Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

PHEV battery pack in V70 demonstrator without damage after a full scale rear crash test. 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. A V70 plug-in hybrid demonstrator.

Plug-in 240

Plug-in Volvo Corporation 2012 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

The ECU, which is discrete in this first demo application, will be subsequently integrated into the main unit. Global automotive supplier Linamar Corporation has developed a fully-integrated, compact, modular and scalable twin-motor bolt-on rear axle unit to enable hybrid all-wheel drive applications: the Agilit-e Hybrid Power Unit.

Hybrid 275

Hybrid Plug-in Cadillac Convert 275

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2009

to power a pair of plug-in diesel-electric hybrid (PHEV) V70 demonstration cars being put through their paces across Europe this fall as part of a development program leading up to the planned 2012 commercial launch of a production plug-in model. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). kWh Li-ion battery pack, of which 8 kWh is usable.

Lithium Ion 150

Lithium Ion PHEV Volvo Li-ion 150