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9 Months With A Volvo XC40 EV

CleanTechnica EVs

Shirley and Bruce bought their dual/twin-motor Volvo XC40 Recharge, with 4 wheel drive, because they wanted to go green without screaming virtue signaling and ostentatious wealth. “We We decided not to buy an electric Mercedes,” they told me. The message given by the Volvo is that they are environmentally conscious, in a subtle way.

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Polestar (PSNY) stock slips after Hertz delays plans to buy EVs

Baua Electric

Polestar (PSNY) shares are falling Monday after car rental giant Hertz (HTZ) announced plans to delay buying its EVs this year. Hertz said it would use some of the proceeds to buy new gas-powered cars after Tesla’s prices fell from their peak. Ingenlath said the companies would “have to review at the time.”

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Tesla Model 3 gets high praises from Chris Harris’ Top Gear EV buying guide

Teslarati

In its recent “Fast Electric Car Buying Guide,” the Tesla Model 3 received some high praise from Top Gear , as explained by presenter and veteran motoring journalist Chris Harris. . If you’re buying an electric car, it’s very, very difficult not to automatically buy this one,” Harris said. .

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Tesla Model 3 refresh gets ‘Outstanding EV’ award from CarWow

Teslarati

Overall, CarWow selected the Volvo EX30 as the “Car of the Year,” and as the “Urban Living” award winner. Introducing our Car of the Year: The Volvo EX30! It may be the smallest SUV in Volvo's line-up, but we think it looks just as good as any car Volvo has ever released!

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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

When you write about cars for a living, you can get carefully prepared vehicles dropped off at your door (or at airports) for you to experience and then review. The successor to the Taurus sedan ended up being the Volvo S80-based Five Hundred , while the Taurus wagon was replaced by the Freestyle.

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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

Green Car Congress

We cannot expect transport operators to suddenly start buying electric or other alternatively-powered trucks if there is no business case for them and it is not possible to easily charge the vehicles along all major EU motorways. The introduction of a benchmark system for truck manufacturers totally ignores the demand side.

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