Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Volvo Cars has acquired 100 per cent of Polestar, the Swedish high performance car company, including the Polestar brand. Polestar will now be used as the model name for special high performance Volvos. In 2015, Volvo expects to sell 750 Polestar versions of the V60 wagon and S60 sedan globally.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. Volvo hybrid bus. Volvo Buses launched its first hybrid bus in 2009 and has delivered nearly 1,600 hybrids to 21 countries. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

Volvo Cars is urging governments and car makers to share traffic data in order to improve global traffic safety, Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive, told a conference at the European Commission in Brussels on Monday. —Håkan Samuelsson, President & CEO, Volvo Car Group. It saves lives, time and taxpayer money.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

Volvo Cars unveiled two new 40 series concept cars, marking the official launch of its global small car strategy. The new concept cars will be the first built around Volvo’s new Compact. Volvo plans to have sold a total of up to 1 million electrified cars by 2025 globally. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Volvo Cars aims to sell a total of up to one million electrified cars by 2025. Volvo Cars has been readying itself for the emergence of electrified vehicles for the last five years. In October 2015, Volvo Cars introduced its Electrification Strategy. Volvo Cars Sustainability Report 2015.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Volvo Cars will introduce the production version of the S60L T6 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid sedan at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show; the plug-in sedan first made its appearance as a concept car at the Beijing auto show in 2014. Sales of the S60L T6 Twin Engine begin next week in China. Earlier post.) Markets where sold.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2015

Today, read about 240-volt Level 2 charging for the 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 "Twin Engine" plug-in hybrid SUV, the end of dealer markups for the 2015 BMW i8 coupe, and the potential true amount of global fossil fuel subsidies. The 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 "Twin Engine" is officially the first plug-in hybrid to come with.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. PEV makers pursue revenue beyond vehicle sales.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Volvo Car Corporation, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, outlined its plans for strategic expansion in China, which President and CEO Stefan Jacoby called the company’s second home market. Also as part of the plan, Shanghai will serve as Volvo Car China headquarters and center for product development, design and sourcing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The approval of the quality specifications opens the way for public sale of the fuel. The regulation was proposed on 25 July 2014; it was approved and filed with the Secretary of State, with an effective date of 1 January 2015. —Susan Alt, Volvo Group North America’s senior vice president of public affairs. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

volume growth experienced in 2016 and 2015 respectively. —Felipe Munoz, Global Automotive Analyst at JATO Dynamics. The small increase can be attributed to the Skoda and Seat brands, which increased SUV sales by 74% and 254% respectively. —a decrease on the 6.5% in December 2017. respectively. VW Group lost 0.25

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2018

billion) by the end of 2017 following a series of significant program wins with major global automakers. Sales, which were previously forecast to rise from £33 million (US$45.7 In 2022, GKN forecasts that eDrive sales will reach £500 million (US$692.8 million) in 2017 to £200 million (US$277.1 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

—Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics. For example, the Volkswagen Group has successfully managed to overcome the diesel-gate scandal of 2015 to become a new protagonist in this chapter of vehicle electrification. This changing landscape is favoring some OEMs more than others, JATO said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—the rebirthed Saab—and Dongfeng Motor Corporation (Dongfeng) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to achieve global industrial synergies. million in the first half of 2015. Dongfeng will also support NEVS to achieve the new energy vehicle mass production.

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EV Info

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This year has been a turbulent time for the global car market, espicially in Europe where car registrations dropped by 29% during the first nine months of the year – to 8.54 In September, Mercedes-Benz was the leader in the plug-in hybrid segment with 22% market share, followed by Volvo and BMW. million units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. However, the report also identifies some areas that could either decelerate or accelerate the growth of ZEV sales.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

In regards to MHEV technologies, Geely has already become the global leader and will continue leading far into the future. All Bo Rui GE models comes equipped with a 7DCTH transmission jointly developed by Geely and Volvo. By 2020, we aim to bring that level up to 25% improving the fuel economy of B-segment vehicles to under 5L/100km.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2010

Rapidly expanding China-based car manufacturer Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company has outlined goals to sell two million vehicles globally by 2015. Tags: Green cars Latest news Volvo China Geely volvo cars Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Volvo Cars introduced the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car and the first model to appear in its brand new Recharge car line concept. The XC40 Recharge, based on the multi-award-winning and best-selling XC40 small SUV, is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Climate plan.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

O’Brien highlighted the case of the RAV4 EV, on which Toyota pitched a huge marketing and sales effort equivalent to $9,000 per unit including an attractive lease payment. However, sales did not exceed several hundred units in total. Tags: Hybrid cars The Green Piece Toyota Volvo hybrid plug-in. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Chevrolet is a global value leader. Cadillac conveys the philosophy of “ Art and Science ” globally, with “Art” representing an appeal to aesthetics while “Science” indicates advanced technology. The Volt’s capacity is 60,000 vehicles/year or 2% of GM’s sales. GM needs strong products for the remaining 98% of their sales.

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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.” billion by the same year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Thus, battery cost is a key factor in addressing oil dependency, global warming, and air pollution in the United States. Whitacre (2015) “A techno-economic analysis and optimization of Li-ion batteries for light-duty passenger vehicle electrification,” Journal of Power Sources , Volume 273, Pages 966-980 doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.078.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

DISCLAIMERS AND CREDITS The score is multi-faceted rather than representing solely consumer sales. This is a global challenge, to which different countries can contribute in different ways, and the big picture must be in view. The lion’s share of credit for source data goes as usual, to Jose Pontes and his EV Sales Blog.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

The global auto industry is in a time of flux. Further, as one of the most polluting sectors globally and the most polluting in rich countries , it is necessary that transportation clean up its act, and fast, in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. 84% in 2015), leapfrogging several early adopter nations.

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