Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2012
Volvo Car Corp. is developing several new safety systems—factoring in driver behavior in the modern traffic environment—towards achieving its 2020 goal that nobody should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car. Click to enlarge. He or she can take control at any time. Earlier post.). In the US 21.5%
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. The partners put three Volvo V70 PHEV demonstration cars on the road in the summer of 2009. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
Volvo Cars confirmed that it will introduce a series-produced plug-in hybrid diesel as early as 2012. Volvo had first suggested the 2012 date for a diesel PHEV in September 2009. Based on the NEDC cycle, CO 2 emissions from Volvo’s plug-in hybrid will average out at 49 grams per kilometer, with fuel consumption of 1.9
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Volvo Car Corporation confirmed again that it will begin sales of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid—the results of close cooperation between Volvo Car and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall&mash;in 2012. Earlier post.). liters per 100 km (124 mpg US).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2011
Clean Air Power, the developer of Dual-Fuel combustion technology enabling heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of diesel and natural gas, will supply Volvo Bus Corporation with 11 Dual-Fuel systems. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JUNE 1, 2009
Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce plug-in hybrids on the market by 2012. In January 2007, Volvo and Vattenfall launched a joint project with the aim of testing and developing plug-in technology. Click to enlarge.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 30, 2023
Nissan sold its truck subsidiary to Volvo in 2007, Volkswagen renamed its truck and bus unit Traton in 2018 and listed it on the Frankfurt and Stockholm stock exchanges the following year. That means we’ll be getting updates on the corporate structure and a financial breakdown of who owns what.
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