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Volvo Cars testing Momentum Dynamics wireless charging in Gothenburg

Green Car Congress

Over a three-year period, a small fleet of fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge cars will be used as taxis by Cabonline, the largest taxi operator in the Nordic region, and charged wirelessly at stations in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. M is part of our answer. The services currently available mainly offer alternatives to a taxi or public transit. Sunfleet is the leading car sharing company in Sweden with 500,000 annual transactions and a fleet of 1,700 cars.

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

Green Car Congress

It will debut in Sweden and the US in the spring of 2019. M is part of our answer. The services currently available mainly offer alternatives to a taxi or public transit. Sunfleet is the leading car sharing company in Sweden with 500,000 annual transactions and a fleet of 1,700 cars.

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Ford Ranger-based H2X Warrego hydrogen ute aimed at mid-2023 sale

EV Central

If all goes as planned, Norman says the Darling, which is intended to be built as a van, taxi and people-mover, should be in production and on sale at the end of 2024 or the start of 2025. . We just have to take advantage of that, it’s just part of the game.”. We’re two parts away from having a runner,” he says.

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Wireless charging J2954 testing to 11 kW in 2017 for LD, HD starting up to 250 kW; autonomous charging and infrastructure proposal for California

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The SAE TIR (Technical Information Report) J2954 provides guidance to ensure performance and safety of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) Systems provided from one vendor as well as interoperability when parts of the system are provided from different vendors. Pictures courtesy of Condutix Wämpfler, Scania, and WAVE technologies. Click to enlarge.

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EU SARTRE Project Targets Autonomous Road Trains; Enhanced Safety and Lower Fuel Consumption

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Part-funded by the European Commission under the Framework 7 program, SARTRE will be led by Ricardo UK Ltd and will be a collaboration between Idiada and Robotiker-Tecnalia of Spain; Institut für Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (IKA) of Germany; and SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Technology of Sweden.

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Junkyard Find: 1993 Nissan Sentra with 320,165 miles

The Truth About Cars

However, I do make an effort to shoot inmates of car graveyards in other states (including Minnesota , Wisconsin , Illinois , Nevada , North Carolina , Arizona , North Dakota , Washington and Wyoming ) and other countries ( Sweden , England ). That turned out to be the New Orleans West Pull-a-Part. note -- We miss Sajeev.

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