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Test drive: 2024 Volvo S60 Recharge PHEV is better in charge

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Volvo just this week announced that the S60 will be discontinued , with 2025 the final model year for this South Carolina-built sedan. 2024 Volvo S60 Recharge That said, the S60 Recharge plug-in hybrid has kept getting better, with a significantly larger battery pack 18.8-kwh kwh usable) arriving for 2023. The verdict?

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Volvo dealers: Have to sell plug-in hybrids or “we will die”

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market Volvo plug-in hybrid with the most electric range and highest fuel efficiency—the S60 Recharge sedan —is going away after the 2025 model year, the automaker will maintain plug-in hybrid versions of its more popular crossovers. Although the U.S.-market Other automakers are taking a similar approach.

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Linde hydrogen fueling system surpasses one million fills at BMW South Carolina plant

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LLC plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. While Linde hydrogen fueling systems involve very sophisticated technology, the filling operation is designed to be relatively simple and is much like putting gasoline into your car. This is the most hydrogen fills at a single location anywhere in the world.

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BMW brand’s first production PHEV: the BMW X5 xDrive40e

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With a total system output of 230 kW/313 hp generated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, a synchronous electric motor integrated in the 8-speed Steptronic transmission, and a 9.0 kWh battery pack can recharge from a domestic power socket, or the BMW i Wallbox Pure (3.5 kWh over the same distance.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This process will repurpose carbon dioxide for use as a liquid fuel that can be readily used as a high octane gasoline substitute. The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project includes 45 E85 and B20 stations, eight propane stations, and 132 electric vehicle recharging sites. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

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During the past couple of years the American driving public has witnessed how dependent they are of gasoline, and vulnerable to rapidly increasing energy prices. The rechargeable battery is made up of 5,088 cells grouped into 48 modules. Wallboxes fully recharge batteries after a mere two-and-a-half hours. BMW Manufacturing Co.,

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