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

Charged EVs

Polestar execs offered mixed messages about that—in a virtual press briefing, the head of design said everything was unique to the brand, as visualized in the Polestar Precept concept car shown at the Geneva Motor Show. The electric XC40 comes from Ghent, Belgium, incidentally. Polestar is an entirely new and separate brand from Volvo.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We agree with Toyotas comments, which is why we advocate for mass production of PHEVs: "Were immensely gratified that some enthusiasts, in a tacit endorsement of the hybrid concept, are, on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis, converting Toyota hybrids to plug-in technology. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.)

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