@niche: The new Polestar 3 all electric SUV is to use INEOS Inovyn BIOVYN™ bio-attributed vinyl car seats to further reduce CO2 from its latest vehicles002335

Premium electric car manufacturer Polestar revealed its brand new Polestar 3 model on 12 October in Copenhagen. First SUV from the fast-growing brand, Polestar 3 is set to hit the market in 2023. Polestar 3 will be the brand’s first car equipped with seats made of BIOVYN bio-attributed PVC, which will be the source material… Continue reading @niche: The new Polestar 3 all electric SUV is to use INEOS Inovyn BIOVYN™ bio-attributed vinyl car seats to further reduce CO2 from its latest vehicles002335

Truck Market in Vietnam to grow by 41,610 units; AB Volvo and Beijing Automotive Group Co. Ltd. emerge as Key Vendors – Technavio

NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Truck Market in Vietnam Growth, Size, Trends, Analysis Report by Type, Application, Region and Segment Forecast 2022-2026” report has been added to Technavio’s offering. The report expects the market size to grow by 41,610 units between 2021 and 2026. The truck market in Vietnam is fragmented with… Continue reading Truck Market in Vietnam to grow by 41,610 units; AB Volvo and Beijing Automotive Group Co. Ltd. emerge as Key Vendors – Technavio

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Nov 21 (Reuters) – U.S. companies borrowed 6% more in October to finance equipment investments compared with a year earlier, industry body Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said on Monday. The companies signed up for $11.3 billion in new loans, leases and lines of credit last month, compared with $10.7 billion a year earlier,… Continue reading Untitled

Pilot and Volvo to build charging network for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks

Pilot Company (formerly Pilot Flying J), which operates over 800 retail fuel stations, is moving with confidence into the EV charging space. Now the company has signed a letter of intent with the Volvo Group to develop a charging network open to all battery-electric Class 8 truck brands. Chargers will be located at select Pilot… Continue reading Pilot and Volvo to build charging network for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks

Waymo takes Zeekr models into service

The industry leader Waymo has presented its new robot taxi: The electric vehicle comes from Zeekr. The Google sister Waymo presented the latest model of a robot taxi at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new vehicle comes from Zeekr, which belongs to Geely. The cooperation was announced in February. So far, Waymo has used… Continue reading Waymo takes Zeekr models into service

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PARIS, Nov 21 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday will host a dinner with a number of European chief executives to convince them not to move production to the United States, where lower energy prices and the Inflation Reduction Act is proving a lure. European leaders have been alarmed by massive anti-inflation measures… Continue reading Untitled

Volvo V90 Cross Country

So what we might once have considered a slightly fringy and left-field model derivative suddenly looks a lot more like the traditional heart and soul of the modern V90 range. Volvo offers two mild-hybrid 2.0-litre petrol engines in the car, with around 250 and 300 horsepower respectively, and one mild-hybrid diesel with around 200 horsepower –… Continue reading Volvo V90 Cross Country

Einride founder on building an underlying business to support future tech goals

Swedish startup Einride was founded in 2016 with a mission to electrify freight transport. Today, that means designing electric trucks and an underlying operating system to help overland shippers make the transition to electric. In the future, it will mean deploying electric autonomous freight — more specifically, Einride’s autonomous pods, which are purpose-built for self-driving… Continue reading Einride founder on building an underlying business to support future tech goals

‘The world isn’t ready for a £100k Volvo’

Big Volvo SUVs don’t come around very often. We’ve only ever had two XC90s in 20 years and I’ve always been a big fan (and been lucky enough to run a couple of them on the Auto Express fleet), which makes the arrival of that car’s replacement – called EX90 – officially a big thing.… Continue reading ‘The world isn’t ready for a £100k Volvo’