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Test drive: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge adds polish to Swedish plug-in hybrid

Green Car Reports

Just before Volvo continues its all-electric shift with the XC90-sized EX90 EV, it’s smoothed out its popular plug-in hybrid powertrain in the XC90.

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Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid review, Chinese EV tariffs, retailers shun EV charging: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

We revisit the XC90 plug-in hybrid. In a review of the 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge, Green Car Reports found that this. Big-box retailers could be doing more to support EV charging. Senators push the idea of new tariffs to keep out Chinese EVs. And could the Rivian R3 help EV revive small cars in America?

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Volvo adds EX40, EC40 EVs, retires Recharge badge for plug-ins

Green Car Reports

The fully electric version of the XC40 SUV will now be called the EX40, while its somewhat lower-roof C40 Recharge counterpart will be called the EC40, Volvo revealed Tuesday as part of a new naming strategy for its EVs and plug-in hybrids.

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Plug-in hybrids top 20% of Volvo's US sales

Green Car Reports

Volvo's plug-in hybrids are steadily gaining market share. As part of its monthly sales recap, the automaker announced Monday that plug-in hybrids accounted for 20.8% The number was even higher in California, where plug-in hybrids accounted for 47.7% of Volvo's U.S. sales in May.

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Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars.

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With bigger battery, Volvo plug-in hybrids may soon go up to 41 electric miles

Green Car Reports

Volvo is giving its plug-in hybrids a powertrain overhaul for the 2022 model year, yielding more electric range.

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Entire US Volvo lineup for 2023 is mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or EV

Green Car Reports

The entire 2023 Volvo lineup in the United States will be mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or all-electric, the automaker confirmed Wednesday in a press release. Volvo sees it as a step toward offering only pure electric vehicles by 2030 and being carbon-neutral by 2040.

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