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Volvo tests heavy-duty electric truck
A independent energy efficiency test with a fully loaded heavy-duty electric Volvo truck has been done in Germany. The electric truck exceeded its official range and used 50% less energy than its diesel counterpart.
Northvolt and Volvo Cars choose Gothenburg for battery factory
Northvolt and Volvo Cars will place their first joint battery factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, next to Volvo Cars’ assembly plant in Torslanda.The facility will be operational in 2025 and create up to 3,000 direct jobs in Gothenburg. Indirectly, it will also create thousands of additional jobs in the region.
Automakers are struggling to make electric vehicles more sustainable
Independent research into electric vehicle (EV) development has found that most automotive companies are more focused on improving electric car range and reducing costs than improving the vehicles’ carbon footprint, despite mounting scrutiny of their hidden environmental impacts.
StoreDot benefits from investments from battery ecosystem
StoreDot has signalled its ambitions for rapid growth with a network of strategic global investments and partnerships that spans the entire battery ecosystem. The company is on track to begin mass producing its ‘100in5’ cells as early as 2024, delivering 100 miles of charge in just five minutes.
Volvo invests in optical and imaging technology startup
Volvo has invested in the optical and imaging technology startup Spectralics through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, the company’s venture capital investment arm.
StoreDot joins forces with Polestar in partnership
StoreDot, a pioneer of charging technologies for electric vehicles, has entered a strategic partnership with Polestar, following an investment from the all-electric premium performance brand.
Volvo’s electric trucks tested in extreme winter weather
Many of us have experienced it: the battery in the phone loses power when the blistering cold sets in. To avoid the same fate, Volvo Trucks has tested its electric trucks in extremely cold weather close to the Arctic Circle.
Printed circuit cell-connecting interconnect for EV batteries
Trackwise delivers space- and weight-saving flexible printed circuit cell-connecting interconnect for cell-to-pack EV batteries with new UK facility being built to deliver lightweight, convenient and space-saving flexible printed circuit technology in high volume to EV makers
Volvo and Holcim: project to use autonomous electric haulers
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Holcim Switzerland have partnered to jointly test and further develop the use of autonomous electric haulers in a limestone quarry.
Volvo and Holcim work together in electric hauler project
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Holcim Switzerland have partnered to test and further develop the use of autonomous electric haulers in a limestone quarry.