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Volvo Car Group exceeds 600,000 vehicles sold on the CMA platform

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Volvo Car Group, including its strategic affiliates Lynk & Co and Polestar, produce vehicles based on the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) platform, introduced in 2017. The platform made its debut in 2017 with the popular Volvo XC40. To the end of July more than 600,000 group vehicles based on the platform have been sold.

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EVs Take 56.9% Share In Sweden — Volvo EX30 Is The Top BEV

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The BEV share fell slightly YoY, while PHEV share climbed higher. The new Volvo EX30 was March’s bestselling BEV, its first time in the top. Share In Sweden — Volvo EX30 Is The Top BEV appeared first on CleanTechnica. April saw plugin EVs take a 56.9% share in Sweden, up modestly YoY from 55.7%.

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Audi EV fightback! Busiest period ever for German brand as it targets electric cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo

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Mannering sees the Q6 e-tron as a crucial model for the brand, one that could tempt some currently buying a diesel- or petrol-powered Q5 to step into an electric car. In the next 18 months there will be another passenger car … that’s maybe full electric rather than plug-in hybrid,” he said without detailing exactly what it would be.

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. 379,125 PHEV (36% ).

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Volvo Cars global sales drop 20.2% in January; electrified cars accounted for 31.7% of total

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Volvo Cars reported sales of 47,561 cars in January, a decline by 20.2% While production has continued to gradually improve, retail deliveries were held back due to an increase of cars in transit. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge (electrified) models increased by 11.5% to 18,691 cars sold.

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T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

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Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). T&E said governments should therefore end the purchase subsidies and tax breaks for plug-in hybrids.

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EVs At 58.1% Share In Sweden — The Volvo EX30 Had A Meteoric Climb To #2 Spot

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Plugin volumes were down YoY for BEVs, but up slightly for PHEVs. Share In Sweden — The Volvo EX30 Had A Meteoric Climb To #2 Spot appeared first on CleanTechnica. March’s auto market saw plugin EVs at a 58.1% share in Sweden, down YoY from 59.9%. Overall auto volume was 23,891 units, down some 21% YoY. March saw combined EVs.

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