Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is ramping up production of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid ( earlier post ) by 90% to meet demand, especially in Holland, Belgium and Italy. The two companies have financed the development project jointly. Production at the Torslanda plant in Sweden will be increased continuously from 150 to 282 units per week.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The four partners plan to sign a contract covering the retrofit of at least three vehicles once the studies have been successfully concluded and financing is secured. The hybrid drives combine a modern diesel engine with an electric motor and batteries to recover braking energy, reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by up to 25%.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

based TerraPower and London- and Italy-based Newcleo should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional reactors. Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has designed a nuclear vessel with a molten-salt reactor that might conceivably serve as a mobile charging station for a future fleet of small, battery-powered cruise ships.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 144

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

To survive, help is needed from Italys Fiat but, as negotiations with the Italian automaker bog down and the two week deadline to hammer out a partnership approaches, the companys future - as well as its aspirations for an electric hot rod - are increasingly in doubt. More How healthy are your finances? 5.90 / 0.07% Nasdaq 1,673.07

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