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Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

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Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years. By 2025, Volvo Cars aims for 50% of its global sales volume to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids.

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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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Volvo Cars will build a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential. Volvo Cars has an ambition to move towards annual sales of 1.2 The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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The 100% renewable electricity mix in Chengdu is the result of a newly signed supply contract and will reduce the plant’s CO 2 emissions by more than 11,000 tonnes per year. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company. These and other measures are part of the climate plan Volvo Cars launched late last year.

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Top 10 Countries in the EV Revolution in 2022, Part 1: Positions 4–10

CleanTechnica EVs

This year marks the first time it’s published exclusively on CleanTechnica (the 2021 list was mirrored here last year, see Part 1 and Part 2). By Assaf Oron Welcome to my 9th annual top 10 countries list!

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Tesla Model Y becomes Norway’s best selling EV in August in less than one week

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Less than a week since its arrival, the Tesla Model Y sales have topped the charts with 790 registrations in August—as of this writing. A few days ago, Tesla started its Model Y invasion in Europe with its first deliveries in several EU territories, including Germany, Belgium, and Norway.

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REVA Electric Car Company Building New Plant in Bangalore

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Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), the manufacturer of the REVA electric car, is building a new assembly plant in Bangalore, India with a capacity of 30,000 units per year, to accommodate the increased production of the REVA and for the planned one new model per year from the end of 2009. Earlier post.).

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Investment in critical minerals in web of doubt, says industry – ET Auto

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states aim to ban new petrol car sales by 2035, but there has been a push-back about those targets. “I think there is a lot of doubt right now that this will happen,” Mathias Miedreich, former CEO of Belgium recycling and battery materials group Umicore, told the conference. Both the European Union and 12 U.S.