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

January 20, 2025 admin 0 Comments 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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Volvo Electric Car Sales Grew 54% in 2024 Globally

January 8, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, phev, volvo, volvo cars

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:21:39 +0000

Volvo Cars has released its 2024 sales figures globally, and also by region. A nice thing is the company provides a detailed breakdown of fully electric vehicle sales and plugin hybrid sales, including by region. So, let’s dive into those. I’m also adding some figures of my own — the … [continued]

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Volvo EX30 Gets Maximum 5-Star Safety Rating from Euro NCAP

December 8, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, research, volvo, volvo cars, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:41:20 +0000

The new(ish) Volvo EX30 has earned another distinguished, and expected, accomplishment. The highly rated and quiet small SUV has earned a 5-star safety rating from the Euro NCAP rating system. That’s the highest possible ranking. “It may be our smallest ever SUV, but the Volvo EX30 is also a proud … [continued]

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Volvo Plugin Vehicle Sales Grow 40%, Equal 48% Of Volvo Sales Globally!

December 8, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, phev, volvo, volvo cars

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:55:20 +0000

Several years ago, Volvo stuck its nose out ahead of the competition and said it would be 100% electric by 2030. The company has gradually and quietly moving toward that goal. While other automakers jumped into the EV marketing when it was in vogue but then started grumbling about EVs, … [continued]

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Carmaker Progress Towards EU CO2 Target in H1 2024 — New Report

September 26, 2024 admin batteries, BMW, clean power, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, European Union, ford, green economy, green jobs, Hyundai, investment, Kia, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, policy & politics, policy research, renault, research, stellantis, toyota, Volkswagen, volvo cars

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:41 +0000

T&E analyses the strategies that manufacturers are expected to use to comply. Summary The EU’s 2025 Car CO2 target is reachable and feasible After years of stagnant EV sales due to the lack of new car CO₂ targets, carmakers will face stricter standards in 2025, following the last targets set … [continued]

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Save Big with 100% Electric Tractors, Greener & Quieter Rail Journeys, Small EV Postcard — EV News

August 7, 2024 admin Aviation, California, clean transport, ecojet, electric airplanes, electric cars, electric tractors, Electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, mini, mini cooper, mini cooper e, monarch tractor, Singapore, trains / rail, uk, Vietnam, vinfast, vinfast vf 3, volvo cars, xpeng, xpeng g6, zeroavia

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:16:30 +0000

Great news for farms everywhere: we’re getting more electric tractors. Don’t hesitate to look into the California CORE Subsidy Program as well. With the CORE program, you can save up to $68,000+ on a 100% electric Monarch MK-V Tractor! That price is comparable to a 40HP compact diesel tractor. Also, … [continued]

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

July 9, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, phev, volvo, volvo cars, volvo ex30

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

July 8, 2024 admin aion, aito, BMW, byd, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, hybrid electric cars, li auto, market research, phev, research, tesla, Volkswagen, volvo, volvo cars, world ev sales, wuling

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

June 7, 2024 admin charleston, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, press releases, SOUTH CAROLINA, volvo, volvo cars, volvo ex90

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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