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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Volvo Cars’ unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to debut in California; available in coming electric SUV

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Volvo Cars will introduce its unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to customers in the state of California first. Once it has been verified as safe for use on highways, Ride Pilot is planned to be available as an add-on subscription on the company’s forthcoming fully electric SUV.

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BMW introduces iX3 electric SUV; destined for China and Europe

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BMW unveiled the iX3 electric SUV ( earlier post ), offering full electric mobility in a BMW X model. Electric power consumption combined in the WLTP test cycle is 19.5 – 18.5 kWh/100 km. The new BMW iX3 will be the brand’s first model to also be produced for export at the Shenyang manufacturing facility in China.

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Volkswagen of America unveils the 2021 ID.4 electric SUV

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4 electric SUV—the brand’s first long-range EV to be sold in the US. This compact SUV, which will be available in rear-wheel drive 201-hp 82 kWh (launching first) and all-wheel-drive 302-hp 82 kWh configurations, offers three years of fast charging with Electrify America for no additional cost. Reservations for the ID.4

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Indian SUV major Mahindra intends to equip its new EV platform with MEB components from Volkswagen

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Designed as an open vehicle platform, the MEB electric platform and its components allows car manufacturers to build their portfolio of electrified vehicles, quickly and cost-effectively. However, at the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow, India undertook only to register zero-emission passenger cars and vans, starting in 2035.

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Lamborghini wants to reduce carbon emissions 40% per car by 2030

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Luxury sports car maker Lamborghini plans to go all-electric in the coming years, and now the automaker has set another climate goal for itself by pledging to reduce CO2 emissions across its operations. The post Lamborghini wants to reduce carbon emissions 40% per car by 2030 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Kia unveils new Niro compact electric SUV

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Kia unveils new Niro compact electric SUV. Kia a South Korean automaker has unveiled its next-generation Niro compact fully-electric SUV. A few days ago the carmaker had taken its Kia EV9 concept (an all-electric SUV) to the Los Angeles auto show to display. Kia EV9 electric SUV .

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