Electrek

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Construction giant Skanska is piloting the Volvo EC230, the largest electric excavator of its kind, on a huge transit project in Los Angeles. more… The post Skanska is piloting the largest electric excavator on a site in LA appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Following a pilot program in Southern California lasting nearly a year, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) publicly showcased the capabilities and quietness of its battery electric construction equipment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 Volvo Trucks will deliver the EPA-funded VNR Electric trucks to Southern California fleet operators starting in 2021 through the third quarter of 2022, allowing for at least a full year of operations by the end of the project period in 2023.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 28, 2023

For most people, the first electric Mini was the one revealed around the time of the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show, but it turns out that more than 15 years earlier, most of us saw electric Minis on the big screen and didn’t […] Last year, I shared the lesser-known story of the first electric Minis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Electrify America plans to install 30 electric fleet-dedicated chargers paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Port of Long Beach, California, as part of Electrify America’s $25-million “Green City” investment in the region at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2023

Under the project, which is designed to show that fleets can successfully scale their BET fleets, NFI will deploy and operate 30 electric Freightliner eCascadias and 20 Volvo VNR Electric trucks from its Ontario, California, warehouse facility to support its dedicated port drayage services for customers spanning from manufacturing to retail.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2020

Volvo spinoff Polestar will open its first United States retail locations later this year in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, the automaker said in a press release Monday. New York and Los Angeles will get one showroom each.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

Volvo Trucks and Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) at the University of California, Berkeley recently completed a successful demonstration of partially automated truck platooning, made possible by Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control technology ( CACC ). km/h) while keeping 50 feet (15.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2019

BMW i Ventures and Volvo Cars Tech Fund each have invested in Z?m m currently has thousands of certified drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and other urban areas in California that together serve 80% of the state’s population. The new funding will be used to expand Z?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

trucking industry: Atlanta to Los Angeles. Aurora is partnered with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, US Xpress, and Werner. This lane represents the middle leg of one of the busiest commercial thoroughfares for Werner and the US.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2020

Polestar, the electric performance car brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and its parent Zhejiang Geely Holding, is open to take production orders for the Polestar 2 electric fastback. Polestar unveiled the car, which is positioned to take on the Tesla Model 3, in February 2019. Earlier post.). and Florida in the first half of 2021.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The first all-electric Volvo is also the first Volvo that will continue to improve, the automaker said Wednesday.

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2024

The automaker is also expected to open the Supercharger network to other EVs from General Motors (GM), Polestar and parent company Volvo. Tesla has also been making progress on a unique Supercharger with a diner and drive-in theater in Los Angeles, California , featuring two screens, a 1950s-style restaurant and around 32 charging stalls.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2012

As another step toward autonomous driving systems, Volvo Car Corporation is demonstrating a new traffic jam assistance system. The traffic jam assistance function is an evolution of the current Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping Aid technology, which was introduced in the all-new Volvo V40 earlier in 2012. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The two companies made the announcement at Polestar Day in Los Angeles. StoreDot’s extreme fast charging cells avoid degradation after 1000 cycles StoreDot is already working with EV manufacturers like Ola Electric, VinFast, and Volvo, which is a sibling company to Volvo. I’d love to hear from you!

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CN EV Post

JULY 14, 2023

In contrast, from what I’ve read about BYD and their situation in California, they haven’t made a big push to make their Los Angeles factory more localized. Zeekr is connected to Volvo and Polestar through Geely. A car maker that happens to be from China can work something out if they really wanted to.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The EUI is currently in development for trucks from the four major OEMs in the US—Freightliner, Navistar International, PACCAR, and Volvo—representing the vast majority of the Class-8 trucks on the road nationwide. The collaborations with Cummins and ZF come on the heels of continued technical and business progress at Embark.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A new 38 port electric truck charging depot and maintenance hub is coming online to service Southern California’s ports and logistics centers, along with 50 new electric trucks from Volvo and Daimler. These goods then move on drayage trucks between the ports and California’s Inland Empire, the valley just east of Los Angeles.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter Volvo’s first EV.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. In conjunction with vehicle manufacturer Mack, a member of the Volvo Group, and local truck conversion specialists, Siemens is developing up to four demonstration vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Siemens and the California South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) are conducting a one-mile, zero-emission eHighway demonstration in Carson, Calif., Earlier post.). million project is funded by $2.5

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

The global construction giant is piloting the electric compaction roller on the Los Angeles Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project. You can read about its Volvo electric excavator pilot here. Photo: Skanska Skanska is piloting a Wirtgen Group electric compaction roller, one of just five pre-production models in North America.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2010

One of the great things about auto shows is the chance for journalists to drive prototype cars, especially at the Los Angeles Auto Show, known for its green-car test drives. We got a chance to spend 20 minutes behind the wheel of the Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric car, with Volvo's Lennart Stegland in the passenger seat.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 16, 2023

As Michael Martinez and his Car Information colleagues reported extreme age, a number of manufacturers have showed they aren’t moving to have stands at this age’s display: Volkswagen, Audi, Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Kia, Hyundai, Genesis, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Lexus, Polestar and Lucid.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

Stellantis pulled out of last year’s Los Angeles Auto Show and the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show , stating that it was trying to save money amid the now resolved UAW strike. Returning brands were said to include Ford, Lincoln, Volvo, Polestar, Porsche, Infiniti and Genesis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volvo Low-Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS): The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will receive $44.8 million to deploy 23 Class 8 Volvo battery electric trucks and 24 zero-emission forklifts, along with 58 heavy-duty fast chargers and other related equipment in Ontario, Chino, Fontana and Placentia.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Volvo Trucks (now a separate entity from the carmaker Volvo owned by China’s Geely) knew several years ago it wanted to get into the electric truck business. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Some also noted that a camouflaged M5 Touring prototype had previously been spotted testing the roads in Los Angeles. Those just interested in getting a wagon will probably settle on a Subaru Outback, Volvo V60, or an Audi A6 Allroad. The likely scenario is that the design boss simply spoke out of turn.

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EV Central

AUGUST 16, 2022

And the sixth model from Polestar – effectively an EV spin-off of Volvo – will not be cheap. The 6 will launch as a limited-edition model known as the LA Concept edition, in reference to its original launch in Los Angeles. The Polestar 6 brings the O2 concept to reality … but not until 2026.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Alpha Motor Corporation has just debuted the WOLF at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. Also, read related article: Volvo Trucks unveiled 3 new electric trucks. Alpha Motor Corporation debuts Wolf pure electric truck. Read further to know more about Alpha Wolf electric truck. .

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Further news now; hot from the Californian coast, as automotive studios from the US, Japan and Germany compete in the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Design Challenge. Each year for the past seven, as part of the show, automotive studios have been invited to submit a new design to the Design Los Angeles competition based around [.].

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2021

Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group. Volvo Penta , which has created electric powertrains for a variety of applications, will power the Revolutionary Technology fire truck. Making History.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

GM is revealing the 2011 Buick Regal sport sedan to customers in the Los Angeles area today. The new Regal, drawing on work on the award-winning Opel Insignia, will offer two gasoline direct-injection engines and is directly targeted at competitors such as the Acura TSX and Volvo S60. The 2011 Buick Regal. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Flanked by the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post ) on one side and the Audi concept e-tron quattro ( earlier post ) on the other, Audi of America president Scott Keogh used his press conference speech at the Los Angeles Auto Show yesterday to declare that the brand is targeting at least 25% of its US sales to be e-tron—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

AC Propulsion’s electric propulsion technology has been developed and proven with millions of miles driven on roads around the world in vehicles produced by BMW, Tesla, Volvo, Volkswagen, Yulon and most recently in the Progressive X-Prize winning MonoTracer E.

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