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Volvo Cars and Geely Auto to deepen collaboration; new combined powertrain company

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars and Geely Auto have agreed on a wide-ranging collaboration that will maximize the strengths of the Swedish and Chinese automotive groups, delivering synergies in powertrains, sharing of electric vehicle architecture, joint procurement, autonomous drive technologies and aftersales.

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Volvo Reaches 44% Plugin Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

of the US auto market last year, compared to 16% in. continued] The post Volvo Reaches 44% Plugin Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica. Full battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for just 7.2%

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Polestar CEO lays out new shareholder structure with Geely and Volvo

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Polestar has had a rocky start to the year, with rumors that parent company Volvo was ready to back out of its role as a majority stakeholder. In February, Volvo signaled that it was considering giving up its shares of Polestar to Geely , just weeks ahead of the Polestar 3 entering production in China.

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EVs At 58.1% Share In Sweden — The Volvo EX30 Had A Meteoric Climb To #2 Spot

CleanTechnica EVs

March’s auto market saw plugin EVs at a 58.1% Overall auto volume was 23,891 units, down some 21% YoY. Share In Sweden — The Volvo EX30 Had A Meteoric Climb To #2 Spot appeared first on CleanTechnica. share in Sweden, down YoY from 59.9%. Plugin volumes were down YoY for BEVs, but up slightly for PHEVs.

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Volvo Cars sales down 17.2% in February, share of electrified cars increased to 33%

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported sales of 42,067 cars in February, a decline by 17.2% Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up for 33.0% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. In the first two months of the year, Volvo Cars sold 89,628 cars, a decline by 18.8% compared with the same month last year. of total sales.

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Volvo Cars’ connected safety technology can alert drivers of accidents ahead – ET Auto

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The Accident Ahead Alert feature is currently available in Denmark on all 90, 60 and 40 series Volvo car models, from model year 2016 and onwards. Suddenly, your Volvo car alerts you: there’s been an accident ahead. It will be available in compatible Volvo cars in Europe, starting from Denmark.

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Volvo EX30 is 2024 World Urban Car

Electric Cars Report

The fully electric Volvo EX30 has landed a big accolade at the prestigious World Car Awards. Beating out a competitive field of nominees, the EX30 was awarded the title of 2024 World Urban Car in a presentation held at the 2024 New York International Auto Show.

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