Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

The new XC60 will launch with the diesel D4 engine at 190 hp and the D5 with PowerPulse technology delivering 235 hp. We also have the petrol-powered T5 delivering 254 hp and the T6, which with both turbo and superchargers attached, delivers 320 hp and 400 N·mn of torque. We have a wide range of powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

At the Beijing Motor Show, Volvo Cars also officially introduced the Volvo S60L Petrol Plug-in Hybrid (PPHEV) ( earlier post ), underlining its commitment to bringing electrification technology to China. The S60L Petrol Plug-in Hybrid will be launched in China early 2015.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Off the beaten track, the Range Rover Electric should prove as capable as its petrol, diesel or plug-in hybrid version, although the battery-powered SUV can only wade up to 850mm in deep water, not quite the 900mm the rest of the range can.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. In 2017, gasoline cars became more popular (53% of new registrations) than diesel cars (45%) for the first time since the monitoring started.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. According to the WRI’s analysis, above, Iceland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and China are the leading EV adopters after Norway.

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

Petrol-only vehicles saw their lowest share in modern history, taking just 1% of the market. Even adding in diesel-only vehicles, the combined ICE-only share was at a record low of 2.7%, from 5.3% We saw in yesterday’s report that neighbouring Sweden is now in an inflationary recession (“stagflation”).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Volvo unveiled its new Volvo V90 wagon in Stockholm, Sweden. The Lock-up (LU) system comprises the latest NVH damping technology (pendulum damper for diesels and super long travel damper for the gasoline engine). Volvo’s PowerPulse system, launched in the 90 series, is designed to eliminate turbo lag on its diesels.

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Push EVs

MAY 9, 2023

All other powertrains lost volume YoY, with petrol-only vehicles at their 2nd lowest volume of the modern era (just 112 units), and 3rd lowest share ever, just 1.25% of the auto market. As for newcomer BEV models, just as we saw in neighbouring Sweden, the Toyota’s group sibling, the Lexus RZ450e made its debut in Norway in April.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 5, 2021

Looking at the remaining fuel sales in December, HEVs clocked 9% share, versus 5% a year ago, while petrol lost 26 % market share(!), now at 24% (it was 50% 12 months ago), while diesel was down 15% in share, to just 18%. Looking at last month Best Sellers, the VW ID.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

The Dacia LPG vehicles are dual-mode gasoline/ LPG gas vehicles (the driver only has to activate a switch to select the petrol or gas mode), and are 60% quieter than diesel-powered vehicles. The Dacia 1.4-liter liter LPG engine. Click to enlarge. The Sandero 1.4 The Sandero 1.6

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Whilst this year France saw YoY plugin share growth in January, both the UK and Sweden have seen January’s plugin results flat, and both Norway and Germany saw a decline. Meanwhile, diesel-only vehicles continued their decline, reaching 4.0% Meanwhile, diesel-only vehicles continued their decline, reaching 4.0%

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Push EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sweden’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow strongly in December, reaching a record 74.6%, up from 60.7% Combustion-only powertrains’ (petrol and diesel) share in December fell to a record low of 18.7%, compared to 32.3% Sweden’s Best Selling BEVs. year on year.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

In an effort to accelerate the introduction of fuel cell cars to the market, the parties will make a joint investment of SEK 200million in Powercell Sweden AB. Compared with normal diesel or petrol powered engines, fuel cells produce much less CO2 and no emissions at all of particulates and nitrogen oxides.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 9, 2023

Full year 2022 diesel-only vehicles’ share amounted to 5.1%, down from 8.2% For petrol-only vehicles, 2022 saw 42.3% Expect petrol’s rate of decline to accelerate in the coming years, once diesel sales have effectively ended. This comes against a background of overall auto sales down by 2.0% in 2022 compared to 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2017

On the basis of unadjusted emission totals, the following 11 Member States reported exceedances of their NEC Directive national ceilings for one or more pollutants in 2015: Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Luxembourg; Spain; and Sweden. Six Member States exceeded their NO x emission ceilings in 2015.

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Plug In India

MARCH 5, 2023

By Team PluginIndia Now that Electric Vehicles are an increasingly attractive and attainable option for personal vehicle buyers , governments around the world have issued various petrol vehicle bans which will be implemented over the coming years. Diesel vehicles may be totally banned as they wont meet the regulations of BS6 round 2.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

This range includes the first four-cylinder engine with cylinder deactivation (ACT)—and the modular diesel engine system (MDB) with the also new EA288 engine series (66 kW / 89 hp to 140 kW / 188 hp). To ensure a uniform mounting position of all engines in the MQB, engineers rotated the cylinder head of the petrol engine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. Expects production around 2014. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! Detroit News ).

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Northvolt’s Northvolt Ett plant in Skellefteå, Sweden will start battery cell production for Volkswagen in 2023, with a target of up to 40 GWh annually. The “Northvolt Zwei” plant (under development), located at one of Volkswagen’s sites, was planned for 16 GWh annually (with potential for 24 GWh annually).

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