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Volvo Plugin Vehicle Sales Increased 17% In January

February 9, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, phev, volvo, volvo cars

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 01:26:00 +0000

Volvo Cars sold 50,820 cars in January, with almost half of them coming with a plug. Plugin model sales were also up significantly from a year prior, growing 17% compared to January 2024. In total, 44% of the company’s January 2025 vehicle sales — 22,398 out of 50,820 — were … [continued]

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Corporate Fleets and the EU Automotive Industrial Action Plan

February 8, 2025 admin BMW, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, mercedes, renault, stellantis, Volkswagen, volvo

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:55:18 +0000

How the European Commission can boost demand for made-in-Europe EVs The European car industry is in the midst of a historical transition shifting to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing. New challenges arise, such as Chinese competition or ensuring a predictable demand. To build a resilient automotive industry, the EU needs to … [continued]

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BYD #1 In World In Plugin Vehicle Sales In 2024

February 7, 2025 admin aion, aito, BMW, byd, byd sales, chery, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, deepal, dongfeng, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, hybrid electric cars, Kia, leap motor, li auto, market research, mercedes, phev, research, tesla, tesla sales, toyota, Volkswagen, volvo, world ev sales, wuling, xiaomi, xpeng, zeekr

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:41:31 +0000

In the last stage of the 2024 race, BYD had another record month, this time with 483,000 registrations. That doubled Tesla’s result, which nevertheless wasn’t all that bad for the US brand — at 201,000 deliveries, it was its best result in 18 months. Below the two galactics, Wuling was … [continued]

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Flexis Offers Vehicles & Embedded Solutions for Connected, Electrified Urban Logistics

January 31, 2025 admin clean transport, db schenker, electric delivery vans, electric delivery vehicles, Electric vehicles, renault, renault group, Shipping, volvo, volvo group

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:59:43 +0000

With three cutting-edge electric vehicle models and a comprehensive ecosystem of services to serve the full urban logistics lifecycle, Flexis is transforming urban logistics. With its state-of-the-art SDV electrical architecture and common EV-native skateboard platform, Flexis presents three vehicle variants designed to address the urban logistical issues facing Europe. The … [continued]

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Volvo Cars Looks To Bolster Its Growing EV Market Share In South Africa, Adds Flagship Volvo EX90

January 30, 2025 admin africa, BMW, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, South Africa, volvo, volvo cars, volvo ex30, volvo ex90

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:58:10 +0000

Volvo’s flagship luxury SUV, the EX90, will join the South African lineup in the 1st half of 2025. After several years of having BMW top the BEV sales charts and also have the largest market share, Volvo Cars South Africa is now firmly in the driving seat. BMW had been … [continued]

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The Volvo EX30 Leads The Way In South Africa As BEV Sales Go Up 35% In 2024

January 30, 2025 admin africa, BMW, bmw ix3, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, market research, research, South Africa, volvo, volvo ex30, volvo xc40

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:32:56 +0000

Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) breached the 1,000 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2024. Last year, 1,257 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up 35% from 929 units sold in 2023. The Volvo EX30 led the way with 406 units, taking … [continued]

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40% of Safest Car Brands Are Electric Vehicle Brands

January 25, 2025 admin car safety, clean transport, electric cars, electric vehicle safety, Electric vehicles, national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), nhtsa, polestar, Safety, tesla, volvo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:32:13 +0000

Confused.com is a top car insurance comparison site in the UK. (Why its domain name is “Confused.com,” I don’t know.) Despite being focused on the UK market, writers at the site recently decided to analyze National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety ratings — that is, vehicle safety ratings for … [continued]

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Worksite in Sweden Reaches 50% Electrification

January 24, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, skanska, Stockholm, Sweden, volvo, volvo ce

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:57:22 +0000

Electric heavy-duty construction equipment is becoming all the rage, becoming one of the hot new areas of the electrification era. Now, a worksite in Sweden, where there’s an extra focus on achieving freedom from fossil fuels, has reached 50% electrification. In particular, this is thanks to Volvo CE electric machines. … [continued]

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Why the Car Industry Will Not Pay €15 Billion in Penalties in 2025

January 20, 2025 admin BMW, bmw group, cafe standards, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, ford, Hyundai, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, policy & politics, renault nissan, renault-nissan alliance, renault-nissan-mitsubishi alliance, stellantis, tesla, toyota, transport & environment (t&e), Volkswagen, volkswagen group, volvo, volvo cars

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:44:04 +0000

The debate on one of the EU’s most important climate regulations is being distorted by bogus claims about high fines. Analysis has been circulating in the European Parliament estimating that car manufacturers would pay €15 billion in fines for not meeting the EU’s car CO2 targets in 2025. This echoes similar … [continued]

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ARENA Funds Electric Truck Take-Up in Australia

January 19, 2025 admin arena, Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), clean transport, Coca-Cola, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, origin energy, Shipping, volvo

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:11:11 +0000

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is actively supporting the transition of heavy-duty trucks from diesel to electric in Australia. Great news — after all, diesel starts with DIE. One hundred million Aussie dollars is on the table. That’s 62 million USD at today’s exchange rate. I reached out to … [continued]

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