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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

Green Car Congress

Based on customer polling data, 85% of e-tron customers and 90% of e-tron Sportback customers state that environmental impact is either “important” or “very important” toward purchase considerations, aligning with past and present initiatives Audi has introduced for e-tron customers. seconds and a top track speed of 124 mph.

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Volvo Car Corporation to start demonstration program of electric cars in Shanghai

Green Car Congress

The Volvo C30 is the first electric car from an international brand that will be presented and involved in various activities here. The Volvo C30 Electric is manufactured in the Volvo Cars Ghent plant in Belgium and finalized in the Torslanda plant in Sweden. A full recharge takes about 7 hours.

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Six automated truck platoons to compete in European Truck Platooning Challenge

Green Car Congress

Scania will leave from Södertalje, south of Stockholm, driving through Sweden, Denmark and Germany to Maasvlakte II in the Port of Rotterdam, making a stop in Zolder, Belgium and in Zwolle, Netherlands. IVECO will depart from Brussels and DAF from their production location in Westerlo, Belgium. Earlier post.)

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Purdue Researchers Detail Mechanisms of Fluid Boiling in Microchannels; Commercializing Hybrid and EV IGBT Cooling Systems with Delphi

Green Car Congress

These recent advances towards a comprehensive understanding of flow boiling in microchannels will be detailed in a research paper by Garimella and Harirchian and a keynote address to be presented by Garimella on 8 Oct. during the conference Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (Therminic), 7-9 October in Leuven, Belgium.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

It’s the closest thing yet to a Tesla Model Y presentation, and almost as simple to use, once you learn it. seconds for 0-60 mph acceleration, and we believe it. The starkness of the plastics is emphasized by a single 12.3-inch Volvo quotes 3.4 Thankfully the friction brakes are suitably beefy to haul it back just as fast.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

It’s the closest thing yet to a Tesla Model Y presentation, and almost as simple to use, once you learn it. seconds for 0-60 mph acceleration, and we believe it. The starkness of the plastics is emphasized by a single 12.3-inch Volvo quotes 3.4 Thankfully the friction brakes are suitably beefy to haul it back just as fast.

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