in the vocational market."

Three Configurations of the Volvo VNX

Ready for a variety of roles, the Volvo VNX is available in three configurations. Volvo showcased the three trucks at an advanced reveal event several weeks earlier at the Volvo Construction Customer Care Center in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

The three available configurations are:

• VNX 300 day cab. The VNX daycab is available as a tractor or a straight truck, and in the preview event it demonstrated its capabilities as a mixer, dump truck, and a day cab.
• VNX 440 with a 42-inch sleeper. The VNX 440 sleeper configuration is also available as a tractor or a straight truck
• VNX 640 with a 62-inch midroof sleeper. Volvo Trucks showcased the VNX 640 for its heavy-haul capability at the Shippensburg event, hauling one of Volvo Construction’s largest excavators.

All models are available in axle-forward or axle-back configurations. Volvo will announce sales of the Volvo VNX later this year.

Powered by the D13

The Volvo VNX is powered by the company's D13 platform, which delivers up to 540 horsepower and 1,950 pound-feet of torque, with an engine brake that provides up to 630 braking horsepower.

The engine is certified to EPA 2027 emissions standards in all 50 states. It also offers a 4% improvement in fuel efficiency.

Designed for Jobsite Safety

Volvo Trucks designed the new VNX for safety on vocational job sites. It features the same safety platform introduced on the Volvo VNL and Volvo VNR, built around Volvo's vision of zero accidents.

Optional pedestrian detection continually scans for people around the truck from 23 to 230 feet out. Blind spot detection, now available on both sides, warns the driver with an amber light and an audible alert when a lane change is not safe. A 360-degree camera system further enhances situational awareness, providing a top-down view around the entire cab.

Volvo Trucks also focused on driver safety, and the Volvo VNX uses one-third more ultra-high-strength steel in the cab construction than earlier vocational models. Plus, Volvo Trucks reported that the VNX’s optional side curtain airbags make it the only OEM in North America to offer that safety feature.

Remote Control Steering

What really stands out about the new VNX for jobsite safety is Remote Steer. When a driver faces tight maneuvering, such as backing a mixer into position on a tight construction site, they can now handle the task from outside the truck without needing a spotter to direct them.

The driver can exit the truck with the Remote Steer control in hand and fully control the truck forward, backward, and at speeds up to 5 mph. Remote Steer also allows turning, both forward and backward.

The VNX key safety features include:

• Forward collision warning (FCW)
• Automatic emergency braking (AEB)
• Adaptive cruise control (ACC) with Stop and Go
• Forward pedestrian detection with AEB (VRU)
• Lane departure warning (LDW)
• Electronic stability program (VEST)
• Driver airbag
• Side curtain airbag
• Rollover protection actions
• Emergency call (E-Call)
• Driver alert support (DAS)
• Traction control support (TCS)
• Electronic parking brake and alarm
• Back-up alarm
• Pre-Trip Assist

Volvo VNX Cab Designed for Driver Comfort

Volvo Trucks engineered the new VNX for driver comfort with features like a cab design that cuts noise and dampens vibration. Plus, Dynamic Steering reduces driver strain and makes the truck easier to handle off-road by steadying the steering wheel as the truck crosses challenging bumps, dips, and ruts.

“Vocational work is tough on trucks and drivers," Voorhoeve said. "That's why we designed the all-new Volvo VNX with the durability customers expect and technologies that help reduce driver strain.

"Every element is focused on helping customers get the job done while providing superior safety and comfort for the driver,” Voorhoeve said.

VNX: Built for Strength and Toughness

The all-new Volvo VNX's strength starts with heat-treated steel frame rails and 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. The steel bumper comes in three configurations to accommodate frame extensions, attachments, and a center 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. During the media event at Shippensburg, Volvo Trucks used compressed air to fire ice balls, simulating large hail, into a windshield to demonstrate its impact resistance.

Volvo Trucks: Set for Vocational Growth

"Growth in vocational is a natural next step for Volvo Trucks," Voorhoeve said, "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."

The company teased the release of its all-new vocational truck earlier this year at the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting.

Volvo isn't new to vocational work. It introduced the VNX vocational truck in 2013 and an updated version of the VNX in 2018.

Volvo Trucks said it leads the vocational and construction segments in many markets globally, including in Northern Europe and Latin America, and its FMX and VMX trucks are already trusted on tough 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 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.

Volvo also said it brings something no other manufacturer can: Volvo Construction Equipment has built and sold construction machines in the U.S. for more than 50 years, providing significant experience within the Volvo Group building equipment for the toughest jobsites.