Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2020
The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. Until recently, the Chengdu plant already sourced 70% of its electricity from renewable sources.
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2021
Volvo Cars announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden is its first car manufacturing plant to reach fully climate-neutral status. This makes Torslanda the second plant in its overall manufacturing network to reach this status, after the Skövde engine plant in Sweden became climate-neutral in 2018. Torslanda plant.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 20, 2014
At the end of December 2013, Volvo Construction Equipment’s (CE) Braås facility, a 45,000 m 2 -site in southern Sweden, which specializes in the design and manufacture of articulated haulers, became powered entirely by renewable energy sources, including wind, biomass and hydropower. generated from renewable sources).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
As one element of the agreement, Volvo will produce a truck prototype with 20% lower fuel consumption than the equivalent 2008 model. The amount equals the total amount that is being emitted from Sweden in three months. The amount equals the total amount that is being emitted from Sweden in three months.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
in 2008 to 44.9% Average engine size and power decreased, with the average displacement dropping to 1,626 cm 3 from 1,706 cm 3 in 2008, and average power dropping to 82 kW from 86 kW in 2008. lower than in 2008, and 9.5% less than in 2008 and 9.5% Click to enlarge. between January and November 2009. In total, 14.5
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, with a design-engineering centre in Karlstad, Sweden, ScanWind was founded in 1999 to develop and commercialize advanced drive train wind turbine technology that eliminates the need for gearboxes. GW in 2008 to 30 GW by 2020. ScanWind turbine. Click to enlarge. ScanWind Group AS (June 2009).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2011
The GoBiGas-project is a project for the large-scale production of renewable methane by gasification of biomass and low-quality forestry material. This is why it is important that Sweden invests in development of second generation biofuels, contributing to lower the climate impact of the transport sector.
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