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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Volvo Car Corporation confirmed again that it will begin sales of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid—the results of close cooperation between Volvo Car and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall&mash;in 2012. Earlier post.). liters per 100 km (124 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

Clean Air Power, the developer of Dual-Fuel combustion technology enabling heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of diesel and natural gas, will supply Volvo Bus Corporation with 11 Dual-Fuel systems. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

Volvo Car Corp. is developing several new safety systems—factoring in driver behavior in the modern traffic environment—towards achieving its 2020 goal that nobody should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car. Click to enlarge. He or she can take control at any time. Earlier post.). In the US 21.5%

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Volvo Trucks will begin field testing in Sweden and the UK in 2010 of heavy-duty diesel trucks fuelled by a combination of methane gas and diesel. The remainder will consist of bio-mix diesel—fossil diesel mixed with diesel produced from renewable raw materials, says Mats Franzén, Manager Engine Strategy and Planning, Volvo Trucks.

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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. In January 2007, Volvo Cars and energy supplier Vattenfall launched a joint project with the aim of testing and developing plug-in technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Volvo Cars has boosted the power of its five-cylinder, 2.5-liter At the same time, Volvo engineers have cut fuel consumption by between five and six percent depending on transmission. The upgraded 2.5FT engine will reach markets in Europe in the Volvo S80 and Volvo V70 in June 2009. Earlier post.) L/100 km (26.7

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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. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

2010 engines emissions reduction relative to 2010, 2007, and 2004 US emission standards. g/hp-hr between 2007 and 2009 to a level less than or equal to 0.20 Source: CRC. Click to enlarge. For a number of the most important pollutants, levels were substantially lower than required by regulations. Background. g/hp-hr in 2010.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

when compared to 2016 and the highest volume of registrations since 2007 when 16.02 A sharp contrast to 2007, when SUVs represented just 8.5% AFVs—including hybrid, electric and plug-in vehicles—accounted for 4.8% of registrations, a total of 737,400 units, which was a volume change of 46.1% on the previous year.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Plans to introduce a full hybrid have been scrapped by Volvo – and in its place will be a series produced plug-in diesel hybrid. In January 2007, Volvo and energy supplier Vattenfall launched a joint project aimed at testing and developing plug-in technology and established the V2 Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Partnership.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2013

In 2007, Geely signed a joint venture with the British taxi manufacturer Manganese Bronze which saw the two companies produce the TX range of taxis in Shanghai, which are sold in the local Chinese market and also to international markets including the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Nissan sold its truck subsidiary to Volvo in 2007, Volkswagen renamed its truck and bus unit Traton in 2018 and listed it on the Frankfurt and Stockholm stock exchanges the following year. Daimler separated its truck and car units in 2021 as part of a wider industry trend of spinning off commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The company recently won a contract for the conversion of 5 Volvo buses with e-Traction system for the Town of Apeldoorn (Netherlands). ton city delivery truck that was introduced at the European Road Transport show in 2007 and won the European Road Transport Show Innovation Award.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Volvo had earlier said it expects 10% of its total sales to be electrified by 2020. A time when the cost of batteries is falling from a very daunting $1,000 a kWh in 2007 to nearly one-tenth as much by the next decade. Audi is one of the very few automakers to now put out a firm aspirational target for electric-drive vehicle sales.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

2007 Subaru Impreza: Why is this car on my list? Volvo S60 Recharge: Volvos tend to be relaxing and sedate to drive, but the S60 Recharge’s 455 horsepower and instant electric torque make it downright quick. The car looks great, is spacious inside, and offers an upscale cabin that rivals some of Volvo’s more expensive SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

Green bonds—the funds from which are exclusively applied to finance new and existing green infrastructure projects—were developed as a new investment channel in 2007, with the first few issuances by multilateral development banks, and have grown rapidly in the global market.

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JANUARY 15, 2012

The team used a MY 2007 Volvo MD11 engine compliant with USEPA 2007 emissions standards. The study by Thiruvengadam et al. work presents the findings of PM nanoparticle emissions downstream of a DPF-SCR after-treatment system, while operating at low and high exhaust temperature load conditions.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo VNL D13 with DME. At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Source: Volvo Trucks. Selecting DME.

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MARCH 5, 2015

Mobileye’s EyeQ chip and algorithms have been integrated into new car models since 2007. Mobileye products are or will be integrated into car models from 23 global automakers including BMW, Ford, General Motors, Nissan and Volvo. Series production is supported for early 2018 start of production. million vehicles. million vehicles.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

Volvo is the most efficient manufacturer of light duty trucks, followed by Subaru, GM and Honda. Over time, US manufacturers’ relative efficiency in both passenger cars and light trucks has degraded. Knittel, 2009.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Volvo Cars worked with Swedish taxi companies to test this technology in urban settings. WiTricity The American company WiTricity was established in 2007 and now has a patent for a technology known as wireless energy transmission via magnetic resonance. Many other notable advancements have been made in the field of wireless charging.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Once the baseline truck and engine was determined (Volvo D13 (2010 emissions), Kenworth T600, 10-speed manual transmission), two simulation models were used to allow the evaluation of various packages: GT-POWER for engine cycle simulation and RAPTOR to model the vehicle, including the transmission and driveline.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 21, 2008

This is the same bill that the House passed in 2007. A 15 kwh battery would have an approximate all-electric range of between 40 and 60 miles depending on the configuration of the vehicle operating system and many other factors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation has selected lithium-ion battery systems designed and produced by Ener1, Inc. The PHEV demo project is a joint venture between Volvo and Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest electric utility companies and a leading proponent of electric vehicle infrastructure build-out. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In October 2007, Honda Motor Company Chief Executive Takeo Fukui said plug-in technology offered too few environmental benefits to be worth pursuing by the Japanese manufacturer. Tags: Hybrid cars The Green Piece Toyota Volvo hybrid plug-in. Toyota isn’t alone in its criticism of plug-in technology. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Consumer Reports rates the Buick Enclave higher than vehicles from Toyota, Volvo, Infiniti, Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz in the Luxury- Full Size SUV category. These 4 th Generation vehicles are modified Chevy Equinoxes and have been on the street since the fall of 2007 as part of Project Driveway.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As stated in research conducted by Volvo Car USA and The Harris Poll in 2019 , while 58% of drivers cited running out of power as a barrier to buying an EV, “65% [of EV drivers] say they had range anxiety when they first purchased an EV, but it went away after a few months.” That means creating a personal range buffer to reduce range anxiety.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Batteries not ready.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, and in 2007, the Supreme Court basically said that greenhouse gases are pollutants, and if they endanger public health and the environment, [the EPA can] regulate them. A petition came to EPA in the early 2000s, asking the agency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars.

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