California-headquartered warehousing and distribution provider Performance Team (a Maersk company) and California-headquartered logistics real estate leasing company Prologis have opened a 9 MW EV truck charging depot in Los Angeles. The Denker depot joins Performance Team’s other Southern California facilities in Santa Fe Springs and Commerce, which are also equipped with Prologis Mobility charging infrastructure… Continue reading Performance Team and Prologis launch new electric truck charging depot in LA
Tag: Volvo
Volvo Cars preparing ‘comprehensive plan’ for scaling India presence
Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Cars, which is yet to make its presence felt in the Indian market, said it is preparing a ‘comprehensive plan’ to become a meaningful player in the country. According to Martin Persson, Head of Volvo Cars for the Asia Pacific excluding China (APeC), the Indian market holds enormous potential for the… Continue reading Volvo Cars preparing ‘comprehensive plan’ for scaling India presence
Clean Technica: EVs At 24.1% Share In France — Down YoY As Trade Barriers Kick In003491
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The June auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.1% share in France, down from 26.9% year on year. Volume of both BEVs and PHEVs was down YoY, declining more than the overall market drop. Overall auto volume was 181,711… Continue reading Clean Technica: EVs At 24.1% Share In France — Down YoY As Trade Barriers Kick In003491
VE Commercial Vehicles’ June 2024 wholesales see 10.6% YoY increase to 7424 units
VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VECV) is a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors Limited, reported sales of 7424 units in June 2024 compared to 6715 units in June 2023, a growth of 10.6%. This includes 7314 units of the Eicher brand and 110 units of the Volvo brand, the company said in… Continue reading VE Commercial Vehicles’ June 2024 wholesales see 10.6% YoY increase to 7424 units
Volvo Group completes divestment of Arquus
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Group has today completed the divestment of Arquus to John Cockerill Defense according to the previously announced option agreement. Arquus manufactures and sells specially designed vehicles to defense forces and employs about 1,200 employees in France. In 2023, Arquus represented approximately 1 % of Volvo Group revenues. The… Continue reading Volvo Group completes divestment of Arquus
Volvo takes EX30 off sale as owners refunded over software issues
The Volvo EX30 has been taken off sale while the Swedish brand scrambles to fix serious software issues that has resulted in some owners handing their cars back. These issues, owners have told Autocar, range from screens going black and steering-wheel buttons not responding to cars not charging and even emergency braking systems randomly activating. Owners have… Continue reading Volvo takes EX30 off sale as owners refunded over software issues
German FAZ: With heart and wood and history007186
BMW is proud of its BMW World in Munich, and the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz Museums attract car-loving guests to Stuttgart. Now Volvo also has its own brand world in Gothenburg. The “World of Volvo” opened its doors to visitors for the first time on April 14th this year, exactly ninety-seven years after the first Volvo… Continue reading German FAZ: With heart and wood and history007186
Life after Funky Cat: How China’s Great Wall will crack Europe
The Chinese car market is the biggest in the world. Last year alone more than 30 million of them were registered – three times the number in Europe. That’s not a surprise, of course: it’s why European firms have long flocked to China to sell their wares. What might be news, though, is that China is… Continue reading Life after Funky Cat: How China’s Great Wall will crack Europe
Clean Technica: Portugal Has 28% Plugin Vehicle Share — Market Share Report003483
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla #1 and #2 Lead in PHEV-Heavy Market After previously checking out Spain, we turn west, to its Iberian neighbor, Portugal, for a new EV sales report. As a Southern European market with low purchase power, one would think… Continue reading Clean Technica: Portugal Has 28% Plugin Vehicle Share — Market Share Report003483
Volvo Car India launches The Reverse Project
Volvo Car India announced the launch of its ambitious Reverse Project that aims at reversing the environmental damage through planting trees commensurate to the mileage done on EV cars of any brand. The company has joined forces with ASSOCHAM in planting 10,000 trees, thereby converting an urban dump yard in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh into a… Continue reading Volvo Car India launches The Reverse Project