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Volvo Car Corporation, is a Swedish premium automobile manufacturer, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China.
Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group. Geely Holding Group then acquired Volvo Cars from Ford in 2010.
Production plants in Belgium, Sweden and China.
Production in 2013: 430.000 cars
Volvo cars have long been marketed and stressed their historic reputation for solidity and reliability. Volvo is in the forefront of safety engineering.
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2023
30 Oct 2023
Komatsu: Electrification of Construction Machines
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
The PC210 has an exceptionally large battery and should be able to comfortably deliver 8-hour duty cycles.
The PC33R-6 is currently available in Europe.
Komatsu is already working with electric linear actuators which bring benefits such as increased precision and further reduced maintenance.
12 Oct 2023
Megawatt Charging Could Outshine Hydrogen in Semis
A new high-power charging solution is required to meet the market need of the truck and bus industry to charge electric heavy-duty vehicles in an acceptable amount of time. As a result, the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a charging system for large battery electric vehicles, is now being developed.3 Oct 2023
Varjo
Varjo is a Finnish-headquartered producer of extended reality headsets and software solutions, primarily for high-end enterprise applications. Its flagship XR-3 headset has extremely strong passthrough mixed reality capabilities.25 Sep 2023
Seeing Machines
22 Sep 2023
Environmental Gas Sensor Market 2024-2034: Technology, Trends, Forecasts, Players
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14 Sep 2023
Niron Magnetics: Rare Earth Free Permanent Magnets
Niron Magnetics is a US-based company working on eliminating rare earths from permanent magnets. Niron is looking to replace rare earths with iron nitride magnets, which it aims to make competitive on performance with rare earth magnets, but at a fraction of the price.
30 Aug 2023
Mobile Robotics in Logistics, Warehousing and Delivery 2024-2044
IDTechEx Report:
21 Aug 2023
Li-ion Batteries and Battery Management Systems for Electric Vehicles 2024-2034
IDTechEx Report:
6 Jul 2023
The Electrifying Divide in Battery Chemistries for Construction EVs
The success of electric vehicles in the construction industry will largely be determined by battery prices being low enough that the total cost of ownership is cheaper than diesel alternatives.
30 Jun 2023
Hydrogen Economy 2023-2033: Production, Storage, Distribution & Applications
IDTechEx Report: Dr Conor O'Brien
22 Jun 2023
OEMs Lagging When It Comes to Electrification of Compact Loaders
This premium article looks at some of the key considerations when it comes to electrifying loaders, including battery capacity and potential fuel savings. Three OEM loaders are considered in more detail from Volvo, Caterpillar and Avant.
16 Jun 2023
Electric Boats & Ships 2024-2044
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15 Jun 2023
Why Buying an Autonomous Electric Car Will Feel Like Buying a Laptop
Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the production line, grinding manufacturing to an industry-shaking halt9 Jun 2023
Electrification Activity of Major Construction Vehicle OEMs
Innovation roadmap for major construction vehicle original equipment manufacturers.24 May 2023
Why Construction OEMs Start Electrification With Mini Excavators
This premium article looks at the main drivers for electrifying mini excavators and demonstrates through data analysis how mini excavators can have equal or even superior performance to their diesel counterparts. The article explains how fuel and maintenance savings could provide a return on investment if the premium for the electric vehicle is correct. Finally electric mini-excavator case studies from Volvo, JCB and XCMG are presented.11 May 2023
AiDEN: Enabling Services on Connected Cars
17 Apr 2023
Vueron — Independent LiDAR Perception Developers
Vueron is a start-up that is working on developing perception software to be used with LiDAR. It is hardware agnostic and believes it can do a better job than either LiDAR hardware developers or tier 1 suppliers. IDTechEx was introduced to Vueron at AV Sensors Expo 2023.
28 Mar 2023
Battery Electric & Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trains 2023-2043
IDTechEx Report: Dr Conor O'Brien
23 Mar 2023
Semiconductors for Autonomous and Electric Vehicles 2023-2033
IDTechEx Report: Dr Yu-Han Chang and Dr Xiaoxi He
20 Feb 2023
Electric Vehicle Markets & Technologies on the Road to 2023
It has been another momentous year for electric vehicle markets and technologies, with major policy developments, sales growth, and landmark models set to enter the market.