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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil presents fully electric bus chassis eO500U

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Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has presented the fully electric eO500U bus chassis. The fully electric bus chassis has a range of up to 250 kilometers. The fully electric eO500U bus chassis is part of our global development strategy for electromobility.

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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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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. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Nissan targets 40% of US sales to be fully electric by 2030

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Nissan North America has set a target that more than 40% of its US vehicle sales by 2030 will be fully electric, with even more to be electrified. To build on the success of LEAF, which is now in its second generation, Nissan will offer the all-electric ARIYA crossover in 2022. 2021 Nisaan LEAF. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Fully electric Genesis GV60 arrives in US starting at $58,890

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This summer, Genesis Motor America will launch the Electrified G80, its first fully-electric sedan. Later this year, as part of Hyundai Motor Group’s $7.4-billion billion investment in future mobility solutions, Genesis will begin production of the Electrified GV70 SUV at its manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Ala.

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Volvo Cars divests its holding in Aurobay to Geely Holding; to be part of new Renault-Geely powertrain company

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Volvo Cars has a strategic direction to become fully electric by 2030 and shape the future of mobility. Aurobay will become part of the new global company specializing in hybrid and low- emission powertrains being formed by Renault and Geely. Earlier post.). The detailed terms of the transaction are not disclosed.

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MAN Truck & Bus starts series production of the fully electric Lion’s City E

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The fully electric Lion’s City E as an articulated bus will follow around six months later and should go into series production in the first half of 2021. The fully electric MAN Lion’s City E is flexibly built in the production process with the other models of the new city bus generation on one line and without bridging.

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Volvo Cars, Northvolt to open R&D center as part of $3.3B investment in battery development and manufacturing; finalized JV

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Volvo Cars and Northvolt will open a joint research and development (R&D) center in Gothenburg as part of a SEK 30 billion (US$3.3 billion) investment in battery development and manufacturing. It aims to sell 50% pure electric cars by the middle of this decade, and by 2030 it aims to sell only fully electric cars.

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