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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in electric car charging company FreeWire

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Volvo Cars has acquired a stake in mobile EV rapid charging company FreeWire Technologies ( earlier post ) via the Volvo Cars Tech Fund. FreeWire is a San Francisco-based company that has been a pioneer in flexible fast-charging technology for electric cars. kW or DC fast charging at 50 kW.

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Volvo Cars reports May sales, 48 percent share of plug-in vehicles

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The sales increase was primarily driven by a strong performance in Europe as well as the company’s fully electric small SUV, the EX30.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The plant already builds the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40.

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BYD Delivers Over 3M Plug-in Vehicles In 2023, Beats Tesla In Quarterly EV Sales

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In 2023, BYD achieved a total yearly sales of 3,024,417 new energy vehicles, which includes battery-only and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, a YoY growth of 61.8%. The Chinese company said it had sold a record 526,000 battery-only vehicles in the final quarter of 2023, up from 431,603 all-electric BEVs in Q3.

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Volvo Cars Reports October Sales, 36% Market Share Of Plug-in Vehicles

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The sales increase was primarily driven by the company’s fully electric cars. For the period January-October 2023, the company sold 569,019 cars, which is 18 per cent higher […] The post Volvo Cars Reports October Sales, 36% Market Share Of Plug-in Vehicles appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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In 2021, Volkswagen Brand Sold 369,000 Plug-In Electric Cars

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The company almost doubled all-electric car sales, while plug-in hybrids improved by a third year-over-year.

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Volvo Cars Reports June Sales, 37% Market Share Of Plug-in Vehicles

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The overall sales increase was driven by the company´s fully electric cars which quadrupled compared to the same period last year.

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