Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2022

All proceeds are earmarked for funding and accelerating the company’s transformation towards becoming a fully electric carmaker by 2030 and becoming climate-neutral and circular by 2040. Volvo Cars was the first established car maker to commit to full electrification and aims to sell only pure electric cars by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

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. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2020

Audi is making a pitch for its fully electric E-Tron SUV and E-Tron Sportback this Super Bowl with a very “Frozen” song. The spot features Maisie Williams, of Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and various films, singing the song as if in a musical.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2021

OVO Energy, an electricity and gas supplier in the UK, has added 40 Kia e-Niros to its fleet — for its “Field Force” team. OVO Energy has a goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions in its operations by 2030, something many top climate and energy scientists would applaud. This is a solid first step toward […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Volvo Cars says that it is making significant investments that allow for the in-house design and development of electric motors for the next generation of Volvo models, as the company continues to move towards becoming a fully electric car maker. The newly opened electric motor lab in Shanghai became operational last month.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise money for climate and environmental projects. The proceeds of the bond will be used to fund the design, development and manufacturing of fully electric cars in line with the company’s recently established Green Finance Framework.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will provide a fleet of 200 all-electric vehicles as the official passenger-car provider for the United Nation’s COP21 climate conference in Paris later this year. The fully electric car fleet will shuttle delegates during the event from 30 November to 11 December.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

In April 2021, the Volvo Group—the heavy-duty vehicle, construction equipment and power solutions provider, distinct from Volvo Cars— and SSAB signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel ( earlier post.)).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2022

Volvo Cars will build a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential. Series production of next-generation, pure electric Volvo cars is scheduled to start in 2026.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 15, 2021

By Eoin Bannon An EU plan to sell 100% emissions-free cars in 2035 will democratise electric vehicles in Europe, green group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said. Cars are responsible for 12% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and switching sales from polluting engines to fully electric is a crucial […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

Trane Technologies is bringing Thermo King’s fully electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to the United States. It features a power management system, which contributes to lower energy consumption, increased vehicle autonomy and higher efficiency and reliability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has received a large order for 54 fully electric eCitaro buses from Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB). The decision was made following a tender and intensive testing of several vehicles. The Swiss transport company wants to electrify its bus routes fully in just two steps by 2027.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2021

The share of electric vehicles in new registrations tripled from about 3.5% The emissions of new vehicles are systematically tested using type approval procedures. The WLTP allows to obtain more realistic information on vehicle emissions in the type approval tests. grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km). This was 14.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. The fleet of less than 100 vehicles will then be employed internationally for demonstration and trial purposes for various target groups. Hydrogen is the missing piece in the jigsaw when it comes to emission-free mobility.

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Electrek

JANUARY 10, 2023

The former is building some of the world’s most sustainable electric vehicles, while the latter has been openly opposed to going all-electric. The post Polestar blasts Toyota’s EV strategy, saying “we cannot continue using fossil fuels” appeared first on Electrek.

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EV Obssesion

JANUARY 15, 2022

DC Fast Charging DC Fast Charging Leader Tritium Hits the NASDAQ Used, EVS Turning over a new Leaf: electric Nissan triumphs as 2021’s fastest selling used car Turning over a new Leaf: electric Nissan triumphs as 2021’s fastest selling used car( Novemember) EVs Renault to go fully electric in Europe by 2030 UK Drivers Set […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Renault Trucks has delivered the first of twenty electric 26-tonne Renault Trucks D Wide Z.E. vehicles to Feldschlösschen, a subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group. We are proud to see our pioneering work with electric trucks, which began several years ago now, finally paying off. —Thomas Amstutz, CEO of Feldschlösschen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

The center is intended to build on the battery expertise within both companies and develop next-generation, state-of-the-art battery cells and vehicle integration technologies, specifically developed for use in Volvo and Polestar cars. It also represents an important step in the expansion of Volvo Car Group’s in-house development competence.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. Therefore, care should be taken when comparing results from this report with those from other vehicle manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Ford Motor Company intends to achieve carbon neutrality globally by 2050, while setting interim targets to address climate change challenges more urgently. To achieve its goal, Ford will focus initially on three areas that account for approximately 95% of its CO 2 emissions: vehicle use, its supply base and the company’s facilities.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Designed as an open vehicle platform, the MEB electric platform and its components allows car manufacturers to build their portfolio of electrified vehicles, quickly and cost-effectively. India is one of the Global Top-5 Automotive Markets with about three million vehicles per year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Van Hool, an independent Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, has shipped the first CX45E, a 100% battery electric coach, to the US. The all-electric CX45E will then be delivered to two North American customers. The CX45E is a fully electric powered coach for the North American market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The building materials company has taken delivery of two all-electric iONTRON mixer trucks from Putzmeister , which will become part of the Berlin truck mixer fleet. The two vehicles are the first from the manufacturer Putzmeister within Cemex globally. They will be used in the ready-mix concrete plants in Spandau and Hohenschönhausen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is a tangible manifestation of our determination to take a leading role in heavy vehicle electrification, which is needed to fulfil our commitment to science-based climate targets. The laboratory will be fully operative by autumn 2021.The Vehicles are parked adjacent to the lab and connected to testing equipment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2023

The all-new eSprinter represents the first fully-electric van in North America from Mercedes-Benz USA. The lithium/iron phosphate technology eliminates the use of any cobalt or nickel and is suited for light commercial vehicles due to durability. The load capacity is 488 cubic feet and the permissible gross vehicle weight is 4.25

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. The aim is to significantly reduce CO 2 emissions per vehicle by at least one third across the entire spectrum. We have made a very clear commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

Though EVs represent a small fraction of delivery vehicles today, the number is growing. In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. UPS has ordered 10,000 of them and FedEx plans to be fully electric by 2040. —Maxwell Woody, lead author.

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EV Specifications

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A true seven-seater, all-electric SUV that further raises our standards in safety and a more sustainable lifestyle: the new Volvo EX90 represents the start of a new era for Volvo. Starting with this mode, the brand will unveil a new fully electric vehicle each year. The Volvo EX90 has been unveiled in downtown.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

The shift to electric vehicles can also play a major role in cutting overall emissions over the next decade, with road transport estimated to have contributed around 18% of global carbon emissions pre-COVID. Speeding up this shift will be vital to meeting climate targets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). Earlier post.). The U-M team’s paper is published in Environmental Science & Technology.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It’s no secret that Volvo wants to become a completely climate-neutral company, and the automaker has promised to go fully electric by the end of the decade. Despite not selling diesels here, Volvo announced its decision earlier this week at Climate Week in New York City.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The potential is even greater in combination with bidirectional charging; the electric cars can feed electricity they don’t need into the customer’s home network (vehicle-to-home) and in the future they will also provide electricity to stabilize the electricity grid.

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Plug N Drive

MAY 1, 2024

As announced today during the keynote address at Electric Autonomy’s EV and Charging Expo 2024 , the Public consultations on the new Electric Vehicle Charger Discount Rate will be opened this month by the Ontario Energy Board with a target implementation date for the new rate of January 1, 2026.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The funding will boost the company’s development of electric powertrains for small urban transport vehicles, electric racing technologies, fast charging systems, and electric vehicles (EVs). In Manila alone, Jeepney’s produce 3,654 tons of CO 2 per day.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

The power density of the electric drive system increased by 30% over the BMW Group’s existing fully electric vehicles; gravimetric energy density of the high-voltage battery at cell level is up by 20%. The battery is positioned low down in the vehicle floor as an integral component of the body.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Cummins will provide powertrain technology, including the batteries, for the Kalmar Electric Terminal Tractor (KT2E). Kalmar has already launched the fully electric Kalmar Ottawa electric terminal tractor (OT2E) in the US in 2018. Kalmar T2 terminal tractor with container. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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