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

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo CarsĀ“ 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%.

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

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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. The share of Recharge cars as a percentage of total sales more than doubled in 2020, compared to 2019. Volvo XC40 Recharge production in Ghent, Belgium.

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

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Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years. By 2025, Volvo Cars aims for 50% of its global sales volume to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids.

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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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In the January to April period, Volvo Cars global sales reached 163,649 cars, down 24.9% Recharge is the overarching brandname for all chargeable Volvo models with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain. China sales in April reached 14,724 cars, up 20.8% Between January and April, US sales declined by 23.3%

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

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At the Ghent plant in Belgium, Volvo Cars installed 15,000 solar panels in 2018, the first large-scale introduction of solar energy in its global manufacturing network. The centerpiece of the plan is Volvo Carsā€™ ambition to generate 50% of global sales from fully electric cars by 2025, with the rest hybrids.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on ā€œpremiumā€

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Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . The Volvo XC40 Recharge isnā€™t the only battery-electric vehicle from Volvo/Geely to go on sale in the US. The electric XC40 comes from Ghent, Belgium, incidentally. Introducing Polestar.

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Volvo Car Group signs multi-billion Li-ion dollar battery supply deals with CATL and LG Chem

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The company has since reinforced this strategy, by stating that it aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its global sales volume by 2025. The future of Volvo Cars is electric and we are firmly committed to moving beyond the internal combustion engine.

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