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At this year's Detroit Auto Show, the Volvo C30 Electric hit the stage sporting battle scars from a standard offset collision crash test. The damaged C30, though not the most eye-catching car on display, did prove ...

From a safety engineering perspective, there are major differences between an electric car and a traditional car. That's what Volvo's senior manager for safety strategy & requirements, Jan Ivarsson, ...

The first thing we noticed about the Volvo C30 Electric – the automaker's most serious contender in the electric car space that will enter production in 2011 – is that it's a great platform to turn into an electric ...

Volvo unleashed some big news at the Paris Motor Show. In case you missed it, that's when the automaker confirmed that the C30 battery electric vehicle (BEV) concept was ready to get its production groove on. Shortly ...

Says they aren't always ready to compete in the automotive industry

Volvo's big news at the Paris Motor Show was the confirmation that the C30 battery electric vehicle (BEV) concept would be put into production. We saw the ...

Watching a vehicle undergo a crash test is a real eye-opener. Not only do these destructive demonstrations show us how well vehicles can handle collisions (or not), but they also remind us that driving can be ...

We haven't touched on the battery-powered Volvo C30 in quite some time now, but in no way does that indicate that plans aren't moving along. In fact, Volvo expects to have the first ten C30 BEVs on the road this fall. Dibbs ...

During a presentation on the Volvo electric C30 today at the EnerDel facility in Fishers, IN, we heard a word we really didn't expect to hear: ethanol. We asked Lennart Stegland, Volvo's director of special vehicles, ...

As expected, Volvo brought along an all-electric C30 hatchback concept to the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. While this isn't a production vehicle at this point, Volvo says the car is a fully drivable prototype with a complete interior, ...

Volvo has built versions of the C30 with efficient diesel engines, plug-in hybrid powerplants, flex-fuel ICEs, and pure electric drivetrains. It's the all-electric version that will get some extra attention at the Detroit Auto Show ...