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Renewables

Volvo receives “world first” delivery of fossil-free steel for car making
Turning point: Volvo receives delivery of fossil-free steel, marking a significant milestone both for green metals production and auto-industry emissions.
Petra Stock

Aug 24, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

First Volvo FL electric truck reaches Australian shores
First Volvo FL Electric truck lands on Australian shores, destined for trials and evaluation with Australian logistics and supply chain company Linfox.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 19, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

Volvo, Polestar to make electric car push into Australia in 2020
The Driven Volvo and its electrifying offshoot Polestar will make a push into Australia in the next year with two electric vehicles (EVs) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) in 2020. Swedish-Chinese owned Volvo has confirmed that it will bring the all-electric XC40 SUV by the end of 2020, along with a T5 twin engine PHEV […]
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 13, 2019

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Australia to get all-electric Volvo Polestar in 2020
An all-electric liftback from Volvo’s Polestar will be released in Australia in late 2020. But it won’t be cheap.
Bridie Schmidt

May 14, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Ford and Volvo team with Baidu in China autonomous vehicle push
Chinese internet giant signs agreement global carmakers Volvo and Ford to help put China at the centre of a massive autonomous electric car market push.
Bridie Schmidt

Nov 5, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Volvo 360c concept car is electric, autonomous – and you can sleep in it
Swedish luxury carmaker is billing its new 360c concept, not as an electric car, but as a mobile living and workplace.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 11, 2018

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Commentary

ACT trials electric buses on public transport route
Canberra’s public transport bus fleet will trial two pure electric buses and one electric-diesel hybrid, as it transitions away from ageing diesel fleet.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 31, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

If Volvo wanted to be revolutionary, it would drop diesel altogether
Volvo Cars has been in the news recently in relation to their announcement this Wednesday on their decision to leave the internal combustion engine only based automotive industry.
Franco Gonzalez

Jul 10, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Volvo is leaving cars as you know them behind
The clean energy future looks unstoppable: Volvo announces end of pure internal combustion engine cars – in two years.
Samantha Page

Jul 6, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

US electric car sales up 68% in February, as Teslas lead Volt
US electric car sales jumped approximately 68% in February 2017 versus February 2016.
Zachary Shahan

Mar 7, 2017

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ABB, Microsoft launch robotic fast charger for electric buses
ABB unveils automated fast charging system, as part of collaboration with Volvo aimed at boosting electric bus uptake in Europe.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 21, 2015

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