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

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The first customer vehicles are now rolling off the assembly line for the Hamburg Holstein transport company (VHH). 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.

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Volvo delivers 20 electric trucks to DFDS in Gothenburg; part of 125-unit order

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Volvo Trucks is delivering 20 fully electric heavy trucks to the logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. The delivery is part of a total order for 125 electric trucks that DFDS has placed with Volvo. Volvo Trucks’ global target is that in 2030, 50% of all new trucks it sells will be electric.

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Despite labor dispute, Tesla takes the crown in sales in Sweden, Norway

Baua Electric

Photo by Lukas Kloeppel on Pexels.com It’s no surprise that Norway is leading the world in EV adoption, but 2023 saw the country reach new heights with electric vehicles taking a record 82% market share, and Tesla with a whopping 20% market share. Meanwhile, in Sweden, Tesla market share in Sweden grew by a more modest 6.1%

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DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks partner to speed introduction of longer-distance heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe

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DHL Freight, one of the leading road freight providers in Europe, and Volvo Trucks have partnered to speed up the introduction of heavy-duty electric trucks to be used for regional transport in Europe. DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks have initiated a project focusing on electric longer distance heavy transports.

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Volvo Cars testing Momentum Dynamics wireless charging in Gothenburg

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Volvo Cars is integrating and testing wireless charging technology in a live city environment together with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars. Last year, Volvo Cars took part in launching the Gothenburg Green City Zone initiative, which aims to achieve emission-free transport by 2030.

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Volvo Embraces The Fully Electric Future With The Reveal Of The 7-Seater EX90

CleanTechnica EVs

More recently, the automaker embraced the fully electric future with a commitment to sell only full electric vehicles by 2030. As part of the 2030 plan, Volvo will introduce a new fully electric vehicle each year leading up […].

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ABB providing two fast chargers for Scania buses in Östersund, Sweden

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ABB will provide two fast-chargers for Scania electric buses in Östersund, Sweden. The chargers are based on OppCharge , an open interface for the automated charging of electric buses from any manufacturer, and use a pantograph on the infrastructure to connect the bus to the charging point.

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