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Volvo Trucks North America demonstrates pilot electric VNR models; Volvo LIGHTS

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Volvo Trucks North America offered a first look at its Class 8 battery-electric project trucks during an exclusive event at TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. The Volvo LIGHTS project’s transformative impact on fleet operations is designed to be scalable and replicable to reduce emissions throughout the freight eco-system.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. The automatic seamlessly went through the gears (a big thanks to Volvo for not having paddle shifters). kW), it takes five hours for a full charge.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor

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Remember, Polestar, owned by Volvo, began in 1995 as the Volvo performance tuner, so Polestar engineers are accustomed to using Swedish winters to test handling and performance. Before that, Polestar was founded in 1995 to performance-tune Volvos. Don’t sleep on Polestar.

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Toyota & Daimler Merging Hino & Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Brands

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Nissan sold its truck subsidiary to Volvo in 2007, Volkswagen renamed its truck and bus unit Traton in 2018 and listed it on the Frankfurt and Stockholm stock exchanges the following year. But this has become especially true for commercial vehicles which need to keep costs and complexity down to help with fleet sales.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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However, California is lagging behind when it comes to ensuring its charging infrastructure keeps up with the growth of its electric vehicle fleet, the report finds. Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo and Nissan have announced plans to electrify their fleets over the next 10 years. —Adam Fowler, economist at Beacon Economics.

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Road Test: 2022 Genesis GV70 AWD 3.5T Sport Prestige

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Clean Fleet Report would not be surprised if Genesis has even more SUVs on the drawing board, with most of them being hybrids, plug-in hybrids or EVs. Clean Fleet Report drove the GV70 with the twin-turbo 3.5-liter Clean Fleet Report’s GV70 was painted in an elegant Saville Silver. Clean Fleet Report’s 2022 Genesis GV70 AWD 3.5T

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury FWD

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Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Clean Fleet Report tested a XT5 Premium Luxury with the 3.6L liter V6 engine.