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Sweden Plugin EV Share At 46.1% In August

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Sweden’s auto market recorded a plugin electric vehicle share of 46.1% in August 2022, a slight drop year on year from 47.1% Full electrics grew their share, but plugin hybrids lost more. Overall auto volumes were 26% down on pre-pandemic seasonal norms, at 20,576 units. The Volkswagen ID.4

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PowerCell signs MoU with ABB Power Grids on stationary fuel cell power solutions

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PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB Power Grids regarding a collaboration around fuel cell based zero emissions stationary power solutions. —Per Wassén, CEO of PowerCell Sweden. PowerCell was founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group.

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Volvo Cars Torslanda becomes company’s first climate-neutral car plant, second in overall network

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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.

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PowerCell signs €6.9M contract with leading European shipyard for fuel cell system

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PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a contract with a leading European shipyard regarding the development and delivery of a megawatt marine fuel cell system. PowerCell was founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group. Considering the long lifetime of ships, zero emission vessels may have to set sail as early as 2030.

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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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All its European plants have had a climate-neutral electricity supply since 2008, while the engine plant in Skövde, Sweden, was the first in the company’s network to become completely climate-neutral in 2018.

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New Models Drive Surge in Natural Gas Vehicle Sales in Sweden

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The monthly sales rate of natural gas vehicles in Sweden has increased from about 150 to more than 700 units, according to NGVA Europe. In June, 2.9 % of all new passenger cars sold in Sweden were NGVs. Behind those two market leaders comes VW Touran, VW Caddy, Opel Zafira, Mercedes E 200 NGT, Opel Combo, and Fiat Punto.

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NEVS buys in-wheel motor developer Protean Electric

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National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), a subsidiary of Evergrande Health, has acquired Protean Electric, a leading developer of in-wheel motor technology. Founded in 2008, Protean Electric has devoted more than one million engineering man-hours to develop and validate its ProteanDrive in-wheel motor technology.

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