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Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2018
The new Volvo S60 sedan to be launched later this spring will be the first Volvo to be produced without a diesel engine option. The company said that the move highlights its commitment to a long-term future beyond the traditional combustion engine. —Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo Cars.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2013
Volvo unveiled the new Volvo Concept Coupé, the first of a series of three concept cars that reveal the design possibilities created by the company’s new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). The concept car features a two-liter high-performance Drive-E gasoline engine ( earlier post ) with a supercharger and turbo.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 16, 2014
Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) will reveal the Volvo S60L PPHEV (Petrol Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) Concept Car at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show. The S60L PPHEV Concept Car features the same electrification technology as the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid, the first diesel plug-in hybrid, on sale in Europe.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2017
This drop was offset by an increase in the sale of gasoline engined vehicles. Automakers are cautioning that this shift to gasoline engines—with their higher CO 2 values—will pose additional challenges to meeting future CO 2 reduction targets. Gasoline vehicles now account for 48.5%
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Volvo unveiled its new Volvo V90 wagon in Stockholm, Sweden. The V90, like the XC90 and the S90, offers the T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid powertrain, delivering up to around 410 hp. The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. Earlier post.)
Baua Electric
JANUARY 21, 2024
A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. The engine never truly powers the wheels.
Baua Electric
MARCH 31, 2024
However, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are not driving growth as they historically have done. In contrast, petrol cars performed almost as well as they did before the Covid-19 pandemic. While we’re seeing a clear decline in demand for diesel models, drivers are opting for gasoline alternatives, rather than switching to electric.”
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