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IVECO BUS signs a framework agreement for the sale of up to 500 electric buses in Belgium

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signed a framework agreement with the Flemish government-owned public transport enterprise De Lijn for the sale of a first batch of 65 E-WAY full electric city buses and further batches up to a total of 500 vehicles. All together they will come to represent the largest fleet of IVECO BUS articulated electric buses in operation.

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

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo CarsĀ“ 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. compared with January last year.

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Volvo suddenly shifts EX30, EX90 production to Belgium to avoid China-made EV tariffs

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Volvo is reportedly shifting EV production to Belgium ahead of schedule. Production of the new Volvo EX30 and EX90 is moving to Belgium to avoid expected tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. Volvo announced it planned to build its new low-cost EX30 at its Ghent plant in Belgium last October.

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

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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 hints the EX30 could be exported from Belgium to the US to avoid new EV tariffs

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Meanwhile, Volvo suggested the US-bound EX30 could come from Belgium as it looks to avoid newly introduced tariffs. The EX30 is ā€œone of the best-selling fully electric cars in Europeā€ in its first few months on the market, according to Bjƶrn Annwall, chief commercial officer and deputy CEO at Volvo Cars.

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Volvo recalls all EX30 electric SUVs over a software glitch, but an OTA update should fix it

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Volvo is set to recall all 71,956 EX30 models made to date as it works through a software bug. Volvo sold 14,500 EX30s in the first quarter , quickly becoming ā€œone of the best-selling fully electric cars in Europe,ā€ according to Bjƶrn Annwall, Volvo Carsā€™ CCO and deputy CEO. The issue can be fixed through an over-the-air (OTA) update.

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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of all new medium- and heavy-buses (over 3.5 All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% Last year, registrations of new electric buses in the EU increased by 170.5% of total EU bus sales.

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