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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. Like the XC40 Recharge electric compact SUV, the C40 Recharge comes with an infotainment systems jointly developed with Google and based on the Android operating system. Recharge models accounted for 47.7%

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First look: 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge PHEV boosted to 35 EV miles

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But the Gothenburg, Sweden-based company couldn’t help but give us a quick drive in the bigger XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid while we waited. The post First look: 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge PHEV boosted to 35 EV miles appeared first on Electrek. Volvo flew us out to sunny Palm Springs to test the relatively new C40 BEV.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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The company plans to do it with a mixture of all-electric vehicles, like the new XC40 Recharge, and plug-in hybrid versions of its SUVs and sedans. The XC90 Recharge is an example of the second group. The XC90 Recharge T8 has several drive modes to choose from. News: Mazda Intros the MX-30 EV & Promises PHEV Variants.

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Lowest-priced EVs, Elio electric, Volvo XC40 Recharge range boost, Kia Sorento PHEV price: Today’s Car News

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The Volvo XC40 Recharge gets a range boost, and the Kia Sorento Plug-In Hybrid gets a price tag. Last week, the company put a price on a. Need a new electric car for well under $40,000? You have a lot of choices. And Elio is back with an EV—timeline, to be announced. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Volvo Cars global sales drop 20.2% in January; electrified cars accounted for 31.7% of total

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The supply situation continues to ease, but component shortages will remain a constraining factor, the company said. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge (electrified) models increased by 11.5% In January 2021, Recharge models had a 22.7% Recharge models made up 53.1% Recharge models made up 53.1% of total sales).

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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The researchers also took into account data on company cars that had been provided by fleet managers. For company cars, the deviation is even four times the official values. The real-world share of electric driving for PHEVs, on average, is about half the share considered in the type-approval values.

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Volvo Car Group exceeds 600,000 vehicles sold on the CMA platform

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Due to its modular design, the platform was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge. The CMA platform is the foundation for the new Volvo XC40 Recharge; the first of Volvo’s fully-electric Recharge range. billion (US$1.6

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