At a time when various automakers are struggling to meet their EV sales targets (including EV giant Tesla itself, which just can’t find a way to return to sales growth), Volvo Cars has a big hit on its hands and is actually expanding production as a result. Naturally, the bulk … [continued]
Electric cars already have no tailpipe emissions, but even cleaner EVs — built with low-carbon steel, aluminium and batteries, and in a way that minimises harm to people, communities and the environment — are now within reach, according to a new ranking of the world’s largest carmakers. Crucially, this progress … [continued]
Volvo Group is channeling its strong profitability and European market leadership into the rapid expansion of battery-electric and other zero-emission heavy trucks, positioning electrification at the center of its decarbonization roadmap for long-haul transport, regional distribution, and mining. During the presentation of the full-year and fourth-quarter results for 2025 last … [continued]
Here at CleanTechnica, we talk a lot about building things, but it’s not very often that we dig into the raw materials they’re made of. The reality is that many of the raw materials used in clean tech are responsible for some of the most significant emissions in the world. … [continued]
With 2025 numbers in and the more basic US EV sales reports out, now is the time for one of my favorite topics of exploration — how fast different automakers are electrifying. Yes, it just hit me that we should really do an analysis like this for global sales — … [continued]
It’s taken some time, but we’ve finally crunched the numbers for the US electric vehicle market in terms of auto brands and auto groups. (That’s full battery-electrics, not inclusive of plugin hybrids.) Here’s our report on how different auto brands and auto groups did in the EV market in 2025. … [continued]
After publishing our report on the top selling EV models in the world in December and 2025 as a whole, as well as an overall report on global EV progress, here’s our complementary report on the auto brands and groups leading EV sales around the world. Geely on the Way … [continued]
Volvo is among the EV makers adopting cell-to-body battery technology that saves weight and money while improving battery performance (cropped, courtesy of Volvo).
At the introduction of the new Volvo EX60, the company let it be known it is working on plug-in hybrids that will be more like electric cars.
The EX90 was Volvo’s first blank sheet electric vehicle and mapped out the road ahead for the company. It was a fully digital vehicle built on Volvo’s modular electric vehicle platform that is controlled by a completely new vehicle control system programmed completely in house at Volvo. The launch was … [continued]
