Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

After several years of field testing, Volvo Buses will now commence series production of its hybrid bus Volvo 7700 Hybrid and the double-decker Volvo B5L Hybrid. Volvo’s hybrid buses have a downsized diesel engine and an electric motor that can operate the bus independently or jointly. Tags: Brief.

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EV Central

JANUARY 13, 2024

It’s time for our editors to vent about their electric car experiences and expectations! But the MG4 shows the brand is listening and knows how to do electric – really well. The circa-$40K price tag cements it as a genuine alternative to petrol-powered city hatches.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric. Backed by research support from the Swedish Energy Agency, Volvo Cars is initiating development of a fuel cell system that can extend an electric car’s operating range. Volvo Cars is working together with the company PowerCell Sweden AB on this project. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2010

Volvo Cars and energy company Göteborg Energi signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the area of electrical vehicles and recharge infrastructure. Under the agreement, Volvo will provide 10 Volvo C30 Electric cars ( earlier post ), with delivery starting during this autumn.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2022

The Cadillac Lyriq has a price tag and range ratings. Electric RVs could embrace solar and aero. The Genesis GV60 is one of a growing group of premium electric crossovers that will include the Audi Q4, Mercedes EQB, Lexus RZ, Volvo C40. We review the Genesis GV60. And is VW working around its U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Volvo Cars confirmed that it will introduce a series-produced plug-in hybrid diesel as early as 2012. Volvo had first suggested the 2012 date for a diesel PHEV in September 2009. Based on the NEDC cycle, CO 2 emissions from Volvo’s plug-in hybrid will average out at 49 grams per kilometer, with fuel consumption of 1.9

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

said it has been picked as a provider of lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles by Volvo Cars Corp. LG Chem has signed a deal to provide electric vehicle batteries to five companies so far—South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor; CT&T Corp., Tags: Brief. LG Chem Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. The plug-in will support up to a 50 km (31 mile) all-electric range—sufficient to cover the daily transport needs of 75% of European drivers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation urges the EU to coordinate incentives whilst supporting research and development. In 2011 fewer than 50,000 battery electric vehicles were sold in in the world, equivalent to a market share of about 0.1%. The European automotive industry risks losing the present technological leadership if this doesn’t happen.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In addition to its planned market introduction of a plug-in hybrid in 2012 ( earlier post ), Volvo Cars is currently evaluating the viability of a fully battery-electric vehicle (BEV). This year, Volvo has built and been internally testing a small number of prototype versions of a BEV version of its C30. Click to enlarge.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Volvo Car USA has teamed up with The Harris Poll to deepen insights into the American opinion across four core themes: design, safety, technology and environment. These insights are distilled into “Volvo Reports” and will feature a different topic each month. Enthusiasm and Expectations Around Electric Vehicles Are Rising.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

The Swedish Energy Agency and the Volvo Group, in partnership with international corporations Midroc and OCAS, are investing SEK 200 million (US$26 million) to accelerate Volvo’s introduction of fuel cell APUs (auxiliary power units) into the market. Tags: Fuel Cells Heavy-duty. Click to enlarge. Powercell presentation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2009

Over the past year, Semcon , a global engineering services company, has been working with Volvo Cars’ development of 3 demo plug-in hybrids in a cooperation project between Volvo Cars, Vattenfall, ETC and Energimyndigheten (The Swedish Energy Agency). Anders Björnberg, responsible for the plug-in project at Volvo Cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Charging the electric C30. Volvo Cars will present a battery-electric Volvo C30 with a range of 150 km (93 miles) on the NEDC at the upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. Volvo presented a driveable electric C30 prototype in September 2009. Volvo Electric C30 Quick Specs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Sveaskog, a publicly owned Swedish forest company, has started using the first example of the El-forest F14 forestry machine, the world’s first forwarder to utilize electric-hybrid technology. The forwarder was developed by El-forest AB with assistance from the Volvo Technology Transfer venture-capital company. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The V70 plug-in hybrid demonstrator highlights Volvo’s current PHEV architecture: front-wheel drive combustion engine, electric motor on the rear axle. The V70 diesel PHEV is projected to support up to a 50 km (31 mile) all-electric range—sufficient to cover the daily transport needs of 75% of European drivers.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. Women also seemed to appreciate its novel design and how the cabin was oriented.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce plug-in hybrids on the market by 2012. In January 2007, Volvo and Vattenfall launched a joint project with the aim of testing and developing plug-in technology. Tags: Diesel Hybrids Plug-ins.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. Women also seemed to appreciate its novel design and how the cabin was oriented.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The expected $200,000 price tag was not enough to scare away 500 people from reserving one of the vehicle’s limited edition “LA Concept” models. However, after release, the car faced criticism for its heavy curb weight and less than stellar performance for the $100,000+ price tag.

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Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

This time, it's Volvo. Volvo Cars is introducing the Volvo ReCharge Concept , a plug-in hybrid with individual electric wheel motors and batteries that can be recharged via a regular electrical outlet for maximum environmental benefit. Four electric motors , one at each wheel, provide independent traction power.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The Volvo C70 has been converted with a battery electric powertrain – thanks to a Swedish company called Electroengine. At the Electric Car Seminar, Helsingborg, the company created the True Electric C70 which accelerates from 0-60mph in less than six seconds, has a top speed in excess of 125mph and a range of up to [.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

will produce lithium-ion battery systems for Volvo Group. The battery systems will be integrated into Volvo’s city buses, heavy-duty distribution vehicles and refuse trucks using the I-SAM parallel hybrid system. These, which are going into production with the Volvo contract, will range from 2.5-7 Source: Magna Steyr.

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Push EVs

MAY 8, 2023

Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reached 55.7% Full electrics grew share strongly, whilst plugin hybrids lost share slightly. The bestselling full electric vehicle was the Volvo XC40. full battery electrics (BEVs), and 22.1% The bestselling full electric vehicle was the Volvo XC40. comprised 33.7%

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Green Cars News

JUNE 14, 2010

It was the green car of the year even before it went electric, and now Volvo is planning to introduce a battery powered version of the C30. The Swedish manufacturer is teaming up with energy company Goteborg Energi to co-operate on electric vehicles and recharge infrastructure.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Volvo is set to introduce its electric version of the C30 into small fleets next year, chief executive Stefan Jacoby has revealed. In one of his first interview since taking over the car maker, following its buyout by Chinese firm Geely, Jacoby also said Volvo is set to launch a plug-in hybrid V60 in 2012, [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2010

A few days ago we revealed that Volvo would introduce a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article) – and now we have details of a much wider plug-in hybrid project from the company. According to reports, Volvo will make all its future driveline architectures have the ability to accommodate a rear-axle electric motor and [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Volvo is embarking on a new project to investigate how fuel cells can help electric cars keep going. The Swedish car maker hopes to develop two prototype vehicles based on the Volvo C30 electric ready for testing by 2012. Tags: Volvo Electric cars fuel cell funding.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Powercell Sweden was formed in 2005 as a joint venture between AB Volvo and Statoil ASA. The PEM fuel cell, developed at Volvo, then converts the hydrogen gas into electricity. Through Volvo Technology Transfer, AB Volvo will remain as the largest owner of Powercell Sweden AB, with more than 40% of the shares.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Not content with being a double award winner in our green car awards (see article), Volvo has set its sights on continuing its momentum. The green car manufacturer of the year will present a battery electric version of the C30 at the upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It will then build a test [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Volvo has now confirmed that it will introduce a plug-in hybrid diesel car as early as 2012. Tags: Green cars Latest news Volvo Paris Motor Show plug-in hybrid cars plug-in hybrid electric cars Volvo plug-in hybrid cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

The new Indiana plant will give EnerDel the capacity to produce battery packs for approximately 600,000 hybrid electric vehicles, or 60,000 battery-electric cars. EnerDel is referring to the latter as “electric-vehicle equivalents” —about 20-25 kWh.) Tags: Brief. Earlier post.) Bill Cooke.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Volvo has pulled the drapes off the Volvo EM90, its first minivan in more than 70 years of car-making. That’s because both Zeekr and Volvo are owned by the same Chinese parent, Geely. More recognisable are the the firm’s Thor’s Hammer headlamps that now flanks a neat illuminated Volvo logo.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Magna E-Car Systems, a newly formed joint venture between Magna International and the Stronach Trust, announced the grand opening of a new hybrid- and electric-vehicle system development center and state-of-the-art battery/materials testing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Tags: Brief. The grant was part of the $2.4

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Push EVs

APRIL 7, 2023

Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles took almost 60% of the auto market in March, up from 55.6% full electrics (BEVs), and 18.3% Only the Volvo XC40 BEV has come close to this performance, taking 7.4% The former leader, the Volvo XC40, has been displaced, now in 2nd, and the VW ID.4 year on year. BEVs alone took 41.6%

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Volkswagen’s electric offerings were some of the strongest performers , selling 366,400 since January. Porsche’s higher price tag could influence this, but Audi now leads Porsche with more EV offerings for customers around the globe. YOY, followed by Volkswagen passenger cars growing by 21.7% YOY, in the U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). Inside, the 2021 Polestar 2 shows its Volvo origins.

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