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Volvo’s Electric Car Not Ready for Primetime

Guest Contributor — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:48:59 +0000

After having designed and manufactured a new electric car, Volvo isn’t quite ready to release it yet, even as the clean energy automobile market continues to heat up. This may be a mistake given that early entrance into this market could lead to a fortified position. Volvo may want to hurry up and get its […]

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Volvo’s 22kW Fast Charger Juices Your Car in 90 Minutes

Benji Jerew — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:50:11 +0000

Electric vehicles [EV] have one main thing for and against them, their battery packs. The high-tech battery pack installed in an EV determines its range and its charging time, generally, the bigger the battery, the longer the range, and the longer the charging time. Another factor affecting charging time is the on-board charger. The 3.3kW […]

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Volvo Tests Petrol-Powered Fuel Cells For Extending EV Range

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:19:19 +0000

Volvo has been testing lately their newest innovation in the field of electric cars - an electric car range extender based on a hydrogen fuel cell powered by liquid organic fuels, such as petrol. In collaboration with Powercell Sweden AB, Volvo's range extender could take the EV for up to 250 kilometers more and at the same time only emit minute carbon dioxide quantities.

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