Belgium, Electrical and Hybrid

Flanders, Belgium transport operator to order 60 electric buses from Van Hool and VDL

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The board of De Lijn, the public transport authority and operator in Flanders, Belgium, has approved the order of 60 electric buses from Van Hool and VDL. The board also approved the purchase of charging infrastructure for e-buses and e-hybrids with two suppliers, Spie-Ekoenergetyka and Heliox.

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Belgium Transportation Financing Electric

Mercedes-Benz supplying 129 Citaro G hybrid 18m articulated buses to Belgium’s TEC Group

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is supplying 129 Citaro G hybrid 18m articulated buses to Belgium’s TEC Group. The Citaro G is a 48V mild hybrid. A 14 kW, 220 N·m electric motor is positioned between the engine and the automatic transmission. This is one of the largest orders for articulated buses in recent years.

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Mercedes Hybrid Supplies Belgium

Solaris secures order for 200 hybrid buses in Belgium; BAE Systems drive, ultracap energy storage

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

Solaris—one of the leading bus manufacturers in Europe—has secured an order for more than 200 hybrid buses from Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport, the primary bus operator in Wallonia, Belgium. This design allows operators to drive a bus on all-electric power since the motor drives the wheels using stored energy.

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Belgium Energy Storage Hybrid Energy

Flemish public transport operator orders 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses, upgrades 280 hybrids into e-hybrids

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JULY 18, 2021

De Lijn, the public transport operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium, is ordering 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses; further, the operator confirmed the upgrade of 280 if its current hybrid buses into e-hybrids. The main advantage of e-hybrid buses over regular hybrids lays in their battery capacity.

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Hybrid Plug-in Transportation Plug

Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. Ghent is currently preparing to take a second fully electric Volvo model, based on the CMA modular vehicle architecture, into production later this year.

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Volvo Electric Cars Sale Belgium

Volvo sells 11 electric hybrid buses with 2 ABB automated fast-chargers to Namur, Belgium

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. This is the largest order to date for the company’s electric bus system. TEC is buying the bus system as a turn-key solution.

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Belgium Volvo Hybrid Maintenance

Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo Cars launched the battery-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; based on the CMA vehicle platform it is the first Volvo model designed as pure electric only. Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years.

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Volvo Recharge All-Electric Cars

First drive review: 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid delivers more range and power

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Volvo has said that it will make only electric cars by 2030. So what’s in store for its plug-in hybrids in the interim? Bigger batteries for more electric range.

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Recharge Volvo Plug-in Plug

Volvo Buses receives order for 90 electric hybrid buses and fast charging stations from Belgium

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Volvo Buses has secured its largest order yet for complete solutions for electric bus traffic. The Belgian cities of Charleroi and Namur have together ordered 90 Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid buses as well as 12 charging stations. The buyer is public transport company TEC Group. The charging stations will be delivered by ABB.

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Volvo Belgium Hybrid Charging

Scania unveils new hybrid, battery-electric buses

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

At Busworld in Kortrijk, Belgium, Scania unveiled the hybrid Scania Interlink Low Decker and the battery-electric Scania Citywide bus. The Scania Interlink Low Decker is presently available for diesel, biodiesel, HVO, CNG/CBG, ethanol and, with the latest addition, hybrid. This bus will go on sale in 2018.

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Hybrid Belgium Batteries Battery

Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% The share of fully electric cars stood at 16.2%. The increase was led by markets such as the UK, Italy and Belgium. of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Recharge Volvo Sale Global

ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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APRIL 27, 2020

of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% Last year, registrations of new electric buses in the EU increased by 170.5% Electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) accounted for 4.0% Overall in 2019, 1,918 hybrid buses were registered across the European Union, or 59.7%

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2019 Spain Italy France

Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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JUNE 8, 2020

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. Until recently, the Chengdu plant already sourced 70% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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Volvo Renewable Power Powered

Groupe PSA & Punch Powertrain to form second JV to expand electrification partnership; DT2 for MHEV and PHEV

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JUNE 3, 2020

Punch Powertrain holds majority control in the new Joint 61/39 Venture, which will design, manufacture, and supply Punch Powertrain’s DT2 dual clutch transmission for the industry’s next generation of mild hybrid electric (MHEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles.

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PHEV Belgium Plug-in Netherlands

In Europe, Ford introduces Mondeo hybrid wagon, 2.0L EcoBlue diesel for Mondeo

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JANUARY 19, 2019

Ford revealed the enhanced Mondeo—including a new Hybrid Wagon variant for the first time—at the Brussels Motor Show in Belgium. Combined with the benefits of a low CO 2 petrol engine we expect the Hybrid to account for up to 50 percent of sales. liter Atkinson cycle gasoline engine; electric motor; generator; 1.4

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Europe Diesel Ford Hybrid

Elektromotive Extends European Recharging Network to Belgium and Luxembourg

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

UK-based Elektromotive has appointed The PluginCompany to install networks of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Belgium and Luxembourg. Pilot schemes will see the installation of 20 Elektrobay units in the two countries by the end of this year, ahead of further planned rollouts during 2010. The Elektrobay.

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Luxembourg Belgium Elektrobay Recharge

Porsche reports ~60% of new Panamera models delivered in Europe are with plug-in hybrid drive; ramping up for Mission E

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Porsche reports that around 60% of all new Panamera models that have been delivered in Europe were equipped with a hybrid drive. The new Panamera plug-in hybrid models were launched on the European market in June 2017. In some countries, the proportion of Panamera hybrids is even higher. Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

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Porsche Plug-in Hybrid Plug

Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2024

German automaker Volkswagen has reported its full-year 2023 delivery numbers, featuring more deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) than ever before. the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Norway and Belgium. million BEVs sold , with many of its over 3 million vehicle sales coming from plugin hybrids and gas cars (via Reuters ).

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles Batteries Battery

European EV Policy & Sales Trends — Greece, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, & UK

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the latest episode of Cleantech Talk, José Pontes of EAFO and EV Volumes provided us with a thorough exploration of varying electric vehicle sales trends and the policies that have driven them in several European countries. While you can indeed listen to the podcast and get the story, José actually brought a lot of charts […].

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Greece Iceland Austria Belgium

4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable of new passenger cars in the EU were electrically?chargeable digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). Electrically?chargeable electric segment (BEV) and plug?in All alternatively?powered

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2019 Gasoline Plug-in Diesel

Audi R18 e-tron quattro with Williams Hybrid Power electric flywheel system makes strong debut

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MAY 8, 2012

The Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ), powered by Williams Hybrid Power’s electric flywheel hybrid system, made a strong first competitive outing in round two of the F.I.A The second race in the 2012 calendar saw teams head to Belgium for the WEC 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps. World Endurance Championship.

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Audi Hybrid Power Powered

BMW eDrive Zone function now available in several PHEV models in Europe

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MARCH 18, 2020

BMW eDrive Zones trigger an automatic shift to all-electric operating mode as soon as the vehicle enters a designated area, such as a low emission zone. BMW eDrive Zones are now available in various BMW plug-in hybrid models. Every electrically driven kilometer counts, and within an eDrive Zone, twice as many points can be collected.

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BMW Available PHEV Europe

Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Over the past five years, the number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 vehicles, according to a report from Busworld. For 2019, Poland-based Solaris claims to have concluded the most contracts for the construction of electric buses. Volvo has now upgraded its hybrid buses.

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Europe Macedonia BYD Poland

Daimler Buses introduces Citaro hybrid bus; available on diesel and gas models; separate 48V network

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Among its numerous debuts at Busworld Europe in Belgium, Daimler Buses took the wraps off the new Citaro hybrid urban bus. The hybrid powertrain is optionally available for a large number of model variants of the best-selling urban bus, even for the natural-gas-engined Citaro NGT.

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Available Hybrid Diesel Gas

Audi R18 e-tron quattro: diesel hybrid Le Mans racer with electric flywheel energy storage

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

Major hybrid system elements in the R18 e-tron quattro: front-axle MGU, flywheel accumulator and power electronics. Audi Motorsport unveiled the R18 e-tron quattro: the first LMP1 car to combine a highly-efficient TDI diesel engine with a hybrid system. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) In the process, the wheels drive the MGU.

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Audi Energy Storage Hybrid Diesel

TM4 introduces new motor/generator for the commercial heavy-duty hybrid market: SUMO HP HV900

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

TM4 is expanding its SUMO family of electric powertrains ( earlier post ) with the introduction of the new SUMO HP line which is dedicated to high-power applications. The SUMO HP HV900 is currently being used as part of the plug-in hybrid powertrain system being developed in a joint effort with Cummins that was announced in May.

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Motor Motors Motoring Commercial

DAF Putting LF Hybrid Truck Into Production; Eaton Hybrid System

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The DAF LF hybrid. At the IAA 2010 in Hanover, DAF Trucks, a PACCAR company, presented the 12-tonne LF45 parallel hybrid truck, which will enter production at the end of this year. DAF LF hybrid system. The battery pack for the hybrid system weighs around 100 kg (220 lbs) and comprises ninety-six 3.4 Click to enlarge.

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Eaton Hybrid Czech Republic Production

New Step Towards Zero-Emission Driving in Cities

EV Obssesion

JULY 19, 2021

44 New e-hybrid articulated buses for De Lijn, Public Transport Operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium News courtesy of – De Lijn We are taking another important step in emission-free driving in urban areas. The post New Step Towards Zero-Emission Driving in Cities appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Emissions Belgium Light Hybrid

SORL launches new electric air brake compressors for electric buses

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JULY 18, 2012

a supplier of brake and control systems to the global commercial vehicle industry, has launched a new generation of electric air brake compressors to be used in electric buses. An electric air compressor is a necessity for all electric buses with an air brake system. China-based SORL Auto Parts, Inc., Earlier post.)

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Belgium Electric Electrical Plug-in

Volvo Buses unveiling Volvo 7900 Electric bus at Busworld in October

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

When Volvo Buses participates in the Busworld exhibition in Kortrijk, Belgium in October, the company will unveil the Volvo 7900 Electric—Volvo’s first series-produced electric bus under its own brand. The electric model is around 80% more energy-efficient than a conventional diesel bus.

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Volvo Power Grid Belgium Grid

Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Polestar, the electric performance car brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, unveiled the Polestar 2 electric fastback in an online reveal from Polestar’s headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Polestar 2 is the company’s first full electric, higher volume premium car.

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Google Volvo Sweden Electric

Quadrant CMS plastics/metal hybrid technology saves weight in airbag assemblies with integrated lead frames

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MAY 2, 2016

A hybrid plastics/metal airbag housing with integrated lead frame, co-developed and produced by Quadrant Creative Molding & Systems for an automotive steering wheel airbag assembly, reduces weight, packing space and costs. The hybrid structure is created by combining the plastics housing with the metal leadframe.

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Hybrid Turkey Belgium Automobile Industry

Toyota Motor Europe to supply fuel cell modules for train project as member of FCH2RAIL consortium

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APRIL 8, 2021

The main objective of the FCH2RAIL project is to develop, build, test, demonstrate and homologate a scalable, modular and multi-purpose Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP) applicable for different rail applications (multiple unit, mainline and shunting locomotives) also suitable to for retrofit existing electric and diesel trains, to reach TRL7.

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Europe Supplies Fuel Toyota

Prayon and Pulead to create JV for manufacture and sale of lithium iron phosphate material for Li-ion batteries

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Major cathode material producer Pulead (China) and phosphate leader Prayon (Belgium) have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture for the manufacture and sale of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) under licence from LiFePO 4 +C Licensing LLC.

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Li-ion Belgium Manufacturer Morocco

Eaton hybrid systems log 100M miles in service, reduce fuel consumption by 4M gallons

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Eaton Corporation announced that customers of its hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service, reducing fuel consumption by 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and harmful emissions by 40,000 metric tons.

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Eaton Hybrid Miles Fuel

ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategy is centred around two main technology routes, as introduced in the first ArcelorMittal Europe climate action report published earlier this year: The use of hydrogen in DRI-EAF (Direct Reduced Iron - Electric Arc Furnace) and, also, the blast furnace. The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen.

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Europe Green 2020 Hydrogen

UPS cargo eBike pilot in Seattle

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The UPS cargo eBike is equipped with a battery-powered electric motor that can travel longer distances than traditional bikes, carry substantial loads and navigate hills and other terrain. This includes all-electric, hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, ethanol, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and propane.

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Seattle Washington Ireland Belgium

Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2018

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. With to the hybrid power source, the buses, with a tank capacity of 38.2

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Hydrogen Germany Europe Fuel

Porsche expanding Charging Service in Europe; more than 49,000 charging points

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Just a few months after the launch, Porsche is expanding its charging service for plug-in and electric vehicles ( earlier post ) by five countries and additional functions. The service is generally available to all drivers of hybrid or electric vehicles; it is not limited to Porsche sports cars.

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Porsche Charging Europe Austria

Volvo Car Group boosts production of V60 PHEV by 90%; 7,600 units in 2013

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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. All in all, Volvo Cars will produce 7,600 plug-in hybrids in 2013, with a 2014 target of 10,000 units. This corresponds to fuel consumption of 1.8

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Volvo 2013 PHEV Production

Ballard and Van Hool launch European service center to support fuel cell buses

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

With a growing number of Van Hool buses on European roads powered by Ballard fuel cell modules, maintenance and repair activities related to fuel cells and hybrid drive line components need to be readily available from experienced support personnel.

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Fuel Belgium Maintenance 2014

Deutsche Post DHL and Renault aim to intensify their collaboration on the use of electric vehicles

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MARCH 14, 2014

is an electrified vehicle that is used to transport DHL Express shipments at the moment in France as well as in Aruba, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. Overall, DHL currently uses 304 electric vehicles including Kangoo Z.E., By 2016 over 140 electric vehicles will be in use, including several Renault Kangoo Z.E. The Kangoo Z.E.

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Electric Vehicles Climate Protection Vehicles Belgium

Volvo Cars sales return to growth in China, but down 43.8% in April y-o-y overall; plug-in share doubles to 14%

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MAY 6, 2020

Recharge is the overarching brandname for all chargeable Volvo models with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain. The European sales performance was significantly impacted in April due to restriced movement in several key markets including Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. year-on-year.

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Volvo Plug-in Sale China

Clean powertrain company Punch Powertrain acquires power electronics specialist Apojee

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Punch Powertrain, a Belgium-based full-system supplier of fuel-efficient powertrains including transmissions and plug-in hybrid and battery-electric systems, is acquiring France-based power electronics expert Apojee. accelerated EV development and a stronger position in the field of electric and hybrid transmissions.

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Power Powered Clean Cleaning

Flanders, Belgium transport operator to order 60 electric buses from Van Hool and VDL

Mercedes-Benz supplying 129 Citaro G hybrid 18m articulated buses to Belgium’s TEC Group

Solaris secures order for 200 hybrid buses in Belgium; BAE Systems drive, ultracap energy storage

Flemish public transport operator orders 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses, upgrades 280 hybrids into e-hybrids

Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

Volvo sells 11 electric hybrid buses with 2 ABB automated fast-chargers to Namur, Belgium

Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

First drive review: 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid delivers more range and power

Volvo Buses receives order for 90 electric hybrid buses and fast charging stations from Belgium

Scania unveils new hybrid, battery-electric buses

Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

Groupe PSA & Punch Powertrain to form second JV to expand electrification partnership; DT2 for MHEV and PHEV

In Europe, Ford introduces Mondeo hybrid wagon, 2.0L EcoBlue diesel for Mondeo

Elektromotive Extends European Recharging Network to Belgium and Luxembourg

Porsche reports ~60% of new Panamera models delivered in Europe are with plug-in hybrid drive; ramping up for Mission E

Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

European EV Policy & Sales Trends — Greece, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, & UK

4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

Audi R18 e-tron quattro with Williams Hybrid Power electric flywheel system makes strong debut

BMW eDrive Zone function now available in several PHEV models in Europe

Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

Daimler Buses introduces Citaro hybrid bus; available on diesel and gas models; separate 48V network

Audi R18 e-tron quattro: diesel hybrid Le Mans racer with electric flywheel energy storage

TM4 introduces new motor/generator for the commercial heavy-duty hybrid market: SUMO HP HV900

DAF Putting LF Hybrid Truck Into Production; Eaton Hybrid System

New Step Towards Zero-Emission Driving in Cities

SORL launches new electric air brake compressors for electric buses

Volvo Buses unveiling Volvo 7900 Electric bus at Busworld in October

Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

Quadrant CMS plastics/metal hybrid technology saves weight in airbag assemblies with integrated lead frames

Toyota Motor Europe to supply fuel cell modules for train project as member of FCH2RAIL consortium

Prayon and Pulead to create JV for manufacture and sale of lithium iron phosphate material for Li-ion batteries

Eaton hybrid systems log 100M miles in service, reduce fuel consumption by 4M gallons

ArcelorMittal Europe to produce “green steel” starting in 2020

UPS cargo eBike pilot in Seattle

Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

Porsche expanding Charging Service in Europe; more than 49,000 charging points

Volvo Car Group boosts production of V60 PHEV by 90%; 7,600 units in 2013

Ballard and Van Hool launch European service center to support fuel cell buses

Deutsche Post DHL and Renault aim to intensify their collaboration on the use of electric vehicles

Volvo Cars sales return to growth in China, but down 43.8% in April y-o-y overall; plug-in share doubles to 14%

Clean powertrain company Punch Powertrain acquires power electronics specialist Apojee

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