Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced an investment into battery pack production at its excavator plant in Changwon, South Korea. The Changwon plant in South Korea specializes in the production of excavators and is the biggest excavator production site in Volvo CE. With the SEK 80-million (around $7.8-million)
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.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 5, 2014
Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. These are a trunk lid and a plenum cover, tested within the Volvo S80. In this €3.4-million million (US$4.7-million)
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.
Cars That Think
JUNE 12, 2023
The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced by a company called Cheesecake Energy. When does it make sense to buy electricity directly from the grid?
Charged EVs
AUGUST 2, 2023
Supplying to Volvo Trucks or Daimler Trucks or whoever is more burdensome. So now they think maybe they don’t need a 500-mile range, maybe they can get by with 300. Charged : Which of the big OEMs are the ones to bet on to lead in the electric brave new world? Rustam Kocher: I’ve really been impressed with Volvo Trucks.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
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