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Volvo Trucks and Bucher collaborate to electrify sewer cleaner trucks

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Volvo Trucks and Bucher Municipal have now entered into a collaboration to electrify sewer cleaner trucks. We have optimized the technology from our successful city sewer solution to meet the special requirements for working in urban zones, where regulations regarding CO 2 and diesel emissions have been tightened.

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Volvo reveals new XC90; limited diesel, gasoline First Edition on sale only online

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Volvo Cars revealed the XC90, its new 7-seat SUV, at an event in Sweden. The two launch engines are the D5 twin turbo diesel and the T6 supercharged and turbocharged gasoline unit. Power and torque charts for the T6 gasoline unit (left) and the D5 diesel (right). Powertrain of the Volvo XC90 Twin Engine PHEV.

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Clean Air Power launches Genesis Edge Dual Fuel Volvo Euro5 truck in Australia

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Clean Air Power CAP), the developer of a dual-fuel combustion technology that enables heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of diesel and natural gas, has launched its Genesis Edge Dual Fuel Volvo FM13 Euro5 product in Australia. Earlier post.).

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Construction Companies Are Turning to EVs

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Case offers a variety of electric options A Quieter, Smoother Ride Traditional construction equipment has an internal combustion engine (ICE)–usally diesel powered–that makes the vehicle vibrate and produce loud noises. These vehicles slash fuel costs while still serving as well as diesel equipment.

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

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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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JATO: Euro car market drops 7.9% in June; SUV demand slows; Tesla posts highest market share gain

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We continue to see a repeat of the same pattern: lower consumer confidence is mostly affecting diesel car registrations, which used to dominate the European landscape. The diesel crisis is particularly challenging in Scandinavia, where electric cars continue to increase their market share. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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Swedish Energy Agency grants PowerCell $1.4M loan for the development of next-generation fuel cell APU system

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PowerCell selected an Auto Thermal Reactor (ATR) technology to evaporate (not combust) the diesel and extract hydrogen-rich gas with gas purity well within the limits of what a low temperature PEM fuel cell can support in terms of CO. Fuel reformers mix a fuel with steam and/or air and let the mixture pass a catalytic surface.

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