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Volvo Cars Q1 sales up 10% to 162,938 units; all-electric vehicles took 18% share

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Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, made up 41% of all Volvo cars sold globally (67,403 units) in Q1 2023. The share of fully electric cars (12,621 units) during the period ended up at 18%. Sales of the all-electric cars were up 140% year-on-year.

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

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When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. But the mass market was confused; these new cars had an additional battery to provide electricity to an electric motor.

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Volvo Car USA fully electric vehicle sales reach 7.2% of total in 2022

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The share of overall Recharge cars—those with pure electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains—reached 27.4% Fully electric cars accounted for 10% of sales and grew 50%, making it the best month ever for BEVs. Fully electric cars accounted for 10% of sales and grew 50%, making it the best month ever for BEVs.

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GIREVE project to establish common framework for roaming services for recharging plug-in vehicles

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The Caisse des Dépôts investor group; Électricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF), the manager of electricity distribution to 95% of the metropolitan area in France; PSA Peugeot-Citroën; and Renault have signed a memorandum of understanding on the creation of a common framework to develop roaming services for recharging plug-in vehicles in France.

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Volvo Cars Reports January Sales, 36% Market Share Of Plug-in Vehicles

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Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain reached 19,171 […] The post Volvo Cars Reports January Sales, 36% Market Share Of Plug-in Vehicles appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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NREL study finds that uncoordinated plug-in vehicle charging could prove challenging to the grid

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An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation’s electric grid, according to research conducted by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This effect is exacerbated when higher in-home power charging is adopted.

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Volvo Cars sales up 12% in November y-o-y; fully electric account for 19.7% of total sales

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Overall underlying demand for the company’s cars continues to remain robust, especially for its Recharge range of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Sales of Recharge units were up 44.2% The company’s line of Recharge models represented 42.2% The company’s line of Recharge models represented 42.2%