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Porsche increases stake in electric sports car company Rimac to 15.5%

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Porsche has increased its stake in technology and sports car company Rimac Automobili to 15.5%. In June 2018, the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer purchased a 10% stake in Rimac. Porsche is now strengthening the established partnership. Porsche has been supporting Rimac and its positive development for a year now.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

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Bcomp closes US$35M Series B with mobility and impact venture capital

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Bcomp, a leading manufacturer of high-performance components made from natural fibers, has closed its oversubscribed Series B financing round of CHF 32.4 Volvo Cars first worked with Bcomp in 2018 for the Volvo Ocean Race Recycled Plastics Demonstrator Vehicle, followed by its most recent concept car, the Volvo Cars Concept Recharge in 2021.

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Ferrari 499P wins on debut at 24 Hours of Le Mans

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With this result in round four of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, Ferrari remains second in the Manufacturers’ standings, narrowing the gap to Toyota to 19 points. The electric motor is equipped with a differential and is driven by a battery that is recharged during deceleration and braking, requiring no external power source.

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BMW Group, Daimler, Ford, Audi & Porsche JV for up to 350 kW CCS ultra-fast charging network along major highways in Europe

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BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the highest-powered charging network in Europe. BEVs that are engineered to accept this full power of the charge stations will recharge brand-independently in a fraction of the time of today’s BEVs.

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2024 Ford Ranger, Land Rover Defender convertible: This Life’s Manage Footage

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2024 Volvo C40 Recharge We additionally spent once in a while at the back of the wheel of the 2024 Volvo XC40 Recharge and the alike C40 Recharge. This would be the utmost month of the fat hatchback and wagon to constituent internal-combustion engines, as Porsche plans to build all of its fashions electrical aside from the 911.

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2023 Length Rover, 2025 Volvo EX30: Automobile Information Headlines

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Volvo is out trying out prototypes for an electrical crossover that will probably be smaller than the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge compact duo. The newcomer will probably be known as an EX30, and Volvo has clear one of the protection era that may attribute in it. after this decade.

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