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Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo Cars launched the battery-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; based on the CMA vehicle platform it is the first Volvo model designed as pure electric only. Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years.

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Volvo Recharge All-Electric Cars

Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2023

The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. In February 2022, the share of all-electrics was only 8% (3,338 units out of 42,067).

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All-Electric Volvo Sale Recharge

Volvo Cars introduces new single-motor C40 Recharge variant

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Volvo Cars is introducing a range of updates to its entire car line-up, the most prominent of which is an exterior refresh of its fully electric XC40 Recharge. The company also unveiled a single electric motor variant of the pure electric C40 Recharge. C40 Recharge.

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Recharge Volvo Motor Motors

Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 55% in May, accounting for 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Fully Electric Volvo Sale Global

Volvo Cars Q1 sales up 10% to 162,938 units; all-electric vehicles took 18% share

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, made up 41% of all Volvo cars sold globally (67,403 units) in Q1 2023. Sales of the all-electric cars were up 140% year-on-year.

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Volvo All-Electric Sale Electric Vehicles

Leclanché introduces modular high-energy battery system for hybrid & fully electric trucks & buses

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Leclanché SA has developed a modular, all-in-one, high-performance battery system optimized for powering new and retrofit hybrid and fully electric commercial vehicles. An optional IoT tool allows remote data logging and real-time access to battery status, performance and diagnostic data for optimizing fleet operations.

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Fully Electric Energy Hybrid Batteries

Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. When charging with electricity generated through fossil fuels, that difference becomes much smaller.

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Recharge Volvo Clean Cleaning

Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. The share of fully electric cars stood at 16.2%. The share of Recharge models accounted for 30.8

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Recharge Volvo Sale Global

Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

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. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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Volvo Manufacturer Batteries Battery

Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

The all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge is available online via volvocars.com in select markets across Europe as of this week. The propulsion system consists of twin electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle, powered by a 78 kWh battery that can be fast-charged to 80% in about 40 minutes.

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Recharge Volvo Google Cars

Volvo C40 Recharge EV coming to US with $58,750 MSRP

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

The Volvo C40 Recharge pure electric will start at an MSRP of $58,750 in the United States before tax credits. This newest addition to the Volvo electric line-up has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design. This will enable drivers to charge at discounted rates of $0.31/min,

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Recharge Volvo Tax Credit Belgium

Volvo Cars reports sales of 43,666 cars in August; Recharge models 21.9% of sales, 48% in Europe

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The company’s line of Recharge models represented 21.9% of the sales last month, with fully electric vehicles accounting for 5.7% Sales of Recharge cars accounted for 48% of the total sales in the region during the month. Recharge sales in August 2021 accounted for 47% of European sales. of the total, up from 5.9%

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Recharge Volvo Sale Cars

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Lead author Aniruddh Mohan and colleagues wanted to develop a method that evaluated the life-cycle costs and benefits for two battery-powered ridesource fleets and a gasoline-powered one.

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Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions

Volkswagen expands Redwood Materials collaboration with consumer battery recycling program

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Starting on 22 April (Earth Day), Volkswagen of America and Redwood Materials will offer consumers a convenient way to recycle rechargeable devices or lithium-ion batteries. If adopted across the industry, battery recycling programs like this could help reduce battery costs as well as the need to mine and ship raw materials.

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San Diego Batteries Battery Albuquerque

Citroën introduces ë-Jumpy Hydrogen van

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2021

Citroën is supplementing its range of electric LCVs with hydrogen technology to meet the needs of the 8% of companies required to make journeys of more than 300 km (186 miles) or lacking the time to recharge their vehicle during the day. Citroën says that the brand’s range will therefore meet all the needs in the segment.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Recharge Fuel

Mercedes-Benz begins delivering eCitaro electric buses with second-generation Li-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is switching to a more powerful generation of lithium-ion batteries in its electric buses ( earlier post ). The two new eCitaro G buses for ÜSTRA feature second-generation NMC lithium-ion batteries. The company also offers solid-state batteries as a storage option.

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Li-ion Mercedes Lithium Ion Batteries

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

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

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. For the month of October, the share of Recharge cars accounted for 31.5% per cent, 2,841 cars, for the month of October.

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Volvo Sale United Kingdom Recharge

Volvo Car Group exceeds 600,000 vehicles sold on the CMA platform

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2020

Due to its modular design, the platform was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge. The CMA platform is the foundation for the new Volvo XC40 Recharge; the first of Volvo’s fully-electric Recharge range.

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Volvo Vehicles Recharge Cars

Volvo’s nex-gen SUV XC90 to be fully electric soon

Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 26, 2021

Volvo’s nex-gen SUV XC90 to be fully electric soon. The Volvo’s next-gen XC90 will be a fully electric SUV soon and it will be revealed to the public in 2022. The company aims to shift half of its lineup to electric vehicles by 2025 and will make the complete transition by 2030. Volvo XC40 Recharge EV.

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Fully Electric SUV Volvo Recharge

Volvo and CATL have big plans for old EV batteries

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Volvo and battery giant CATL are teaming up to turn old EV batteries into new ones. The partnership aims to further reduce the carbon footprint of EVs by recycling key battery materials. Volvo sold over 113,000 fully electric vehicles in 2023, up 70% compared to 2022.

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Volvo Batteries Battery CO2

Pre-sales begin for Volkswagen Tiguan PHEV SUV in Europe

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Tiguan eHybrid has an all-electric range (WLTP) of up to 50 km (31 miles). In Hybrid mode, the electric motor supports the 1.4-liter In this mode, the Tiguan eHybrid will temporarily also cover stretches fully electrically and thus without generating any local emissions, as recuperation during braking recharges the battery.

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Europe SUV PHEV Sale

Volvo Cars reports sales of 58,667 cars worldwide in March, down 22.1%; electrified share increased to 36%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

In March, sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 35.5% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars made up 9.0% In the first quarter, Recharge sales made up 33.6% of total sales, while fully electric cars made up 7.9%. of total sales.

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Volvo Sale Recharge Cars

Volvo Cars global sales drop 20.2% in January; electrified cars accounted for 31.7% of total

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge (electrified) models increased by 11.5% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. In January 2021, Recharge models had a 22.7% The sales of fully electric cars during the month more than doubled compared with the same month last year. Recharge models made up 53.1%

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Volvo Sale Global Recharge

Volvo Cars sales down 17.2% in February, share of electrified cars increased to 33%

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up for 33.0% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars increased by 229.5% Recharge sales increased by 7.0% Recharge sales increased by 7.0% Fully electric cars increased by 174.9% of total sales. of total sales.

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Volvo Sale Cars Recharge

Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist vessels going battery-electric; ABB power and propulsion

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2019

Cuomo announced that Maid of the Mist, which has been navigating the waters of the Lower Niagara River since 1846, will launch later this year two new all-electric, zero-emission passenger vessels constructed in the United States. Rendering of the new electric Maid of the Mist vessels.

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Power Powered New York Batteries

More than 100 Blue Bird electric school buses have been ordered so far; Cummins electric drive

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2019

More than 100 electric school buses, powered by a Cummins fully electric drivetrain, have been ordered to date from Blue Bird Corporation, a school bus manufacturer highly focused on alternative fuel technologies. Blue Bird electric buses are already operating in California, North Dakota and Washington. Earlier post.)

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North Dakota New Jersey Electric Electrical

Robert Allan Ltd. designs new battery-electric pilot boat

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

has developed a new all-electric pilot boat aimed at service applications in which the run to the ship is 5 nautical miles or less. It features a fully electric twin screw drivetrain and a substantial bank of high energy density batteries that are recharged from shore power.

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Design Batteries Battery Electric

MAN eTGE battery-electric van to be mass-produced from July onwards

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2018

MAN, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is now selling a battery-electric van, the MAN eTGE. Providing a range of up to 160 kilometers and a payload of 950 to 1,700 kg, the electric MAN eTGE is suited for urban tasks, depending on the type approval (3.5 A 40 kW charging station fills a battery up to 80% in 45 minutes.

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Batteries Battery Re-Charge IDEA

Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

liter 4-cylinder engine and optional all-wheel drive. Late last year, Volvo launched its very first all-electric model in North America. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. My quick road test revealed both pros and cons of the XC40 Recharge.

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Recharge Volvo New York City Gasoline-Electric

Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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Volvo All-Electric Tax Credit Fisker

Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Along with the registration site, the E-Transit electric vans have updated pricing, with a targeted starting MSRP of $43,295 for the cutaway—lower than originally announced—to $52,690 for the high-roof extended-wheelbase cargo van. It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri.

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Commercial Ford Price North America

INFINITI says new gasoline-generated EV system (Nissan e-POWER) central to electrification strategy

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

These include fully-electric systems, as well as a gasoline-generated EV system (known as e-POWER at Nissan, earlier post ) in which a gasoline engine generates electrical power stored in a battery (series hybrid), which can then be delivered to all four wheels through a pair of high-output electric motors.

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Infinity Gasoline Power Powered

ABB partners with Vigor selects ABB as propulsion and energy storage partner for hybrid-electric ferries

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

American shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC has selected ABB as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington State Ferry fleet—the largest US ferry system. The first hybrid-electric Olympic Class ferry will join Washington State Ferries’ fleet in 2024. Image: Vigor.

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Energy Storage Hybrid Washington Energy

Dow Kokam and PVI partner on fully electric refuse trucks

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Dow Kokam and PVI are partnering on a small fleet of fully electric refuse trucks. The electric truck and its battery system, which will be produced and assembled in France, were unveiled at Pollutec 2010 by PVI and its partner SITA, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement, alongside examples of Dow Kokam’s battery system technology.

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Fully Electric France Lithium Ion Electric

BMW Scooter C evolution New fully electric maxi scooter

Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2023

BMW C evolution or BMW CE 04 is the new electric scooter from BMW production line. as per the CEO of BMW AG Oliver Zipse The BMW CE 04 is our new electric star for the city. The latest technology, and the best battery cells, which also provide power in the BMW iX. second which is far fair enough for electric scooter.

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BMW Fully Electric Electric Motorcycles Motorcycles

Leclanché develops 65 Ah high-energy lithium-ion pouch cell for electric and hybrid bus and truck applications

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

Leclanché SA has developed a new, high-energy 65 Ah lithium-ion pouch cell to meet the demands of bus and truck manufacturers seeking increased range and operating time for fully electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. This allows for extended range and 80% recharge in less than 30 minutes.

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Lithium Ion Energy Hybrid Extended Range

Volvo Cars says early demand for fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD is strong

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fully electric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. Production and the first customer deliveries of the XC40 Recharge P8 are scheduled to begin later this year.

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Volvo Fully Electric Recharge Google

Electric Mercedes-Benz EQC to start in US from $67,900

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The first fully electric Mercedes-Benz vehicle to launch globally under the new EQ brand, the EQC 400 4MATIC will arrive in US dealerships in early 2020, with prices starting from $67,900. The EQC features an all-new advanced drive system with compact electric drivetrains at each axle.

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Mercedes Electric Electrical Lithium Ion

Volvo Cars’ unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to debut in California; available in coming electric SUV

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

By building on an industry-leading safety standard that will feature in Volvo Cars’ next generation of pure electric cars, Ride Pilot aims to free up more time for customers and make driving a Volvo even more convenient and enjoyable. This new flagship car for the company will be revealed later this year.

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Volvo Available California SUV

Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are partnering to establish the first public electric vehicle charging network at numerous U.S. ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers would supply Volvo’s C40 Recharge from 20 percent state of charge to 90 percent in just 40 minutes. Volvo slates 2030 as its year to go fully electric. “We

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Volvo Installation Charging Denver

Renault, Jiangling JV introducing electric sedan and services for ride-hailing at IAA

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mobilize will unveil Limo, a 4.67m four-door fully-electric sedan, specifically designed for for taxi/private hire (PHV) drivers and fleet, at Munich IAA Mobility 2021. Mobilize’s offer will include a fully-fledged package of services with something for everyone be they full-time, part-time, or one-off drivers.

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Taxi Fleet Electric Electrical

Rhein Neckar Verkehr GmbH first customer for Mercedes-Benz electric Citaro bus

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Rhein‑Neckar‑Verkehr GmbH will be the first customer for the fully-electric Citaro city bus from Mercedes-Benz. The fully‑electric Mercedes‑Benz Citaro receives its drive energy from lithium‑ion batteries. The vehicle is powered by electric wheel hub motors at the rear axle. Earlier post.)

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Mercedes Sierra Lithium Ion Nevada

Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2021

Tritium, a global developer and manufacturer of DC fast chargers for EVs, and Miller Technology , a supplier of mobile mining equipment for safety and productivity, are partnering to provide fast chargers and light-duty battery EVs for the mining industry. —Paul Summers, Miller Technology’s Lead Battery Electric Vehicle Engineer.

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Light Industrial Industry Australia

UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. SEUL is a two-year project that commenced in April 2017.

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Grid London Fleet Charging

Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

Volvo Cars introduces new single-motor C40 Recharge variant

Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

Volvo Cars Q1 sales up 10% to 162,938 units; all-electric vehicles took 18% share

Leclanché introduces modular high-energy battery system for hybrid & fully electric trucks & buses

Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

Volvo C40 Recharge EV coming to US with $58,750 MSRP

Volvo Cars reports sales of 43,666 cars in August; Recharge models 21.9% of sales, 48% in Europe

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Volkswagen expands Redwood Materials collaboration with consumer battery recycling program

Citroën introduces ë-Jumpy Hydrogen van

Mercedes-Benz begins delivering eCitaro electric buses with second-generation Li-ion batteries

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

Volvo Car Group exceeds 600,000 vehicles sold on the CMA platform

Volvo’s nex-gen SUV XC90 to be fully electric soon

Volvo and CATL have big plans for old EV batteries

Pre-sales begin for Volkswagen Tiguan PHEV SUV in Europe

Volvo Cars reports sales of 58,667 cars worldwide in March, down 22.1%; electrified share increased to 36%

Volvo Cars global sales drop 20.2% in January; electrified cars accounted for 31.7% of total

Volvo Cars sales down 17.2% in February, share of electrified cars increased to 33%

Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist vessels going battery-electric; ABB power and propulsion

More than 100 Blue Bird electric school buses have been ordered so far; Cummins electric drive

Robert Allan Ltd. designs new battery-electric pilot boat

MAN eTGE battery-electric van to be mass-produced from July onwards

Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

INFINITI says new gasoline-generated EV system (Nissan e-POWER) central to electrification strategy

ABB partners with Vigor selects ABB as propulsion and energy storage partner for hybrid-electric ferries

Dow Kokam and PVI partner on fully electric refuse trucks

BMW Scooter C evolution New fully electric maxi scooter

Leclanché develops 65 Ah high-energy lithium-ion pouch cell for electric and hybrid bus and truck applications

Volvo Cars says early demand for fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD is strong

Electric Mercedes-Benz EQC to start in US from $67,900

Volvo Cars’ unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to debut in California; available in coming electric SUV

Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

Renault, Jiangling JV introducing electric sedan and services for ride-hailing at IAA

Rhein Neckar Verkehr GmbH first customer for Mercedes-Benz electric Citaro bus

Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

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