Tag: Volvo Cars

StoreDot emphasizes extreme fast charging importance as better charging infrastructure rolls out

Posted by Gary Mason | Sep 20, 2023 | Business Development, Electrification, Testing

Battery tech company says challenges to widespread EV adoption will continue unless charging times are reduced as charging infrastructure grows.

Volvo’s electric EX30 is ‘small yet mighty’

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jun 8, 2023 | Design, User Experience, Vehicles

The brand’s first small premium SUV expands its all-electric offering to four models, with the new entry being its fastest accelerating and having the lowest carbon footprint to date, delivered with a low starting price and innovative sales models.

StoreDot gets Volvo boost for extreme-fast-charge EV battery cells

Posted by Kevin Jost | Apr 19, 2022 | Business Development, Electrification, Startups

The Volvo Cars Tech Fund investment is the latest financial vote of confidence in StoreDot’s advanced technologies as it targets mass production of silicon-dominant lithium-ion battery cells delivering 100 mi of range in 5 min of charging by 2024.

Northvolt assembles first lithium-ion battery cell at Swedish Gigafactory

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 29, 2021 | Business Development, Electrification, Materials, Research, Startups, Vehicles

The cell is said to be the first to have been fully designed, developed, and assembled at a gigafactory by a homegrown European battery company, and follows other December news on partnerships with Galp and Volvo Cars.

Volvo Group reveals world’s first vehicle using SSAB’s ‘fossil-free’ steel

Posted by Kevin Jost | Oct 15, 2021 | Electrification, Materials, Vehicles

The construction-machine and commercial-vehicle powerhouse is just the latest forward-thinking mobility company to announce its intentions to use the HYBRIT “green steel” technology, replacing the coking coal with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen.

Concept Recharge previews Volvo’s electric future

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jun 30, 2021 | Design, Electrification, Vehicles

At the conclusion of Volvo Cars Tech Moment online event today about its future technology roadmap, the company revealed the Concept Recharge, previewing its pure-electric future and new platform, and the XC90 replacement—which will get a name “more like a child,” according to the CEO.

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