In A First, Volvo To Bring Vehicles With EV Battery Passport

In A First Volvo To Bring Vehicles With EV Battery Passport

The Volvo EX90 electric SUV—which has the “world’s first EV battery passport”—will go on sale. Volvo is introducing the EV battery passport to provide important details to prospective purchasers, such as the composition, the source of the battery’s ingredients, and the battery’s carbon footprint.

The automaker’s dedication has paid off as new all-electric vehicles are being introduced in important international markets. Last year, Volvo introduced the EX30, its smallest and least expensive electric vehicle. The EX30 is making a big impression immediately, in spite of its small size.

In the first three months of 2024, Volvo sold more than 14,500 EX30 cars, overtaking the EC40 (6,000) and approaching the EX40 (17,400).

Volvo set a new record for sales in March thanks to the EX30, which is already fulfilling its promise to be a lucrative growth engine. By year’s end, Volvo will have the EX30 available in more than 90 countries.

Volvo also intends to launch production of its flagship three-row electric SUV, the EX90, shortly. Over the last five years, Volvo and UK startup Circulor worked on developing the solution. It will provide purchasers with details about the car battery using blockchain technology, including its composition, the origin of its resources, the amount of recycled material, and its carbon footprint.

Proof-of-concepts have been made public by other automakers in place of passport. Among the first manufacturers to take part in the Global Battery Alliances’ (GBAs) EV battery passport proof of concept last year were Tesla and Audi.

One for cobalt on a long-range battery pack designed for China was displayed by Tesla. It was evident that Kamoto Copper Company, owned by Glencore, provided all of the cobalt used in the battery cells. Audi, meanwhile, went one step farther and displayed the lithium content.

Another carmaker controlled by Geely, Polestar, which was formerly a racing squad for Volvo, is similarly attempting to increase the traceability of its products. Through the Polestar 0 project, all production, supply chain, and end-of-life emissions are to be eliminated in order to produce an automobile.