Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. For the month of March, Volvo Cars sold 63,132 cars globally, up 8% compared with the same month last year. The share of fully electric cars (12,621 units) during the period ended up at 18%.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Volvo Cars reported sales of 47,561 cars in January, a decline by 20.2% While production has continued to gradually improve, retail deliveries were held back due to an increase of cars in transit. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge (electrified) models increased by 11.5% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

Volvo Cars reported retail sales of 45,952 cars in May, down 28.3% In May the share of fully electric cars grew to 7.9% (3,652 units), up from 3.7% (2,399 units out of 64,111). Sales of Recharge models (plug-in hybrid and fully electric) represented 33.6% Plug-in hybrid. Fully electric.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Volvo Cars starts the year on a solid note as the company reports its 17th month of consecutive growth. Global sales in January reached 53,402 cars, an increase of 10 per cent compared to the same month last year.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Volvo Cars reported its 14th consecutive month of growth as global sales reached 59,861 cars in October, up 10 per cent compared to the same period last year. The sales increase was primarily driven by the company’s fully electric cars.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Volvo Cars’ global sales continued to grow in November and reached a total of 63,682 cars, up 8 per cent compared to the same month last year. During the January-November period, Volvo Cars sold 632,701 cars globally which is a 17 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Volvo Cars global sales reached 61,666 cars in September, up 25 per cent compared to the same period last year as Europe, the US and China all reported sales growth for the month.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 66,379 cars in June, up 33 per cent compared with the same month last year. 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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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 3, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 54,165 cars in July, up 21 per cent compared with the same month last year. In the first seven months of 2023, the company sold 395,856 cars globally, up 18 per cent compared with the same period last year. This was the eleventh consecutive month of growth year-over-year.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids globally leapt by 69 per cent to an incredible 1.1 Back in January 2023 just 660,000 EVs and PHEVs were registered globally but since then their popularity in markets like the US and Canada (41 per cent increase) and China, where the number has doubled, has fuelling rapid growth.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

E-bikes are today a growing component of the global transition away from fossil fuels—possibly more than the car-and-truck-focused sustainability crowd appreciates. E-bikes’ rapid growth in recent years stems in part from their simple solution to the range issue that big, hulking cars typically don’t offer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2018

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. —Zaki Fasihuddin, CEO of the Volvo Cars Tech Fund.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 6, 2023

The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. For the month of March, Volvo Cars sold 63,132 cars globally, up 8 per cent compared with the […] The post Volvo Cars reports March global sales – 41% market share of electrified vehicles appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Volvo Cars reported sales of 48,520 in January, up 2 per cent compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31 per cent in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7 per cent of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31 per cent compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196 per cent during the period.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . Until now, it’s had no plug-in option. My quick road test revealed both pros and cons of the XC40 Recharge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept. At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. To make the plug-in technology viable for buyers in the US and China, Volvo notes , it needs to feature a gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

of the global car parc (2 billion units) projected for then. of the global car parc (2 billion units) projected for then. “Without decisive fiscal and investment policies on a global scale, private road transport’s absolute volume and share of greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rise.”

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Cars that plug in to recharge, whether all-electric or plug-in hybrid, are a very small proportion of total U.S. And the same applies to their global sales, which are less than 1 percent of a total worldwide volume now headed toward 90 million vehicles a year. vehicle sales today.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

These swap stations remain to be seen as a novelty in Europe for the time being but will serve as a complementary public charging solution alongside plug-in infrastructure. In cars, ‘pack swap’ is the dominant swapping mode. There are also other companies in China that offer models with battery swap support, but for the taxi market.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 5, 2024

Volvo Cars’ global sales continued to grow in December as the company reports full year sales of 708,716 cars during 2023, an increase of 15 per cent compared to the full year of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

The government of China—now the world’s largest automotive market—has made vehicle electrification central to its plan for growing the automotive market both domestically and internationally, and accordingly has created many national and local incentives for plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) purchases. Source: Pike Research.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo Car USA is bringing a new, improved Recharge plug-in hybrid powertrain is coming to the US in its 90 and 60 Series models, significantly extending electric range while lowering carbon dioxide emissions, increasing performance, and improving drivability. By 2030, it plans to become a fully electric car company.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. The policy, which exempts electric cars from hefty daily taxation, is resulting in increasingly significant vehicle choices for English consumers. nk Global views London as a first market when it relaunches the Th!nk Norway's Th!nk

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2013

A lack of consumer buzz around electric cars is encouraging carmakers to rethink their strategies and look to invest more in plug-in hybrids instead, according to a new survey from KPMG.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 26, 2007

G oogle proved it is serious about Plug Ins with its new Recharge IT initiative. Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Here's the story from the LA Times: Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in U.S., Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., The list of attendees includes Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.);

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. million into electric-vehicle maker Aptera and battery start-up ActaCell.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Hertz On Demand, the global car sharing club, and IBM are piloting a smart charging program in Germany. Hertz On Demand in Germany will supply electric vehicles to the car share fleet used by IBM employees to drive between Stuttgart Airport and the company’s campus in Ehningen, about 30 km (18.6 miles) away.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Electric cars will become more integrated into the intelligent traffic infrastructure and energy networks of the future than conventional combustion engines, with modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) forming the backbone for the integration of electric vehicles into these networks, the partners note.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fully electric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. Production and the first customer deliveries of the XC40 Recharge P8 are scheduled to begin later this year.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The American off-road specialist Jeep has revealed high-performance off-road and on-road all-electric models on the eve of World EV Day as it moves towards an all-EV lineup in some markets. Jeep is part of the giant global automotive concern Stellantis and a spokesman for its local arm was non-committal on what could arrive locally and when.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Volvo Cars introduced the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car and the first model to appear in its brand new Recharge car line concept. The XC40 Recharge, based on the multi-award-winning and best-selling XC40 small SUV, is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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