Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The plant will use a proven conversion process, leveraging recent process improvements and technologies to increase sustainability and efficiency. Additionally, the JV is seeking to enable use of green energy to power the conversion process, thereby minimizing and eventually avoiding reliance on natural gas as is the conventional approach.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2016

Volvo Trucks North America recently introduced a new one-box design for its Exhaust Aftertreatment System (EATS), resulting in increased flexibility, increased fuel capacity and a more aerodynamic vehicle. Standard with Volvo D11- and Volvo D13-equipped vehicles, the one-box EATS offers greater flexibility with the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

Volvo Cars, as a worldwide leader in safety, will limit the top speed on all its cars to 180 km/h (112 mph) from 2020. The company’s Vision 2020, which aims for no one to be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo by 2020, is one of the most ambitious safety visions in the automotive industry. With speeds, not so much.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2023

We are hugely excited to begin the conversion of these eight buses and see them on the roads of the local area. Each conversion costs less than half of a new electric bus, and with most buses in service for 14 years or more, operators can make significant savings by repowering a bus halfway through its operational life.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The conversion to hydrogen will enable Ovako to reduce its CO 2 emissions for steel production in Hofors by 50%. In June we announced our collaboration with the Volvo Group, Hitachi Energy, H2 Green Steel and Nel Hydrogen with the purpose to invest in fossil-free hydrogen in Hofors.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid with overhead conductive charging station and pantograph extended. As previously announced ( earlier post ), Volvo Buses will officially launch the new plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in September. Volvo Electric Hybrid drive system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

Maxwell Technologies is putting the lifetime value of its recently announced deal to provide ultracapacitor-based subsystems to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely), the parent company of leading brands such as Volvo and Geely Auto ( earlier post ), at $100 million. The vehicles will initially be available in North America and Europe.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Volvo Cars is providing USD 800mn principal amount 18-month term loan, with an equity conversion option for Volvo Cars. The Swedish electric performance car manufacturer Polestar has received a total of USD 1.6bn dollars for financial and liquidity support from its two major shareholders from its two main shareholders.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

Volvo D13 Euro 6 with EGR and aftertreatment system. Volvo Trucks is introducing a Euro-6-compliant heavy-duty engine, with NO x emissions lowered by 77% and PM emissions halved compared to Euro 5. The Volvo D13 for Euro 6 is based on Volvo’s Euro 5 engine. Click to enlarge. How the system works. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

AC Propulsion will launch the conversion program by developing the electric propulsion system and conversion process for the full-size vans that are used by service fleets nationwide. The project will include the conversion of three vehicles that will be evaluated by service industry partners to be announced in the coming year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

Maxwell Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of capacitive energy storage and power delivery solutions, announced a technology partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely), the parent company of leading brands such as Volvo and Geely Auto.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

Nihon Dengyo Kosaku and Volvo Technology Japan have demonstrated the wireless transmission of 10kW of electricity a distance of 4 meters using a prototype high-efficiency rectenna—a microwave rectifying antenna that converts microwave energy into direct-current electricity. kW each; overall efficiency of the conversion is about 84%.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I have a 65' 544 Volvo that I've loved, painted, moved 3x's, and want to convert it to electric. It has a 4 cyn, duel SU carb, and has all the looks.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In his conversation with the Watt Energy host, the Model S driver noted that Elon Musk did congratulate him on social media when his car passed the 1 million km mark , but it was 11 months after his vehicle achieved the milestone. It took 30 years for the Volvo 740 GLE to achieve the milestone, but it was extremely impressive nonetheless.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Norway-based Eltek has signed an agreement with Volvo Car Corporation regarding deliveries of on-board chargers for a hybrid electrical vehicle program. This contract with Volvo Car is an important step. Under the agreement, Eltek will supply complete water-cooled on-board chargers with volume production starting in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

That steel is now being delivered to the first customer, the Volvo Group. SSAB Oxelösund rolled its first steel produced using HYBRIT technology—i.e., reduced by 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke—in July.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 4, 2021

After 1 year in its new premises, Kit Lacey of eDub Services gives a tour of his latest projects. In the video Kit talks about the 1973 VW T2 “Indie” that we followed in its making earlier, which unfortunately has had a bad scratch. He shows us the super cool Tesla-powered 1991 VW Golf Mk2 […].

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2023

Heritage Customs Valiance Convertible according to the Land Rover Defender 90 A Dutch coachbuilder through the title of Heritage Customs this date introduced a convertible conversion for the Land Rover Defender. 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Probably the most automobiles we examined this date used to be the 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale. in 25 years.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

While many other automakers are eying 2024 or 2025 for the conversion to the standard, Honda hasn’t elaborated on its timeline, only saying “maybe” 2025 or 2026. Honda joins several other automakers in the transition to NACS, including Ford, Rivian, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Polestar.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company joins automakers such as Volvo, Ford and Stellantis, as well as Nissan partner Renault, which have made similar commitments in either Europe or globally. The automaker also teased an EV conversion of the R32 Skyline GTR in March. Today, Nissan produces the Ariya EV , which faced some production issues earlier this year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 3, 2023

Volvo, Scania, DAF, and several other manufacturers of heavy electric trucks are scaling up production. After a long wait, we are starting to see more traction in the brand new heavy electric truck sector.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 20, 2024

Brands such as Acura, Lexus, Mazda, and Volvo receive commendation for their dealership service satisfaction. Conversely, Jeep and Kia, followed closely by Hyundai, find themselves at the lower end of customer satisfaction scores. This variability highlights the brand-dependent nature of service quality in dealership departments.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

The re-powered mining machine was commissioned at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine site in Western Australia – but what’s more significant is that the conversion was done during the standard service life of the machine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2013

has purchased 35 Class 8 Volvo trucks that operate on compressed natural gas (CNG). The conversion to natural gas will reduce the fleet’s annual oil consumption by more than 1 million gallons and result in 1,300 fewer tons of greenhouse gas emissions. SUPERVALU INC. The fleet, which operates out of SUPERVALU’s Mechanicsville, Va.,

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Aside from its own branded EVs, the Chinese automaker owns stakes in plenty of other notable brands we often cover on Electrek , including ZEEKR , Volvo, Lotus, and Polestar. Geely Auto operates as the primary marque auto brand under the larger umbrella of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Whatever floats your boat.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

The European Commission found that truck makers MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF broke EU antitrust rules by colluding for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules. This was complemented by phone conversations. Volvo/Renault. Fines imposed. Fine (€).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Approved car retrofit systems are available for models from BMW, Mercedes Benz, Seat, Skoda, Audi, Volkswagen and Volvo. The KBA publishes all general operating permits (ABE) issued for the different vehicle classes on its website.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Broader commitments to climate change are spurring some countries, like Norway and Holland, or companies, like Volvo, to set their own targets. Tesla, Daimler, VW, and Volvo are all investing heavily in battery-electric trucks. There are relatively few strong market drivers for electric vehicles in construction. Electric Trucks - 4.3

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 25, 2021

The electrification of automobiles is more than a conversion of technology. Also, read related article: Volvo Trucks unveiled 3 new electric trucks. .” Alpha Wolf electric truck. Alpha Motor Corporation says “Move Humanity means efficiently mobilizing innovation for people.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The consortium believes that mechanical hybrids solve many of the challenges associated with electric hybrids: there is no inefficient conversion of energy from kinetic to electrical to chemical and back, and the cost, weight, packaging and recycling issues associated with batteries are also eliminated. FHSPV flywheel CVT component details.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2017

The sugar-derived ethyl tetrahydrofurfuryl ether (ETE), another cyclic ether, conversely, performed markedly worse than the reference fuel on both setups. Engine experiments used a Volvo T5 turbocharged port fuel injected 5-cylinder SI engine. —Tian et al.

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Plug N Drive

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

At the MEET, customers can learn about the environmental and economic benefits of driving electric in Canada through conversations with local electric vehicle (EV) ambassadors, interactive learning displays and an EV test drive activity in some of latest EV models from leading manufacturers.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

A unique joint project between carmaker Volvo and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall is to see the production of battery-powered Volvos featuring plug-in hybrid technology as early as 2012. Volvo Cars also have FlexiFuel models which are powered by E85 (85 percent renewable bioethanol and 15 per cent petrol).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The company recently won a contract for the conversion of 5 Volvo buses with e-Traction system for the Town of Apeldoorn (Netherlands). The e-Traction system is a complete module that includes auxiliary power unit (APU), universal rear axle and in-wheel direct drive motors (TheWheel).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

In conjunction with vehicle manufacturer Mack, a member of the Volvo Group, and local truck conversion specialists, Siemens is developing up to four demonstration vehicles. The smart current collectors permit overtaking maneuvers and automatic hook-up and disconnection at speeds up to 90 km/h (56 mph).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Separately, EnerDel has active relationships underway with automakers Think, Volvo, Mazda, Nissan ( earlier post ) and Fisker ( earlier post ).

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Volvo S60 Recharge: Volvos tend to be relaxing and sedate to drive, but the S60 Recharge’s 455 horsepower and instant electric torque make it downright quick. The car looks great, is spacious inside, and offers an upscale cabin that rivals some of Volvo’s more expensive SUVs.

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