Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Volvo Trucks North America is utilizing 3D printing technology to produce tools and fixtures used in the manufacturing process at its New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia, where all trucks for the North American market are built. All of these parts were printed at the Volvo Innovative Projects lab at the Dublin facility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Niron will use this financing to advance the commercial partnerships and pilot production of its rare earth-free Clean Earth Magnet, further demonstrating its potential to replace rare earth permanent magnets. Niron’s Clean Earth Magnets are permanent magnets made from iron nitride (FeN) using widely available commodity raw materials.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. Niron will use the funding to build its pilot production facility in Minnesota and accelerate the development of its Clean Earth Magnet technology. million in new financing.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 14, 2023

One of the leaders in the electric heavy truck industry is Volvo Trucks. Volvo Trucks has now sold more than 4,300 electric trucks globally in more than 38 countries since 2019, when production […] In 2022, the number of heavy electric trucks on the roads in Europe and the United States grew faster than ever before.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

Volvo Cars announced a range of updates to its global connected services program and its Sensus in-car user interface, starting with the new XC60 and the company’s existing and new 90 Series cars. —Björn Annwall, Senior Vice President Global Consumer Experience at Volvo Car Group. —Björn Annwall.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 4, 2021

Volvo Cars doesn’t carry the weight of a global powerhouse like Volkswagen, Ford, or Toyota, but it’s no niche automaker either, and it has been one of the most ambitious when it comes to riding the technology waves of the 2020s. Volvo Cars aims to be one of the quickest legacy automakers to transition to […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

One of the leaders in the electric heavy truck industry is Volvo Trucks. Volvo Trucks has now sold more than 4300 electric trucks globally in more than 38 countries since 2019, when production of these units commenced.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Many global car manufacturing brands have made the commitment to switch to electric vehicles by 2030. Volvo Group is one of the car-manufacturing brands that has made that 2030 commitment. This commitment to zero emissions by 2030 highlights the eagerness of car manufacturing brands to do their part in fighting climate change.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2022

The factory is expected to start the first part of its operations in late 2024 and will employ up to 1,000 people, utilizing 100% clean energy from the region. We are thrilled to be able to open a new chapter in Borlänge’s history as a global industrial hub. —Peter Carlsson, Co-Founder and CEO of Northvolt.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. Volvo hybrid bus. Volvo Buses launched its first hybrid bus in 2009 and has delivered nearly 1,600 hybrids to 21 countries. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation and China Development Bank Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic partnership. —Stefan Jacoby, CEO & President of Volvo Car Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Daimler AG and Geely Holding, the respective parent companies of Mercedes-Benz AG and Volvo Cars, plan to collaborate on developing highly efficient powertrain systems for next-generation hybrid vehicle applications. Areas of potential cooperation include engineering, sourcing, industrialization and efficiency measures.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 28, 2022

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 55% in May 2022 compared to May 2021. With the China covid lockdown effects easing, sales have recovered most of their previous pace, reaching 699,000 registrations last month. That represents 12% share of the overall auto market (8.6% BEV share).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nissan’s CEO needs to clean out his closet, according to his wife. Nissan Ariya electric SUV (Source: Nissan) Despite the launch of its first EV in over a decade, Nissan’s global EV sales slipped to 127,953 through November of last year, down from 128,194 in 2022. In comparison, Tesla handed over a record 1.81

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Led by the World Economic Forum and the US Government, the First Movers Coalition targets hard-to-abate sectors including aluminum, aviation, chemicals, concrete, shipping, steel, and trucking, which are responsible for 30% of global emissions. Møller – Mærsk with a combined collective market value of about US$8.5

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 46% in November 2022 compared to November 2021, reaching 1,060,000 units, a new record, beating the 1,040,000 registrations of the previous month of September. And 18% of new vehicles sold across the world have a plug.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise. The COP 21 Paris Agreement created a political pathway for global CO 2 mitigation efforts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

California’s EV adoption rate exceeds the global trends according to the International Energy Agency showing that the global EV market share jumped from 4.11% in 2020 to 8.57% in 2021. Volvo: 1,325 XC40, 1 C40 (0.7%). For sales in 2021 only, the shares were: 183,933 BEV (73.5%). 63,141 PHEV (25.2%). 3,205 FCEV (1.3%).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Volkswagen is targeting 500,000 EVs per year by the middle of the decade, globally—and that’s just counting its ID.4 Several new Volvo models give you the fine particulate levels in your vehicle cabin. 4 crossover. And a report projects that going electric sooner will save lives, lungs, and a whole lot of money.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 94% last month compared to July 2020, scoring 480,000 units (or 7.1% share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in July, in line with the year-to-date (YTD) tally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The H2Accelerate collaboration was formed by truck OEMs Daimler Truck, IVECO, and Volvo Group, and hydrogen infrastructure players OMV, Shell, and TotalEnergies, to accelerate the deployment of green hydrogen for trucking. —David Burns, VP Clean Energy Development. The task ahead is large and complex.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. Propane is already known for its versatile, cost-effective and clean burning attributes.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

Under the terms of the agreement, Clean Air Power will convert two 9 liter engines using its patented Dual-Fuel combustion technology with the purpose of demonstrating the efficiency and cost saving capabilities that its technology offers end users. In January, Volvo Powertrain signed a Letter of Intent with Clean Air Power Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

of cars on the road globally are electrified, which begs the question: How do we fulfill the promise of EVs to deliver sustainable mobility? As relatively young businesses, it’s clear to both Polestar and Circulor that there are solutions out there that can affect real, meaningful change.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Top 5 Automakers For Plugin Vehicle Sales Globally To start, we’ll look at full electrics (BEVs) plus plugin […]. It’s 2023, but we’re still aggregating sales data from the various automakers at the end of 2022. The picture of who will win the annual competition is forming clearly.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 20, 2022

Along with those special celebrations, we have news on free electric cab rides this week, fun concept cars, Volvo customers now having access to more than 270,000 charging points in Europe, growing electric taxi sales, and more. May 20th is World Bee Day, and National Bike to Work Day. Electric Cars Renault Scenic […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 21, 2023

Electric buses continue to expand globally, and two recent announcements from electric bus companies in the United States and Germany prove it. The US Capitol Is Getting 5 More Electric Buses Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group and leading North American transit bus manufacturer, has […]

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Teslarati

MARCH 8, 2024

Along with representatives from Tesla, Chinese automaker BYD, Europe’s Volvo, JAC, SEV, and Vemo formed the EMA. EMA aims to promote clean air and reduce emissions over the next ten years. During a conference, Shirley Wagner was introduced as the President of EMA. By 2035, 100% of the vehicles sold in Mexico should be electric.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

China automaker Geely Group has signed a global strategic cooperation agreement with Johnson Controls. Johnson Controls will provide a range of auto parts to Geely, and the two will cooperate in the clean energy sector in unspecified areas. Geely is a preferred bidder for Volvo Cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

has signed a concept development agreement with UK-based Clean Air Power Ltd. Negotiations were underway for two years, according to Clean Air Power, during which time Navistar evaluated a number of different environmental technologies. Clean Air Power will spend approximately $1.5m Navistar, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The letter notes that the demand for clean truck and bus incentives has far exceed available funding in the past two years. It only took two weeks for all of the incentives for the 2020-21 budget to be claimed. The executives urged that the Governor commit a minimum of 13.5% The executives urged that the Governor commit a minimum of 13.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2021

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up an impressive 199% last month compared to May 2020, to some 442,000 units (or 6.6% share of the overall auto market). That was the industry’s 3rd best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 190%, to some 295,000 registrations (or 4.4%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

The Metals Company is an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, on a dual mission: (1) supply metals for the clean energy transition with the least possible negative environmental and social impact and (2) accelerate the transition to a circular metal economy. Deep sea mining remains controversial.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. The interim Clean Car Discount, which is already in the market, is showing promising signs of success. Committee Secretariat.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 1, 2022

#TheEVFutureIsNow Yep, the EV disruption many of us were dreaming of for years is finally happening, and the proof is that despite all the stuff happening right now — pandemic(s), war, inflation, material shortages, etc., imagine telling what happened in the past two years to our past selves of June 2020 — they would […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Seven of these sectors—steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals, shipping, aviation, and trucking—account for more than a third of global carbon emissions, but do not have cost-competitive clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels.

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