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The fully electric Volvo C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge models have been updated for the 2024 model year to offer increased range ( earlier post ). Range improvements come thanks to two new powertrains offered on both the C40 Recharge and XC40 Recharge.
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will be a training and general aviation aircraft which will also have a combustion engine within the fuselage to provide an extendedrange or endurance. A five-minute view of design, assembly and first flight on 11 March 2014. The two-seater version E-Fan 2.0 will be a fully electric training aircraft powered only by batteries.
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