Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

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. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 11, 2024

Just before Volvo continues its all-electric shift with the XC90-sized EX90 EV, it’s smoothed out its popular plug-in hybrid powertrain in the XC90. With more electric range, more power, and more refinement all baked into the already appealing Swedish package, the 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is now nearly ideal for families That said.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2023

The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. The share of Recharge cars reached 29% during the month, with all-electrics accounting for 11.4% (973 units).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

BMW 3 Series Plug-in hybrid prototype. BMW has unveiled a 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype. The plug-in hybrid drive system has a combined output of approximately 245 hp (183 kW) and maximum combined torque of approximately 400 N·m (295 lb-ft). Drivetrain of the 3 Series plug-in hybrid concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2023

The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV, a plug-in series hybrid model that uses a rotary engine as a generator, made its world premiere at the Brussels Motor Show. kWh lithium-ion battery and a 50-liter gas tank to create a series plug-in hybrid system with very competitive total driving range. Earlier post.) Drive modes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

Toshiba Corporation expanded its SCiB product offering with the launch of a 20Ah-HP rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell that delivers high energy and high power at the same time. In an EV, for example, a high-energy battery allows the vehicle to drive further on a single charge—but it lowers power input and output and extends charge times.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2021

Sales of the Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, remained strong in Europe during the month of May, and represented 40% of the company’s overall sales in the region. Following a strong sales growth in the US, Recharge vehicles accounted for 20.8% of its total sales.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Because it comes with adapters for Type 2 and household plugs, drivers who want to be free to choose whether to recharge from a power socket at home or from a charging station on the road no longer need a second cable. With the flexible smart charging cable, there is no need for a wallbox when recharging at home.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

As part of a new package of product updates, Volvo Cars has improved both the range (WLTP) and charging for the all-electric XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge compared with the outgoing model year, increasing range by as much as 60 kilometers on some variants. Exterior updates also help to improve efficiency where possible.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2020

Throughout the day the Urbino electric buses will recharge their batteries by means of 4 pantograph chargers, whereas at night the recharging will be conducted using sixteen plug connectors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The capacity increase comes as Volvo Cars also reports its full-year sales results for 2020, which showed a strong growth in demand for the company’s Recharge models.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2021

Renault Group and Plug Power launched their joint venture HYVIA, as outlined in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement signed in January. The process, manufacturing and logistics teams will be based in Flins, as part of the Re-Factory project, and plan to begin the assembly of fuel cells and recharging stations by end of 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation’s electric grid, according to research conducted by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This effect is exacerbated when higher in-home power charging is adopted. —Matteo Muratori.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2020

The batteries will be recharged by means of plug-in depot charging stations and by means of pantographs. The batteries have a long life and a significant number of charging cycles. Similar battery solutions have been implemented by Solaris in electric buses operating in Brussels and in Barcelona, among others.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The share of Volvo Cars with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain—the Recharge models—amounted to 25.5% For the month of October, the share of Recharge cars accounted for 31.5% During the month of October, Volvo Cars also started production of the fully electric C40 Recharge in Ghent.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2021

All the Urbino 12 electric buses will be designed for both pantograph and plug-in recharging. This will encompass a total of 123 40 kW plug-in chargers and 36 300 kW pantograph chargers. he detailed delivery schedules vary for different locations, however all orders are to be completed by the end of 2022.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2020

Prices for 2021 Volvo plug-in hybrid models—nearly rebadged Recharge T8, or Recharge Plug-In Hybrid—are substantially lower than 2020 models, according to an early order guide obtained by CarsDirect. The biggest price reduction is on the S60 plug-in hybrid sedan, because it gets a new entry-level trim level.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2021

Trailhead chargers coincide with launch of 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid and will support future electrified Jeep vehicles. With Level 2 charging, the 17 kWh battery pack in the Jeep Wrangler 4xe can be fully recharged in about two hours. The 4xe is rated at 49 MPGe and 21 miles of all-electric range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, made up 41% of all Volvo cars sold globally (67,403 units) in Q1 2023. The share of Recharge models reached 62% of overall sales in the region, with all-electric vehicles representing 30% of the sales share in the region.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo is giving its plug-in hybrids a powertrain overhaul for the 2022 model year, yielding more electric range. Plug-in hybrid versions of the Volvo XC60 and XC90 SUVs, S60 and S90 sedans, and V60 station wagon (most wearing Recharge badging) get a larger battery pack, more powerful rear-axle electric motor, and changes to their.

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Plug-in Volvo Plug Hybrid 201

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Energy storage will be adapted to fast and frequent recharging using high charging power. The electric buses will be suited for recharging by means of a roof-mounted pantograph and a classic plug-in device. will have plug-in charging sockets on both sides of the bus, which will ease recharging of several vehicles simultaneously.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

unveiled PowerDrive, a suite of plug-in hybrid electric powertrain solutions spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty applications, at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. The vehicle is also configured with exportable grid-quality electric power to recharge vehicles and a recovery crane operating on either electric or engine power take-off.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The battery also enables regenerative braking, while the plug-in capability offers the opportunity to recharge the battery externally if necessary, e.g. at a charging station, providing 50 km of pure battery electric range. Since the battery covers power needs in such situations, the fuel cell can run at optimum operating conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

Throughout the day they will be recharged using fast pantograph chargers that are to be set up at the bus termini in Piaski and at the municipal cemetery in Malbork. devices integrated in the charging station that are lowered onto the bus roof to recharge the batteries. Malbork has opted for inverted pantographs, i.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

kWh/100 km) features both fuel cells and a battery drive which can be charged externally using plug-in technology. CHARGE: charging the high-voltage battery has priority, for example in order to recharge the battery for the maximum overall range prior to refueling with hydrogen or to create power reserves.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Volkswagen’s plug-in hybrid version of its Tiguan SUV—the Tiguan eHybrid. In this mode, the Tiguan eHybrid will temporarily also cover stretches fully electrically and thus without generating any local emissions, as recuperation during braking recharges the battery. In Hybrid mode, the electric motor supports the 1.4-liter

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 19, 2024

It’s been nearly a decade since Volvo first started rolling out plug-in hybrids in the U.S., One of them is that Volvo’s made the batteries larger every few years, leading to more plug-in electric range, improved hybrid drivability, and.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2020

Audi is offering its successful full-size station wagon A6 Avant as a plug-in hybrid: The new A6 Avant 55 TFSI e quattro has a system output of 270 kW (367 PS) (combined fuel consumption 2.1–1.9 In electric-only mode, the plug-in hybrid can reach a speed of up to 135 km/h (83.9 The lithium-ion battery is thus recharged in around 2.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Peugeot is introducing gasoline plug-in hybrid systems for the Peugeot 3008 and 508 and 508 SW engines. The PureTech engine is combined with the new e-EAT8 8-speed automatic transmission (Electric Efficient Automatic Transmission - 8 speeds), specific to Peugeot PLUG-IN HYBRID engines. Peugeot 3008 PHEV. A second push disables it.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A new analysis of the real-world usage of more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles shows a large deviation between on-road CO 2 emissions and fuel efficiency and the official vehicle type-approval values. —“Real-World Usage Of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles”.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2021

We bring you a drive of the XC90 Recharge plug-in hybrid and think about its connection to a future all-electric XC90. With Volvo’s plan to embrace EVs in place, the 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge serves as a. Volvo announces a big battery factory for Europe. And Porsche is in the battery business.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2021

According to a new study by researchers from Delft University of Technology, in the context of current recharging time, Dutch EV drivers in general prefer not to participate in “vehicle-to-grid” (V2G) contracts, while the opposite is true in the context of fast recharging. fast recharging) on the preferences for V2G contracts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The Touareg is now available to order in two different plug-in hybrid versions: the Touareg eHybrid and the Touareg R. The two all-wheel-driven plug-in hybrid SUVs both feature a high level of efficiency, the familiar good all-round characteristics of the Touareg, and significantly enhanced standard equipment. kWh net, 17.9

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Volvo XC40 Recharge gets a range boost, and the Kia Sorento Plug-In Hybrid gets a price tag. Need a new electric car for well under $40,000? You have a lot of choices. And Elio is back with an EV—timeline, to be announced. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Elio Motors is at it again.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is delivering the first new third-generation plug-in hybrids—labelled EQ Power—to customers now and over the coming months. Another first is the combination of plug-in-hybrid technology with a fuel cell in the new Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL (combined hydrogen consumption 0.34 kWh/100 km). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 5, 2023

The 2023 Toyota Prius Prime is a plug-in hybrid version of the conventional 2023 Prius hybrid launched earlier this year. The Prime adds a much larger battery that can be plugged into the grid to recharge—giving it an estimated EPA combined electric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 55% in May, accounting for 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. The share of Recharge models reached 63% of overall sales in the region and the share of fully electric cars ended up at 29%.

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