article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported sales of 42,067 cars in February, a decline by 17.2% Sales of Volvo CarsRecharge models made up for 33.0% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars increased by 229.5% In the first two months of the year, Volvo Cars sold 89,628 cars, a decline by 18.8%

Volvo 275
article thumbnail

In the driver’s seat of driverless cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Musk has been struggling to lay his hands on enormous amounts of data to feed AI in cars to be able to drive themselves. Elon Musk ‘s vision for personal mobility is cars running on clean fuel and driving themselves. The second part of his vision – driverless cars – is still elusive.

Auto 52
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate The First Volvo Compact SUV Coupe EV The 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge was the first electric-only and the smallest SUV from Volvo, falling in-line with the EX90 and XC40 Recharge. Another way to look at the efficiency for this car is 3.6 kWh per 100 miles.

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported sales of 58,677 cars worldwide in March, a decline by 22.1% During the first quarter, the number of cars sold increased gradually to a total of 148,295 cars as the supply chain constraints affecting Volvo Cars and the auto industry continued to slowly ease. to 12,378 cars in March.

Volvo 186
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

article thumbnail

Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Put this in a car and you have a fuel-cell electric vehicle. s car-plus-recharging model is the exception to the rule, and shows us that that end-to-end solutions are the best way to kickstart an entirely new transport ecosystem. It’s also a stretch to expect traditional US car companies such as General Motors Co.

Future 52
article thumbnail

Test drive: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge adds polish to Swedish plug-in hybrid

Baua Electric

With more electric range, more power, and more refinement all baked into the already appealing Swedish package, the XC90 Recharge 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is now nearly ideal for families That said, Volvo’s move to Android Automotive OS and its tight third row mean the XC90 won’t fit every family or tech desire. inch touchscreen.