Just two years ago, 10% electric equipment operation seemed like an ambitious target for Sweden’s pioneering, fossil-free construction site. Last week, the site reached a 50% all-electric threshold with the addition of a new, Volvo L120H Electric Conversion wheel loader. The recently-launched wheel loader joins a pair of 30-ton Volvo EC230 Electric excavators at the … Read more
As South Africa braces itself for the all-too-familiar road safety threat this festive season, one car company has been doing their research. Specifically, Volvo Cars South Africa, the nation’s best seller of electric vehicles in 2024, and inventor of the three-point safety seatbelt, is imploring motorists to buckle up this December. We drove the excellent … Read more
Owner-operators are a huge part of the heavy truck market, and they’ve been among the most hesitant groups to transition from diesel to electric semi trucks. That may be changing, however, as Saldivar’s Trucking becomes first independent owner-operator in the US to deploy a Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 truck. The higher up-front cost of … Read more
Photo: Fiat The Fiat 500e is small, electric and starts a little under $35,000. It’s also more spacious than the old 500e and comes with significantly more range. Unfortunately for Fiat, there aren’t a lot of places in the U.S. where its small size is an advantage, so it’s a little surprising that Fiat decided … Read more
Volvo is switching gears again, this time to accelerate deliveries of its much-anticipated EX30 subcompact electric SUV so that it reaches the U.S. before the end of 2024. The Swedish automaker last summer had postponed the U.S. launch of the EX30 to 2025, citing “changes in the global automotive landscape.” The move followed the Biden … Read more
Photo: Honda Outside of enthusiast circles, most people don’t think about tires all that often. You have to have them to drive, they’re expensive to replace, and then they’re mostly forgotten until you get a flat. The thing is, tires are important. Really important. They’re the only thing that connects your car to the ground, … Read more
If you believe BMW development director Frank Weber, the car is on the verge of yet another revolution. In addition to digitalisation and electrification, he says, circularity will become an increasingly important feature of vehicles. That means reusing materials that go into making cars. Motor manufacturers are slowly running out of the raw materials needed … Read more
It’s probably nothing. Just a playful post on social media from a random Volvo account celebrating an obscure concept car from the early aughts. It couldn’t possibly mean that Volvo is actually going to build the thing … right? The post in question went live on the Volvo Cars Heritage Facebook feed last week, and … Read more
On today’s Halloween-y episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got record EV sales from GM, Hyundai, Kia, and more! We’ve also got big trucks and fat oysters and ALL of it is powered by electric! That’s right, kids – despite the doom and gloom you see on your racist uncle’s social media feed, electric vehicle sales keep … Read more
On today’s exciting episode of Quick Charge, Elon thinks his Robotaxi will be cheaper to ride than the bus, but he’s got bigger fish to fry as Volvo overtakes Tesla in Europe and the Republicans try to squash EVs in congress. As far as popularity contests go, Ford and Kia have the most searched-for EVs on … Read more
