Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Volvo Cars and Northvolt will open a joint research and development (R&D) center in Gothenburg as part of a SEK 30 billion (US$3.3 billion) investment in battery development and manufacturing. The partnership will focus on developing tailor-made batteries that give Volvo drivers what they want, such as range and quick charging times.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. Rendering of the new assembly hall. —Milan Nedeljkovi?, Sustainability in production.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the We Charge charging card, We Charge customers already have access to one of the largest charging networks in Europe. By 2025, the Volkswagen Group will also install around 18,000 fast charging stations in Europe together with powerful partners. million electric cars for a year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One in every 11 cars sold in the EU last year was fully electric as EV sales were boosted by EU CO2 targets for the second year running. Battery electric vehicles had a 9.1% market share, according to ACEA data for 2021. That’s up from 1.9% in 2019 — before the current EU CO2 standards, which […].

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Today at the 2022 Paris Motor Show, the Jeep Brand revealed the all-new Jeep Avenger, the brand’s first-ever battery electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

In May the share of fully electric cars grew to 7.9% (3,652 units), up from 3.7% (2,399 units out of 64,111). Sales of Recharge models (plug-in hybrid and fully electric) represented 33.6% Fully electric. Fully electric. Fully electric. Fully electric.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Volvo and battery giant CATL are teaming up to turn old EV batteries into new ones. The partnership aims to further reduce the carbon footprint of EVs by recycling key battery materials. In fact, Volvo’s last diesel-powered car rolled off the production line last month as the automaker looks toward a cleaner future.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

Volkswagen EV sales dip in Q1 with new models coming Although overall VW Group deliveries were up 3% through the first three months of 2024, sales of electric cars fell in the quarter. Volkswagen delivered 136,400 electric cars in Q1 2024 , down 3% compared to last year. The Group’s top-selling models included the VW ID.4/ID.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2020

The range offers a PHEV option on all of Volvo car models, with the aim that by 2025, half of its global sales volume will consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids. The CMA platform is the foundation for the new Volvo XC40 Recharge; the first of Volvo’s fully-electric Recharge range.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 2, 2022

From the US to Europe to China to Australia, more and more EVs hit the road month after month, quarter after quarter. EV news rolls in like a flood every day. The EV revolution is well underway. Some hot EV news from the past few days is below. Feel free to share more, or your […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

In March, sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 35.5% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars made up 9.0% of total sales, while fully electric cars made up 7.9%. Of those Recharge models, 3,396 were fully electric (24%).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Volvo Cars reported sales of 42,067 cars in February, a decline by 17.2% Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up for 33.0% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars increased by 229.5% Fully electric cars increased by 174.9%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2022

This makes VinFast one of the world’s first automotive companies to switch completely to pure electric. Along with the commitment to becoming an all-electric carmaker, VinFast officially launched a range of fully-electric vehicles: Three models in the A-B-C segments: VF 5 (segment A), VF 6 (segment B) and VF 7 (segment C); and.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

This is the first time we have completed the entire homologation process for a fully electric model in China and Europe at the same time. We are also producing the fully-electric BMW iX3 and the BMW X3 with combustion engine on the same production line. The electric car is based on the globally successful BMW X3.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7 kWh/100 km) it is the second fully electric compact car from Mercedes-EQ. After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 4, 2024

The EX90 SUV with a battery passport is due to start production soon at Volvo’s plant in Charleston, South Carolina, and will be delivered to customers in Europe and North America. “It’s really important for us to be a pioneer and a leader,” Butani said.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

From 2033 on, the future of the Audi brand will be fully electric. The company is continuing to pick up speed along the way: Audi doubled the number of fully electric models in its range in 2021. Audi is putting more new electric cars than new cars with combustion engines on the market in the current year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

The all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge is available online via volvocars.com in select markets across Europe as of this week. The propulsion system consists of twin electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle, powered by a 78 kWh battery that can be fast-charged to 80% in about 40 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In addition, the Group engages worldwide in setting up fast-charging networks via IONITY in Europe, Electrify America in the USA and CAMS in China. Under its long-term planning for the next ten years, the Group intends to launch some 70 all-electric models by 2030. Around 20 of these are already in production, with 50 more to follow.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. Annette Winkler, Head of smart.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 2, 2021

Nissan to establish EV battery plants in Japan & Britain. Nissan Motor Co will partners with China-based battery maker Envision AESC group to establish new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and United Kingdom. billion) and will start making batteries in two new plants by 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

By building on an industry-leading safety standard that will feature in Volvo Cars’ next generation of pure electric cars, Ride Pilot aims to free up more time for customers and make driving a Volvo even more convenient and enjoyable. This new flagship car for the company will be revealed later this year.

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

Although its first fully electric supercar is not due out until next year, Ferrari is warning rivals about incoming Chinese EVs. Ferrari warns rivals with Chinese EVs surging “For me, this is a call to action for Europe,” Benedetto Vigna, Ferrari’s CEO, said in an interview with BloombergTV. last November.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

Liberty Electric Cars, the European subsidiary of Green Automotive Company, has completed the build of the first fully functioning example of “DELIVER”—an electric light commercial delivery vehicle funded by the European Commissions’ 7 th Framework Programme. Electric (Battery) Motors'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The brand currently has two fully-electric cars in its program. Work on converting the Zwickau plant to be run exclusively as an electric mobility site is already underway, and in addition the plants in Emden and Hanover will switch to the production of electric vehicles from 2022. With the fully-electric ID.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2014

Given its experience in the electric truck market in the Europe from the Liberty Electric Cars business ( earlier post ), GAC decided that the US electric truck market was the next sector in which they should develop.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In the compact class, production of the EQA, the fully electric brother of the GLA, will start later this year, followed by the EQB in 2021. The new generation of electric vehicles in the luxury and executive segment is based on a custom-developed architecture, which is scalable in every aspect and can be used across model series.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

In order to provide affordable, sustainable mobility on a large scale we will continue to deploy the complete spectrum of drive types: from conventional to fully electric. At the same time, the Group is negotiating partnerships in the field of battery cells in Europe and China. Building great cars is no longer enough.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2018

Audi aims to sell approximately 800,000 fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025. Also in electric mobility, we want to become the Number 1 among the premium manufacturers—with full suitability for everyday use, no compromises, top quality and driving pleasure for the customer.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 15, 2021

Volkswagen has teased its new electric car saying “Are you ready for the next ID? It didn’t give any details about the car but we can see ‘G’ in the short video. The carmaker is planning to bring 20 new fully electric vehicles to the market by 2025. Volkswagen ID.4 4 GTX teased . Stay tuned!

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Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2024

This leaves Suzuki with a hybrid-focused UK lineup until its first electric car arrives next year. --> Suzuki GB has announced to eliminate four gasoline-powered models from its UK lineup including Swift Sport, Jimny LCV, Ignis, and Swace. The phased-out models include the Swift Sport, Jimny LCV , Ignis , and Swace.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fully electric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. The Recharge car line is the name for all Volvos with a fully electric and plug-in hybrid powertrain.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 29, 2021

One of the main reasons which limit the mass adaption of electric cars or EVs is its price difference in comparison with its IC engine counterpart. At present, an electric vehicle costs 30% more than an IC engine-powered vehicle with similar specifications. The Reduction in Battery cost. Rays of Hope.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

“Despite the recent public debate, there is no doubt the future of the car is electric,” Audi’s boss explained. “At At Audi, we will electrify all core segments by 2027 and have defined a fully electric target portfolio.” The new electric car is expected to launch in 2027.

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