The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2023

On paper, the 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate seems like a fine compact EV. Quirky” is an adjective that’s been applied to Volvos in the past, in ways both good and bad, and it certainly applies here, though the quirks are more confounding than fun. Props to Volvo for that. And it looks cool.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2014

Volvo Car Group and engineering company Flybrid Automotive, part of the Torotrak Group, have been conducting UK tests of lightweight Flybrid flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) technology. —Derek Crabb, Vice President Powertrain Engineering at Volvo Car Group. Rear-axle KERS unit. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile. Other buildings will also start installing charging piles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Teaming with trucking company 4 Gen Logistics, Electrify America is building on its commitment to provide charging infrastructure to the City of Long Beach to support 4 Gen’s 60 electric trucks conducting drayage operations in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Volvo Trucks North America launched several new integrated powertrain solutions, offering increased fuel efficiency, productivity, reliability, packaging, comfort and uptime. As a result of the improvements, Volvo is delivering between 2.2 Volvo engine enhancements. The engine also delivers up to a 2.2%

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EV Central

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Volvo has some of the most aggressive goals when it comes to brand-wide electrification, and the new C40 Recharge is a big step in its electric charge towards zero emissions. Its official name is the Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric, and it’s available as either a single motor or dual motor (the latter is called the Twin).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) has received a grant of 6.57 million) from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop and test a flywheel kinetic energy recovery system in a joint project together with Volvo Powertrain and SKF. Tests in a Volvo car will begin in the second half of 2011. Flywheel KERS component details. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

Volvo Cars, A-hus and Vattenfall recently launched the six-month One Tonne Life project—an attempt by a family (the Lindells) to cut their carbon dioxide yearly emissions from seven tonnes per person to a more sustainable one tonne. Volvo has provided a C30 Electric ( earlier post ) for use in the project.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Volvo is seeking to promote economies of scale within the company’s own model range via a separate architecture for most of its products. In today’s model range, for example, the Volvo S60, V60 and XC60 form one cluster. —Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development at the Volvo Car Corporation.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced by a company called Cheesecake Energy. The compressed air, now cool and easier to store, is housed in a large air tank.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Oberon Fuels’ pilot plant in Brawley, California, produces fuel-grade DME in North America, which has been used by Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, and Ford Motor Company for vehicle demonstrations around the world. Oberon sees this state-invested project as a key building block towards producing rDME statewide using California’s methane emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

In a joint project with the EU, the Swedish Energy Agency, fuel companies and the transport industry, Volvo Trucks is investigating the potential for large-scale investment in dimethyl ether (DME) fuel produced from biomass (Bio-DME). Volvo’s DME truck. All this makes Bio-DME an ideal fuel for diesel engines, according to Volvo.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

The goal is to build a hydrogen refueling network that can be rolled out quickly, and built up over time as fuel cell trucks become more common. As of now, the refueling station is… basically just an asphalt-and-gravel lot, with a building for 24/7 support on-site, across the street from the Ontario Airport. But that’s some ways off.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 3, 2023

sellers who don’t wish to build investments as the logo transitions to electrical cars. The companions have budgeted $1 million to renovate the Livingston retail outlets and manufacture an eight-bay diesel restore store. “We would like to add two or three more Kimberly Eakin stores for sure.” Kramer stated.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volvo Low-Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS): The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will receive $44.8 million to deploy 23 Class 8 Volvo battery electric trucks and 24 zero-emission forklifts, along with 58 heavy-duty fast chargers and other related equipment in Ontario, Chino, Fontana and Placentia.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

California-based WattEV is building a network of charging hubs designed for electric trucks, incorporating solar generation, battery storage and active energy management. We’ve already submitted patents, and are about to start designing it and building out prototypes. These megawatt charging sites will be open to all fleet operators.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

Smart EV Charging in Commercial and Industrial Buildings. It optimizes energy consumption based on grid constraints, energy pricing, renewable energy availability, locally stored energy, preconfigured EV owner preferences, and driver needs. Smart EV charging in Commercial and Industrial Buildings.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Supplying to Volvo Trucks or Daimler Trucks or whoever is more burdensome. When we were first starting off at Daimler Truck, trying to find a battery cell supplier that would build us a pack that was good in the truck was difficult. If you don’t build something like that, people can’t refer to it. It’s less time and effort.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Ener1’s strategy is therefore to build capacity in a way that is customer-agnostic. Small Cell represents the legacy business of Ener1 Korea, the business previously referred to as Enertech International. Grid Energy Storage. Gassenheimer said that Grid Energy Storage will be an increasing focus for Ener1. —Charles Gassenheimer.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. However, private enterprises are investing in public charging for trucks.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The amount, type and usefulness of the data poses unique challenges for automakers in deciding which data to store, how to store it, and where to store it. Think of the efforts needed to make building the controlled explosions in an internal combustion engine safe, powerful and free from pollution," he says.

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EVolution

MARCH 3, 2022

Based on the Volvo’s CMA architecture the similarities between the 2 and the XC40 are evident, the Polestar still retains the traditional transmission tunnel from the Volvo, but Polestar cleverly uses this to store batteries so it not a wasted space. Ready to make a Reservation?

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 8, 2022

The OEMs’ poor levels of “EV sales preparedness” were highlighted in McKinsey’s 2019 EV Mystery Shopping study,  The study identified the primary problems confronting OEMs that sell EVs tey are, Their in-store presentation.  reach scale fast and build a network of EV champions for each OEM brand.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 31, 2021

Last year, Volvo and Baidu announced a collaboration to build large-scale autonomous driving in China. #4. Solar cars can store some solar energy in batteries and operate smoothly at night or when there is no direct sunlight. Solar cars. Solar-powered cars are another fascinating engineering development to keep an eye on.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. Over time, however, the research focus in bidirectional EV applications shifted from the grid to homes and commercial buildings. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6 Those applications will require institutional fleets of EVs.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Then there are EV rivals such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (from $72,000), Tesla Model Y (from $69,300), Polestar 2 (from $67,400) and Volvo XC40 Pure Electric (from $73,990) to consider. Power builds in a very linear, smooth way – there’s plenty of guts, you just never have any ‘wow’ moments.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Establishing dealer network.

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