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

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). The share of fully electric cars stood at 18%.

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

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. China sales reached 13,066 cars, up 50% compared with February last year.

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Jeep introducing all-electric Avenger at Paris Motor show

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The Jeep brand will showcase a 100% electrified presence at the 2022 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de L’Automobile 2022), with a stand fully dedicated to the introduction of the all-new fully electric Jeep Avenger, the brand’s first BEV.

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

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The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. For the month of March, Volvo Cars sold 63,132 cars globally, up 8% compared with the same month last year. The share of fully electric cars (12,621 units) during the period ended up at 18%.

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Purolator deploys fully electric delivery vehicles in Vancouver; Motiv Power Systems

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Purolator is taking another step in greening its fleet with the arrival of fully electric curbside-delivery trucks in Vancouver—the first to be launched nationally by a Canadian courier company. Purolator’s new electric delivery vehicles are built on Ford’s F-59 platform and electrified by Motiv Power Systems.

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JLR Halewood to become all-electric production facility; next-gen medium-size SUV architecture fully electric

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As part of the investment, the Halewood plant in the UK will become an all-electric production facility and the next generation medium-size SUV architecture, electrified modular architecture (EMA), will now be pure-electric. It will be renamed the Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre to reflect the move.

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Rolls-Royce unveils Spectre, the brand’s first fully-electric car

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled Spectre, its “Ultra-Luxury Electric Super Coupé” that is the successor to the Phantom Coupé. Spectre possesses all the qualities that have secured the Rolls-Royce legend. Spectre possesses all the qualities that have secured the Rolls-Royce legend. and the beginning of the new all-electric era.