Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the IAA Transport show in Hannover, Germany. The new e-axle integrates the electric motors and the transmission into the rear axle, thereby freeing up space for more batteries.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
At the IAA Commercial Vehicles Fair in Hannover (23-30 September 2010), Opel will unveil a research project on a Vivaro e-Concept, an electric van with up to 400 kilometers (249 miles) extended range. The e-Concept is envisioned to be capable of meeting the typical daily needs of inner city delivery transport fully electrically.
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2018
liter Cummins ISB4.5E6 4-cylinder turbocharged and intercooled engine certified to Euro6) drives a generator to produce energy for the electric drive. This now utilizes a lighter and more compact direct drive permanent magnet traction motor, which no longer requires a speed reducing gearbox, thereby increasing efficiency and minimizing wear.
Baua Electric
APRIL 4, 2024
Ford’s electric vehicle sales surged 86% in the first three months of the year, enough to secure second in the US EV market behind Tesla. The American automaker sold 20,233 EVs in Q1 2024, topping rival General Motors with 16,425 electric cars delivered.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2023
Another first is that the second-generation permanent magnet electric motor driving the rear axles for the fully electric C40 and XC40 models has been developed in-house at Volvo Cars. The range of the C40 Recharge single motor meanwhile improves up to 476 kilometers from 438 kilometers (WLTP).
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 8, 2024
Volvo continues progress towards fully electric future with uniform naming introduced across its UK model range Fully electric C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge align with other models to become the EC40 and EX40 respectively Both cars available with new Single Motor Extended Range powertrain, offering driving range of up to.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2022
Improvements to the Recharge T8 AWD plug-in hybrid powertrain include a new long-range battery, featuring a third layer of cells to increase nominal energy from 11.6 kWh, and a more powerful rear electric motor now delivering 143 hp (up from 87 hp). million cars globally, with at least half being fully electric cars.
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