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Volvo Car USA fully electric vehicle sales reach 7.2% of total in 2022

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Volvo Car USA reported sales of 102,038 cars for the full year 2022, down 16.5% In the month of December, Volvo Car USA sold 11,111 cars, up 6.4%compared The share of overall Recharge cars—those with pure electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains—reached 27.4% compared with the year before. during the year, up 14.3%

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Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

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The all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge is available online via volvocars.com in select markets across Europe as of this week. The propulsion system consists of twin electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle, powered by a 78 kWh battery that can be fast-charged to 80% in about 40 minutes. of total Volvo Car USA sales.

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Volvo C40 Recharge EV coming to US with $58,750 MSRP

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The Volvo C40 Recharge pure electric will start at an MSRP of $58,750 in the United States before tax credits. The C40 Recharge, along with the 2022 XC40 Recharge, introduces new specification level nomenclature: Plus and Ultimate. This will enable drivers to charge at discounted rates of $0.31/min,

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Welcome to Fusion City, USA

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Zap compares stabilizing plasma to holding jelly with rubber bands, and keeping ITER’s fusion reaction going will require an immense battery of cryogenically-cooled superconducting magnets. But the faster and hotter the ions, the harder they are to confine. Helion will then gradually increase power and compression through the year. “If

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Schlumberger New Energy Venture to launch a lithium extraction pilot plant in Nevada

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The deployment of the pilot plant will be in Clayton Valley, Nevada, USA. The NeoLith Energy sustainable approach uses a differentiated direct lithium extraction (DLE) process to enable the production of high-purity, battery-grade lithium material while reducing the production time from over a year to weeks.

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Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

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Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are partnering to establish the first public electric vehicle charging network at numerous U.S. ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers would supply Volvo’s C40 Recharge from 20 percent state of charge to 90 percent in just 40 minutes. Vice President Americas and President and CEO for Volvo USA, said.

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US Electric Train Maker Sends Hot Pink Diesel-Killing Love Letter To Australia

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This new electric train will hit the rails in Australia, complete with a regenerative braking braking system that recharges its own battery on-the-go.

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