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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Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — January 2024

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:29:59 +0000

The Tesla Model Y is #1 again in the electric vehicle market. Registrations were up 63% year over year (YoY) … [continued]

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EVs Take 51.8% Share In Sweden — Fleet Update

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:42:44 +0000

February’s market saw plugin EVs take 51.8% share in Sweden, down YoY from 54.0%. Plugin volumes were down YoY for … [continued]

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The Volvo XC40 Leads The Way In South Africa As BEV Sales Show Good Progress in 2023

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:20:48 +0000

Sales of battery-electric vehicles came close to breaching the 1,000 units per year mark in South Africa for the first … [continued]

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Volvo, ChargePoint, and Starbucks Open Up First Stations In New EV Charging Network

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:19:35 +0000

Volvo Car USA and Starbucks recently announced that the companies’ charging network partnership is bearing fruit. The new network, strategically … [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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