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Volvo introduces new hybrid truck for refuse and delivery

2010 Volvo FE Hybrid Truck - Click for gallery In many cities, garbage trucks can wake up entire neighborhoods with the sound of diesel engines. When the new Volvo FE truck goes on sale (expected to take place in 2012), waste management companies will be able to opt for a truck that produces no noise, at low least some of the time. The FE truck is a parallel hybrid, like the Toyota Prius, and can operate using just the electric motor and lithium-ion batteries at low speeds; the diesel engine starts up when more power is needed or the ... Read more →

Volvo to introduce plug-in diesel hybrid in 2012 Sam Abuelsamid

Several months ago, Volvo revealed a demonstration prototype of a plug-in hybrid car based on the current V70 wagon. Today, the Swedish brand announced that it would start building a production car ...

Volvo applies its safety know-how to the world of EVs Sam Abuelsamid

Over the course of Volvo's history, the one feature its cars were perhaps best known for – aside from looking like the boxes they came in – was safety. Volvo was among the pioneers in ...

Volvo announces bio-dimethyl ether partnership Xavier Navarro

Dimethyl ether (DME) is one of those fuels that is not well known to the general public but is should be, if for no other reason than it promises up to 95 percent carbon neutrality. According to ...

Frankfurt 2009: Volvo reveals battery-powered C30 [w/VIDEO] Sam Abuelsamid

We were already aware that Volvo has been working on a plug-in hybrid version of its compact C30 for some time with the intent of introducing a production model in 2012. In Frankfurt this week, ...

Revealed: Volvo's first-ever all-electric production car (yes, it's a golf cart) 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

For all of the work that car companies are doing to shift public perception away from the electric vehicle=golf cart image, Volvo has proudly announced that its first all-electric car will be, in fact, a golf cart. It's called, wait for it, the Volvo Golf Cart. Looking a little bit like a ...

Frankfurt 2009: Volvo introduces C30 DRIVe with 99 g/km of CO2 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Volvo has introduced its latest high efficiency model at Frankfurt Motor Show in the shape of the refreshed C30 DRIVe. The C30 shares its C1 platform with the current European-spec Ford Focus and the Mazda3 and this variant appears to share most of its technology with the ECOnetic version of the ...

REPORT: Volvo working on electric C30, will show concept in Frankfurt 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to Autocar in the UK, Volvo has confirmed it's planning to debut an all-electric C30 hatchback at its Innovation for Life event at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. We first heard rumors of such a machine last week, but at the time the Swedish automaker wasn't willing to confirm its ...

Rumormill: Volvo building secret C30 EV? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

We know for sure that Volvo is in the midst of developing a new plug-in hybrid hybrid version of its V70 wagon using an electric motor to power the rear wheels and a diesel engine to power the front. That's exciting enough, but is there more greenery going on behind Swedish doors in the form ...

Ener1 to supply batteries for Volvo PHEV, what about Th!nk? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volvo is building several plug-in hybrid prototypes of its V70 station wagon to begin field tests this fall in Europe. The cars are using lithium ion battery packs that will be supplied by Indiana-based Ener1. The 11.3 kWh packs will provide 31 miles of electric driving range through the rear ...

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