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Volvo micro-hybrid coming in 2011, full hybrid in 2012

To date, aside from some diesel and flex-fuel engines in Europe, Volvo hasn't done much in the way of alternative drive vehicles. The Ford owned Swedish brand showed an extended range electric concept called the Recharge last year based on the C30. However, hybrids haven't been part of Volvo's program quite yet. That all appears set to change in the next few years as CAFE and European CO2 standards will be tightening. A micro hybrid, which is a fancy way of saying automatic start-stop system is set to debut in 2011. Actually, the system is ... Read more →

One week left for Google's "Why I Want to Drive a Plug-In" video contest Sebastian Blanco

Google - they of the all-knowing search and the more apropros RechargeIT plug-in hybrid project - wants to see your video. The Google.org project will be hosting a conference in Washington, D.C. at ...

Swedish plug-in hybrid vehicle update coming in May Sebastian Blanco

Since last year, Saab and Volvo have been working together to develop a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Volvo officially announced the project in March 2008, and showed us pictures of the ReCharge concept on ...

Volvo: PML FlightLink is working "exclusively" with us (Zap-X delayed?) Lascelles Linton

In an interview, Ichiro Sugioka, project leader of Volvo's Recharge electric car concept, says PML FlightLink is "currently working exclusively for us." If that was not clear enough, Ichiro adds "all ...

Frankfurt Preview: Volvo ReCharge - The Swedes go series hybrid Sam Abuelsamid

Click the photo for a high-res gallery While Toyota is clearly not enamored with the concept of series hybrids (at least publicly) plenty of other companies are jumping on the idea. The latest to ...


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