Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Motor, Volvo Cars, and Volkswagen. Sunwoda, founded in 1997, began its EV battery business in 2008. Up to now, SKIET has been supplying separators for IT and electronic products to the Sunwoda Group.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

PowerCell was founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group. The international maritime organization, IMO, has decided to halve the emissions of Greenhouse Gases from commercial ships by 2050. Considering the long lifetime of ships, zero emission vessels may have to set sail as early as 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2011

Volvo Cars was named the best car make in Sustainable Brands, Sweden’s biggest sustainability survey for various brands. In 2011, Volvo Cars made it to the very top among the 18 car brands included in the survey. The DRIVe series, launched in 2008, encompasses seven models all classed as green cars. —Linn Fortgens.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation, Ericsson, the utility company Göteborg Energi and the Viktoria Institute are collaborating in the research project ELVIIS (Electric Vehicle Intelligent Infra Structure) to develop a concept for using intelligent infrastructure for the smart on-board charging of plug-in vehicles. Göteborg Energi.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Volvo DRIVe S80 and V70 with 119 g/km. Volvo has introduced new DRIVe diesel versions of the S80 sedan and V70 wagon with CO 2 emissions of 119 g/km, corresponding to fuel consumption of 4.5 With the arrival of these two, Volvo now has five models available with emissions below 120 g/km. Click to enlarge. L/100km (52 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2020

PowerCell was founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group. PS-100 can be connected in parallel, which facilitates a high power output, for example to generate electricity by integration with solar or wind power. The company develops and produces fuel cell stacks and systems for stationary and mobile applications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2011

Volvo has upgraded the five-cylinder D5 and D3 turbodiesels for application in the upgraded versions of the Volvo V70, XC70 and S80. Fuel consumption of the Volvo S80 D5 with manual gearbox and start/stop is now 4.9 —Derek Crabb, Vice President, Powertrain Engineering at Volvo Cars. The five-cylinder 2.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

has entered a Tier 1 Development Supplier Agreement with Volvo for its heavy duty natural gas engines and associated supply chain. Westport will supply its Westport HD technology and work together with the Gothenburg, Sweden engine manufacturer to qualify appropriate suppliers consistent with Volvo volume and quality expectations.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 15, 2024

The replacement for the Taurus sedan was the Five Hundred , which was built on a modified version of the Volvo S80's platform, and debuted as a 2005 model; the old Montego name was dusted off for the Mercurized version. Then, what the hell, Dearborn decided to revive the Taurus and Sable names for 2008.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Volvo Cars is presenting seven new DRIVe models across its full range at the upcoming Geneva auto show, three of which are equipped with a start/stop system and regenerative charging. Volvo introduced its first three DRIVEe branded models—indicating uprated environmental properties—at the 2008 Paris motor show. Earlier post.).

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EV Central

JANUARY 9, 2024

And 83 percent of those EVs were sourced from China, with brands such as Tesla, BYD, MG, Polestar, Volvo, GWM, LDV and BMW all sourcing electric cars from what is now the world’s biggest car manufacturer. Volvo was the highest, with 35.5 Volvo is gearing up to start deliveries of the EX30 while Polestar will bring the 3 and 4 SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

PowerCell Sweden AB, founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group, develops and produces fuel cell stacks and systems for stationary and mobile applications with a world class energy density. Today PowerCell offers a range of fuel cell systems with different power levels for mobile and stationary applications.

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EV Central

MARCH 18, 2024

Concept is an off-road EV beast READ MORE: Jeep EV journey begins with images of 2023 electric SUV That pricing places the Avenger up against the Hyundai Kona Electric and Peugeot e-2008 compact SUVs. Incoming Jeep Wagoneer S will hit 100km/h in just 3.5 seconds READ MORE: Jeep Wrangler Magneto 3.0 2024 Jeep Avenger interior.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

PowerCell Sweden AB, founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group, develops and produces fuel cell stacks and systems for stationary and mobile applications with a world class energy density. Considering the long lifetime of ships, zero emission vessels may have to set sail as early as 2030.

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Fuel Sweden Water Mariner 249

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

will produce lithium-ion battery systems for Volvo Group. The battery systems will be integrated into Volvo’s city buses, heavy-duty distribution vehicles and refuse trucks using the I-SAM parallel hybrid system. These, which are going into production with the Volvo contract, will range from 2.5-7 Source: Magna Steyr.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

Headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden, the company was spun off from the Volvo Group in 2008. Powercell has developed cutting edge fuel cell technology and its stacks provide an output of up to 125 kilowatts. It already supplies fuel cells for use as prototypes in trucks and cars.

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EV Central

JANUARY 19, 2024

French cars have frustrated the living hell out of me this past decade, and the Peugeot e-2008 GT is another one to add to my list. As tested, our e-2008 GT small SUV is over $67,000 to drive-away in Queensland. Day 1: Bonjour, mon ami 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Bonne chance, e-2008. I should want to own one.

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Teslarati

JULY 28, 2022

Taraborrelli has led Lamborghini’s Chassis and Vehicle Dynamics department since January 2008, his LinkedIn says. Ford has successfully hired employees from Ford, Tesla, Rivian, Waymo, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and others. The company is reportedly heading toward introducing an all-electric, self-driving car by 2025.

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EV Sales

MARCH 4, 2021

Volvo XC40 siblings shine The Dutch PEV market dropped 20% in February, to 2,952 plugin registrations, but that result wasn't all that bad, considering that the overall market fell even more (-26% YoY), placing last month PEV Share at 14% (5.6% BEV), keeping the year to date PEV share at 13% (4.1%

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

In the immediate shadow of the Tesla were the runners up, the Toyota BZ4X (repeating its 2nd place, first achieved in February), and the Volvo XC40, in third. The Volvo XC40 jumped ahead of the Volkswagen ID.4, 3, pushing them down to 4th and 5th spots, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

The European Commission found that truck makers MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF broke EU antitrust rules by colluding for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules. Volvo/Renault. The Commission has imposed a record fine of €2,926,499,000 (US$3.22 Fines imposed.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Some models performed better than others. Contrary to the trend in 2019, the growth was not driven by Tesla.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2022

Tesla has all but pioneered the use of megacasts for its vehicles, and while their utilization was met with skepticism in the beginning, carmakers such as Volvo and Volkswagen have recently announced their intentions to adopt similar technologies for their future electric vehicle programs.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

Unfortunate news for Ford-owned Volvo cars late last week as it was forced to recall around 8,500 green cars predominantly from Sweden. The problem came due to issues with the fuel pump of the Volvo V70 and Volvo S80 2008 and 2009 models.

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EV Sales

APRIL 26, 2021

3 Volvo XC40 PHEV - The smallest of Volvo's PHEV lineup is now the the continent's favorite PHEV , as the Swedish carmaker sees their plugin hybrid versions as just another trimline in Europe, facilitating sales, especially of the XC40, that sits at the heart of the hot compact SUV category.

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EV Sales

JUNE 14, 2021

And highlighting Peugeot's good moment, the 2008 EV crossover is now #21, just 12 units behind the #20 BMW X3 PHEV, so expect another Lion on the table soon. As for OEMs, balance is the word, with the VW Group (19%, up 3%) surpassing Geely-Volvo (18%) in May, while the BMW Group (14%) is not far away.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

million ) European Field Operational Test (euroFOT) project—which began in June 2008 and involved 28 companies and organisations—was led by Aria Etemad from Ford’s European Research Centre in Aachen, Germany. ACC was tested by Ford, MAN, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks and Volkswagen. BLIS was tested by Volvo Cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2011

GoBiGas is the second project receiving a grant within the call for proposals regarding second generation biofuels and other energy technologies issued by the Swedish Energy Agency at the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009. The first project granted was Volvo Cars’ development of the C30 battery electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Frost & Sullivan presented the “2008 European Automotive Powertrain Entrepreneurial Company Award” to e-Traction Europe B.V. The company recently won a contract for the conversion of 5 Volvo buses with e-Traction system for the Town of Apeldoorn (Netherlands).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The new Regal, drawing on work on the award-winning Opel Insignia, will offer two gasoline direct-injection engines and is directly targeted at competitors such as the Acura TSX and Volvo S60. The Regal has already gone on sale in China in December 2008 and more than 64,000 Regals have been sold there. The 2011 Buick Regal.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2009

Volvo has called on the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to review the criteria for London Congestion Charge exemption. Volvo believe this principle is now unfair and outdated, and the statistics back up the claim. Volvo believe this principle is now unfair and outdated, and the statistics back up the claim. to enter the capital.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

4 Volvo XC40 Electric car 4 995 4.51 11 Volvo XC60 Electric car 2 309 2.08 12 Peugeot e-2008 Electric car 2 257 2.04 30 Volvo XC90 Charging hybrid (B) 960 0.87 46 Volvo V60 Charging hybrid (B) 624 0.56 4 Volvo XC40 Electric car 4 995 4.51 11 Volvo XC60 Electric car 2 309 2.08 3 Volkswagen ID.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

The total sales are now back to (even above) the high rate achieved in mid 2006 when Volvo Cars temporarily more or less killed the Swedish NGV market via the announcement of their intention to discontinue sales of their Bi-Fuel cars. NGVA Europe.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This highlighted Peugeot's great month, with 4 models in the top 13 spots (the 2008 EV crossover was #11 and the 508 PHEV midsizer was #13), while Stellantis, the new group that resulted from the fusion between PSA and FCA, had 8 models in the Top 20(!),

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo VNL D13 with DME. At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Source: Volvo Trucks. Selecting DME.

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EV Sales

MAY 26, 2021

. #3 Ford Kuga PHEV – After a few battery issues last year, the Ford compact crossover, known as Escape in the USA, is back in top form, having been last month best selling plugin hybrid, with 4,300 units, thus ending a 3 month winning streak from the Volvo XC40 PHEV.

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