The cavernous halls of Brussels Expo will be humming with electric energy next week, and it won’t just be the charged atmosphere of Europe’s premier bus and coach exhibition. At Busworld 2025, the industry’s electric revolution will reach a decisive inflection point, with manufacturers set to unveil vehicles that will … [continued]
Kyle Field visited Volvo Cars’ Charleston factory this week for a closer look at Volvo’s electrification progress, software progress, and more. In one of his discussions with Volvo executives, a comment about Volvo introducing extended-range electric vehicles for the US market jumped out at me. Extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) have … [continued]
Volvo Cars is opening the order books for the 2026 Volvo EX90, now enhanced with hardware and software upgrades. Powered by the company’s new 800-volt electric system, the EX90 can charge even faster*, while a core computer upgrade enables new and improved safety, collision avoidance and driver support features. New … [continued]
Volvo invited CleanTechnica to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its Charleston automotive factory where they will be adding production capacity for the XC60 and another yet-to-be-announced, second-generation, extended-range electric vehicle by 2030. Disclaimer: Volvo paid for the author’s travel and accommodations to attend this event. We sat down with Volvo … [continued]
Volvo’s manufacturing plant just outside Charleston, South Carolina, is the company’s first in the US and exclusively produces its fully electric EX90 as well as the Polestar 3. The factory opened in 2015, with Volvo investing $1.3 billion in the plant over the last decade. This week, the company announced … [continued]
Five out of seven European truckmakers will easily reach the -15% CO2 target in 2025 relative to 2019, the ICCT finds in a new analysis looking at official CO2 data for internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks up to 2023 and the latest data on electric truck sales. European trucks are … [continued]
EU manufacturers will sell 2 million fewer EVs due to the delay of 2025 emissions rules. European carmakers sold 38% more electric cars in the first seven months of the year, ensuring that all but Mercedes-Benz are on track to comply with the EU’s 2025–27 emission targets, new T&E research … [continued]
Volkswagen Group rules, Hyundai shines, BYD on the way up, Tesla on the way down, and all this happening in a 28% plugin vehicle share market. EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 302,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in July. That’s up 40% year over year (YoY), … [continued]
Volvo Cars has the most ambitious electrification plan among non-tiny legacy automakers. At the moment, 20% of its global vehicle sales are fully electric vehicle sales. Another 24% are plugin hybrids. The company plans to reach 90–100% plugin vehicle sales by 2030. One of the models that is expected to … [continued]
I just wrapped up writing about Volvo’s green steel leadership, and as soon as I turned around to see what else is in the news, I saw that Volvo Cars has started production of its new fully electric Volvo ES90. What a coincidence. The ES90 also includes 800-volt infrastructure and … [continued]
