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Volvo Group’s Nova Bus ending bus production in the US in 2025; focus on Canada

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Volvo Group’s Nova Bus is ending bus production in the US market; the company has decided to close its Plattsburgh manufacturing and delivery facility by 2025. Nova Bus manufactures the LFS line of buses, including diesel, hybrid, natural gas and all-electric powertrains. A restructuring provision of SEK 1.3

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Volvo VNR all-electric semi joins Martin Brower, McDonald’s Canada fleet

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Volvo Trucks North America said this morning it has introduced a Volvo VNR electric class 8 tractor into Martin Brower’s fleet of commercial vehicles in collaboration with McDonald’s Canada. “It’s a strong statement when all key partners align towards clear greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

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Volvo Car USA and Canada sales up 31.6 percent in August, PHEV and BEV volume doubles

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Volvo Car USA and Canada reports regional sales of 11,768 cars in August, up 31.6 So far this year the Volvo Car USA and Canada region sold 89,014 cars, an increase of 22.9 The company’s line of Recharge models, those with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, represented 25.3 percent of all US.

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Volvo adopts Tesla’s NACS Connector for EVs

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Volvo said today that it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), opting to use the connector for its electric vehicles. The announcement makes Volvo the latest major automaker to adopt Tesla’s charging connector. Aptera, a solar EV company, adopted NACS before any other automaker.

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Polestar to adopt Tesla NACS connector, following parent company Volvo

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Polestar announced today it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector just two days after parent company Volvo opted to make the same move. From 2025 Polestar will adopt NACS, enabling access to @TeslaCharging ‘s Supercharger network for all Polestar drivers in the US and Canada.

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Volvo receives its largest order for EV trucks ever

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Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell up to 1,000 electric trucks to Holcim, a building solution provider, marking the largest deal the Swedish automaker has signed to date. Holcim will utilize the Volvo FH and FM all-electric trucks with the first 130 deliveries that will occur during Q4 2023 and throughout 2024.

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Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo Group to form JV for large-scale production of fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles

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Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo Group have signed a preliminary non-binding agreement to establish a new joint venture. Daimler will consolidate all its current fuel cell activities in the joint venture. The Volvo Group will acquire 50% in the joint venture for the sum of approximately €0.6 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.

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