48% of Volvo Cars’ Sales Now Plugin Vehicles — Globally

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 01:35:42 +0000

Volvo Cars is yet another automaker highlighting its EV sales growth last quarter. After a few months of doom and gloom about “falling” EV sales — headline after headline after headline, not to mention real-world discussions — we sure are seeing a lot of automakers boast about booming EV sales … [continued]

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Top Selling Electric Vehicle Automakers in the World

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 22:14:24 +0000

We’ve already written about the top selling electric car models in the world in the month of May. Now let’s look at the brands and OEMs selling the most electric vehicles. Top Selling Brands In May, #1 BYD, now deep into pricing out the ICE competition (and quite a few … [continued]

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Volvo Cars Starts Production of Fully Electric EX90 SUV in Charleston, South Carolina

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:17:37 +0000

We are in a celebratory mood this week, as our factory outside Charleston, South Carolina has now started building our new electric flagship SUV — and the first customer deliveries are scheduled for the second half of this year. The EX90 not only expands our portfolio of fully electric cars, … [continued]

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The Electric Vehicle Of The Future Will Also Be More Sustainable

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:53:48 +0000

Automakers are trying to clean up their supply chains, as illustrated by the new Volvo EX30 electric vehicle featuring flax-based composites.

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Volvo EX30 LCA Shows Lowest Carbon Footprint of Any Fully Electric Volvo Car to Date

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:02:42 +0000

The Volvo EX30 possesses the smallest carbon footprint of any fully electric Volvo car to date1. That’s according to the life cycle assessment (LCA) of the Volvo EX30, available here, which concludes that it has a total carbon footprint of 23 tonnes per 200,000 km — approximately 60 per cent less than the … [continued]

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Volvo Cars Partners with & Invests in Breathe for Next-Generation Fast Charging

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:00:45 +0000

Volvo Cars has partnered up with Breathe Battery Technologies (Breathe), becoming the first car company to get access to the latest version of its patented, algorithm-enabled charging software for use on our new generation fully electric cars. By integrating Breathe’s software in Volvo Cars in-house developed battery management platform to … [continued]

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Volvo Cars Reports Sales of 50,315 Cars in February & Highest-Ever Share of Electrified Models

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 04:00:26 +0000

Volvo Cars reports sales of 50,315 cars in February, a decline by 2 per cent compared with the same month … [continued]

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42% Of New Cars In Netherlands Now Plugin Cars!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 23:13:39 +0000

In the Netherlands, 42% of new car sales were plugin car sales in October. Furthermore, 29% were full electrics! The … [continued]

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Volvo Launches $114,000 Electric Minivan

Credit to Author: Jo Borras| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:35:09 +0000

Volvo launched its first-ever minivan earlier this week. Dubbed the EM90, this is an electric (“E”) minivan (or “MPV,” for … [continued]

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