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Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, says company official

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Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, much ahead of its global target of becoming a full electric car company by 2030, a senior company official said on Tuesday. “We will launch C40 BEV, a pure electric vehicle in quarter four of this year.

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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Volvo Cars aiming for 50% of sales to be fully electric by 2025

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Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced in Beijing. The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicle.

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Magna to engineer and produce new off-road EV for INEOS Automotive in 2026

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Magna Graz facility in Graz, Austria This new electric vehicle adds nicely to our line-up in Austria and showcases our flexibility in producing a range of vehicles from ICE-based to fully electric. INEOS Grenadier is available as a two-seat and a five-seat Utility Wagon, and a five-seat Station Wagon.

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Hyundai Motor Company and Cummins to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell technology

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Hyundai Motor Company and Cummins Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) jointly to evaluate opportunities to develop and commercialize electric and fuel cell powertrains.

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

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It is the latest concrete step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to have climate-neutral manufacturing by 2025, part of a wider climate plan that aims to reduce the overall carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company.

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Volvo Cars first carmaker to explore fossil-free steel with SSAB and HYBRIT

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For Volvo Cars, the CO 2 emissions related to steel and iron production for its cars amount to around 35% in a traditionally powered car and 20% in a fully electric car of the total CO 2 emissions from the material and production of the components going into the car. By 2040, Volvo Cars’ ambition is to be a climate-neutral company.

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