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Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

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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. of total Volvo Car USA sales.

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Groupe Renault, Connected Energy install EV charging with 2nd-life batteries at highway rest areas

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UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. The E-STOR technology developed by Connected Energy uses second-life batteries from Renault electric vehicles.

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Volvo sells 11 electric hybrid buses with 2 ABB automated fast-chargers to Namur, Belgium

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Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. The batteries are fast-charged in just a few minutes at the end stops and also by the energy generated whenever the vehicle brakes.

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

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It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge. Android above all else.

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Keolis launches a new 5G autonomous electric vehicle trial in Stockholm

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Since then, it has operated autonomous vehicles in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the US and the UK, carrying 200,000 passengers and covering more than 100,000 km. Telia is providing 5G connectivity in collaboration with Ericsson. In 2016, the Keolis Group launched a trial of the first autonomous vehicles in Lyon, France.

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ABB launches automated fast charging system for electric buses; inverted pantograph

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With its automated rooftop connection and a typical charge time of 4–6 minutes, the system can easily be integrated in existing bus lines by installing fast chargers at end points, terminals, depots and/or intermediate stops. After all safety checks are performed the system will provide the bus with a powerful fast recharge. (A

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Brussels Airport just added 700 EV chargers and they don’t have idle fees

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By Jean Housen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [link] Brussels Airport in Belgium now has 750 EV chargers, and it wants you to leave your EV plugged in when you go on holiday. If the driver uses Interparking’s Pcard+ pass, there isn’t a connection fee. So I’m going to presume the 700 new ones will be similar.

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