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Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). The share of fully electric cars stood at 18%.

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Rolls-Royce unveils Spectre, the brand’s first fully-electric car

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This incredible motor car, conceived from the very beginning as our first fully-electric model, is silent, powerful and demonstrates how perfectly Rolls-Royce is suited to electrification. The ability to tailor the Architecture of Luxury for electric drive was a fundamental consideration when it was first conceived.

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Jeep to deliver first fully electric car to Australian market by year’s end

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Jeep reveals pricing of the first electric car it will bring to the Australian market by the end of the year. The post Jeep to deliver first fully electric car to Australian market by year’s end appeared first on The Driven.

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Volvo EX30 has lowest carbon footprint of any fully electric Volvo car to date

Electric Cars Report

The Volvo EX30 possesses the smallest carbon footprint of any fully electric Volvo car to date. The carbon footprint report […] The post Volvo EX30 has lowest carbon footprint of any fully electric Volvo car to date appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Rolls-Royce Spectre unveiled: the marque’s first fully-electric car

Electric Cars Report

Having acquired an electric vehicle named The Columbia Electric Carriage, he foresaw its suitability as a clean, noiseless alternative to the internal combustion engine – providing there was sufficient infrastructure to support it.

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Volvo Car USA fully electric vehicle sales reach 7.2% of total in 2022

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Volvo Car USA reported sales of 102,038 cars for the full year 2022, down 16.5% The share of fully electric Volvo cars reached 7.2% In the month of December, Volvo Car USA sold 11,111 cars, up 6.4%compared As a whole, the Americas Region sold 38,538 Recharge cars last year, a 9.5% year-on-year.

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Rolls-Royce unveils the Spectre, its first fully electric car

The Driven EV News

Rolls-Royce unveils its first fully electric car, 122 years after co-founder Charles Roll declared EVs to be "perfectly noiseless and clean.". The post Rolls-Royce unveils the Spectre, its first fully electric car appeared first on The Driven.