Remove 2017 Remove Fully Electric Remove Manufacturer Remove Sweden
article thumbnail

ABB providing two fast chargers for Scania buses in Östersund, Sweden

Green Car Congress

ABB will provide two fast-chargers for Scania electric buses in Östersund, Sweden. The chargers are based on OppCharge , an open interface for the automated charging of electric buses from any manufacturer, and use a pantograph on the infrastructure to connect the bus to the charging point.

Sweden 150
article thumbnail

NEVS partners with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to accelerate global electric car production

Green Car Congress

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Enterprise Services business will help National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) accelerate the setup of its global electric vehicle production. As part of the project, HPE will create a global manufacturing IT platform for NEVS that will operate across plants in Sweden and China.

Global 150
article thumbnail

Polestar 3 electric performance SUV to be manufactured in the US

Green Car Congress

Polestar, the premium electric car brand from Sweden, announced that its first all-electric SUV will be manufactured in the United States. The forthcoming Polestar 3 will be manufactured alongside new Volvo vehicles at the Volvo Cars production center in Ridgeville, South Carolina.

article thumbnail

Polestar releases downloadable performance software upgrade for Polestar 2

Green Car Congress

The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria. Polestar was established as a new, standalone Swedish premium electric vehicle manufacturer in 2017.

Volvo 186
article thumbnail

Volvo Cars aims for 25% recycled plastics in every new car from 2025; XC60 T8 PHEV as example

Green Car Congress

On the floor, the carpet contains fibres made from PET plastic bottles and a recycled cotton mix from clothing manufacturers’ offcuts. The recycled plastics ambition is the most progressive statement to date around the use of recycled plastic by any premium automotive manufacturer. The seats also use PET fibres from plastic bottles.

Volvo 170
article thumbnail

Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

In the rest of Europe , however, electric car sales and their sales share increased. Around 25% of all cars sold in France and the United Kingdom were electric, 30% in the Netherlands, and 60% in Sweden. Around 2% of all cars sold were electric.

article thumbnail

This Volvo and Harris Poll Study investigates the state of EVs in America

Current EV

The EV sector includes HEVs (Hybrid Electric Vehicles), PHEVs (Plug-In Electric Vehicles), and BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles). and European countries like Norway and Sweden, 1 the electric vehicle passenger market is expected to reach a valuation of $356 billion by 2023. Driven largely in China, the U.S.,

Volvo 52