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One Tonne Life family reduces emissions down to level of 1.5 tonnes CO2 per person per year

Green Car Congress

The project sponsors—including Volvo Cars, Vattenfall, A-hus, ICA and Siemens—said that the family’s 80% drop shows that the government’s climate target of a 40% reduction in Swedish carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 is already within the reach of the average household using the best available know-how and technology.

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How Long Until EV Fleets Take Over the Supply Chain?

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UPS has ordered 10,000 electric vehicles and FedEx plans to make its entire pickup and delivery fleet battery-powered by 2040. Electric concepts like the E-Fuso from Daimler Trucks have helped advance commercial truck EV toward production. Volvo VNR Electric heavy-duty trucks ready for delivery.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

Still, the 2025 Kia EV9 and 2025 Volvo EX30 stand out as particularly important EVs for 2024. They haven’t, and GM is clearly struggling to overcome a host of startup production problems with its Ultium vehicles—sales of which have remained far, far below the company’s own goals. Volvo EX30: small and inexpensive, but is it premium?

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Report: Volvo Drops Front-Drive Versions of XC40 and XC60

The Truth About Cars

Volvo is dropping front-wheel drive for the XC40 and XC60 crossovers for 2024. Since Volvo plans on going all-electric in the years to come, further consolidation of its gasoline-powered vehicles makes a lot of sense. Volvo is broadly considered a luxury brand and its clientele has shown a predictable willingness to be upsold.

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Smith Electric Vehicles and Proton Power Sign MoU for Developing Commercial Electric Vehicle With Fuel Cell Range Extender; First Prototype at Hannover Fair 2010

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Proton Power Systems recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smith Electric Vehicles, the commercial electric vehicle division of The Tanfield Group Plc. Proton Power Systems is the parent company of Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, an independent fuel cell system developer, based in Germany.

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Volvo to adopt “Tesla style” megacasts for its next-gen electric vehicles

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First up seems to be Volvo, which recently noted that its Torslanda factory in Sweden, one of the company’s oldest and largest plants, would be shifting to the use of megacasts within the coming years. . Volvo’s Torslanda car plant (Credit: Volvo Cars ). “All the aluminum that you are injecting is used.

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Daimler Trucks unveils Mercedes-Benz fuel-cell concept truck, previews long-haul battery-electric truck; electrification strategy

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Daimler Trucks plans to begin customer trials of the GenH2 Truck in 2023; series production is to start in the second half of the decade. Daimler Trucks plans to have the eActros LongHaul ready for series production in 2024. Its range on one battery charge will be approximately 500 kilometers.

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