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CASE unveils first fully electric backhoe loader: the 580 EV

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CASE Construction Equipment introduced “Project Zeus”: the 580 EV, the construction industry’s first fully electric backhoe loader. Electric motors, on the other hand, have instantaneous torque and peak torque available at every operating speed. —Eric Zieser, director — global compact equipment product line, CASE.

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Volvo Cars global sales up by 43% in May; plug-ins accounted for 23.7% globally

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Volvo Cars achieved its eleventh consecutive month of sales growth as the company’s global sales increased by 43% in May, compared with the same month last year. Globally, Recharge cars accounted for 23.7% In May, Volvo Cars sold a total of 64,111 cars, up from 44,830 cars in the same period last year. of its total sales.

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Volvo Cars sales up 12.6% in the first 10 months of 2021; share of electrified cars >25% of all units sold for 10 months, 31.5% in October

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In October, Volvo Cars global sales reached 50,815 cars, down 22.2% The share of Volvo Cars with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain—the Recharge models—amounted to 25.5% of all cars being sold globally for the first 10 months to 31 October. Sales of Volvo Cars’ fully electric models reached 3.1%

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ABB-sponsored report suggests global plans for 80 new EV battery gigafactories insufficient

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A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories. —Tanja Vainio.

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Cadillac shows brand’s first fully electric EV at NAIAS; based on BEV3 global architecture

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On the heels of its announcement of the 2020 XT6 three-row crossover with 3.6L V-6 engine with cylinder deactivation and nine-speed automatic transmission, Cadillac revealed the brand’s first EV at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. GM announced on Friday that Cadillac will be the company’s lead EV brand.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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By 2022, electric car capacity at the Ghent plant will have more than tripled from today’s levels and will amount to around 60% of the plant’s total production capacity. The capacity increase comes as Volvo Cars also reports its full-year sales results for 2020, which showed a strong growth in demand for the company’s Recharge models.

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20 Top Selling Plugin Vehicles Globally — Charts

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Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 94% last month compared to July 2020, scoring 480,000 units (or 7.1% Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in July, in line with the year-to-date (YTD) tally. share of the overall auto market). In total, there […].

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