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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.

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Raizen Power, BYD to build EV charging network in Brazil

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The agreement between the two companies includes several initiatives, such as the construction of EV charging hubs under Shell’s public EV charging brand – Shell Recharge – in eight Brazilian […] The post Raizen Power, BYD to build EV charging network in Brazil appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE testing plug-in vehicles as renewable energy storage for office buildings

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Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. For this demonstration, the consortium linked Hitachi’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) charger to ENGIE’s office building in Zaandam, The Netherlands. Hitachi Europe Ltd.,

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CA To Require New Buildings To Be Wired For Electric-Car Charging Stations

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With extensive electrical infrastructure already in place in built-up areas, plug-in electric cars are never too far from a potential recharging source. Now, California has ensured that new buildings at least will have.'

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FCA to build battery assembly plant in Turin

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FCA will build a new battery assembly complex in Turin as part of its overall e-mobility strategy. A journey passing through the recent partnerships on recharging infrastructure, Vehicle-to-Grid and services to support customers of hybrid and full electric cars, from Italy to the rest of the world.

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Electric car chargers to be required in all new house and office builds in England

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THE UK GOVERNMENT will introduce legislation to include electric vehicle charging points on all new-build homes and offices in England, it has been confirmed. The government first proposed the potential world-first legislation that all new-build homes would get charging points back in 2019. Will it be compulsory on older homes?