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Volvo Cars launches Volvo XC40 Recharge EV as first of new Recharge line; new climate plan

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Volvo Cars introduced the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car and the first model to appear in its brand new Recharge car line concept. The XC40 Recharge, based on the multi-award-winning and best-selling XC40 small SUV, is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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China’s XPeng confirms Aussie launch: 2024 XPeng G6 Tesla Model Y rival will be here within months

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To be imported, distributed and retailed here by Sydney-based TrueEV, the timetable revealed this week calls for the mid-size Xpeng G6 SUV to be on-sale in the fourth quarter of 2024. First production began in 2017 of the G3 compact SUV. 2024 XPeng G6 interior. XPeng showed off an eVTOL flying car at the 2024 Beijing show.

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GM bringing wireless smartphone charging with Powermat to Cadillac models

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Cadillac will add wireless charging of smartphones in the 2015 model ATS sport sedan and coupe launching this fall, to the CTS sport sedan this fall and to the Escalade SUV at the end of 2014.Compatible Powermat enables the phone to simply sit on a rubberized pad while the battery is recharged by means of an electromagnetic field.

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Plug-in 2024 Audi Q8 to arrive later this year

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Audi Australia has announced the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of its 2024 Q8 SUV arrives in the fourth quarter of 2023, priced from $148,375 before on-roads. It near price-matches Audi’s full electric e-tron 55 quattro wagon-back large SUV ($147,400), giving buyers in this price range plenty of electrification options.

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Mitsubishi introduces Concept GC-PHEV SUV to North America

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With a fully charged battery pack and a full tank of gas to recharge the battery when necessary, this advanced PHEV drivetrain can provide nearly two weeks (13 days) of emergency power to the average household. Future Safety Technologies.

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Here are all the used EVs that qualify for a $4,000 tax credit

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4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

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With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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