CE Dealer Team partner SSAB celebrates World RX collaboration success
CE Dealer Team by Volvo CE partner SSAB, a steel company that has pioneered the development of fossil free steel, has launched a new documentary to highlight the success of the collaboration with the team in the FIA World Rallycross championship.
“SSAB is one of the key partners for our FIA World RX programme, sharing our commitment to a fossil-free future both on and off track. We are glad to see them highlight our collaboration in a great video which will help further spread knowledge of our joint commitment,” said Arvid Rinaldo, Head of Partnership and Operational Involvement in World RX for Volvo CE.
Throughout the collaboration, SSAB supported the CE Dealer Team's needs, from optimizing skid plates to designing custom handbrakes and high stands. This collaboration was all about combining expertise in engineering and low-emission steel to create high-performance, fully electric rallycross vehicles.
The video, which has just premiered on YouTube, offers an inside look at the innovations that have driven the success of CE Dealer Team in the highly competitive FIA World RX championship.
“In the video, you can really see the journey we've been on together. It was amazing to see our engineering solutions in action, making the vehicles more efficient and sustainable while pushing the boundaries of motorsport,” said Kenneth Halén, marketing manager at SSAB.
Head to the SSAB YouTube channel to watch the full video.
About CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment
CE Dealer Team was founded in 2022 by the PWR Group in cooperation with Volvo Construction Equipment and its partners. The core goal of the rallycross programme is to drive the shift to improved sustainability and diversity in society and highlight the excitement that a move to an electric future offers. CE Dealer Team is run with support from independent dealers of Volvo Construction Equipment, along with several prominent industrial partners, who together share a commitment to leading a sustainable future, both on track and off.
About HYBRIT® and SSAB Zero™
SSAB Zero™ steel is made using recycled steel and fossil-free energy. The fossil carbon emissions in SSAB’s production of SSAB Zero™ are less than 0.05 kg CO2e/kg steel in Scope 1 and 2 of the GHG Protocol.
HYBRIT® technology using hydrogen reduced sponge iron will remove the primary source of CO2 emissions with water as by-product, instead of CO2.
About FIA World Rallycross Championship
An evolution of the popular FIA European Rallycross Championship, the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) was launched in 2014. Representing the international pinnacle of the dual-surface discipline, the series blends cutting-edge innovation with family-friendly spectator appeal and visits some of the most iconic venues in the sport. In evidence of its commitment to sustainability, World RX entered a new era in 2022 by embracing electric technology, while 2024 heralds the beginning of the ‘Battle of Technologies’, as the championship’s powerful EV cars take on their sustainably-fuelled combustion counterparts on equal terms for the first time.
