Volvo Introduces EX90 EV, VW ID. Has Strong Sales, CO2 Batteries Coming
A new 7-seater electric SUV from Volvo Debuts, VW has half million EV ID. cars sold, and Italian firm uses CO2 for storing energy.
We all knew it wouldn’t take long before Volvo made big news in the EV world. And we don’t mean to diminish the importance of the XC40 and such. Instead, we’re talking about Volvo’s introduction of a big three-row EV. Well we have it now, and Volvo calls it the EX90. It’ll be built in the US, like a bunch of other EV’s, and have 373 miles of range from a 408 horsepower all wheel drive twin motor setup. However a performance version with 517 horsepower will be available, too.
Volvo says the EX90 is going to be the first of many new EV’s ahead, with one new EV being released each year till 2030. By which the company claims it will be fully electric.
Volkswagen hits 500,000 ID. vehicles sold, hitting a target one year ahead of schedule.
Volkswagen’s charge into a fully electric lineup is seeing better than expected results. Not to be out done by Volvo, Volkswagen is launching ten new EV models by 2026. But their commitment to fully electric vehicles will be three years behind, in 2033, and that’s a dedication for Europe only. Still, VW wants to have the “broadest range of EV’s” possible. This includes a low cost entry-level model through the luxurious Aero B.
Italian firm Energy Dome is taking CO2, and turning it to good use.
CO2 is a constant concern. But Energy Dome actually sees it as a resource. With Operations in Italy and now expanding into the US, Energy Dome’s model focuses not on car batteries, but instead on “Long Duration Energy Storage” or LDES. According to Electrek, CO2 can compress to a liquid near ambient temperatures. The next step is to store heat from this process. Then when the liquid is heated once more and expands to a gas, this expansion is used to drive a turbine, thus generating power. One main advantage of this kind of energy source is that it keeps CO2 in a closed loop, and importantly, doesn’t need any rare earth materials. Energy Dome claims the process uses only CO2, steel, and water.