Next Generation Volvo Cars
NEW PRODUCTS AND DEVELOPMENTS FOR FUTURE GROWTH Global sales of 421,951 cars New Volvo V40 successfully launched Sales start of the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid Launch of world first safety innovations Focus on development of a new product architecture and engine family Loan agreement with China Development Bank During 2012 – a year of economic […]
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Hybrids is one of my greatest passions
However, the story of hybrids and their development within the Volvo Group started long before the successful field tests in London. This is something of which Anders Kroon, technical director at Volvo Powertrain, is all too well aware. He is one of the people who have been involved from the very start.
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Volvo hybrid buses a success in London
The bus stop at Waterloo Station in the heart of central London is packed with people. When the number 76 bus, a classic red double-decker, arrives, the noise from the street makes it difficult to realise that it has switched to electric operation and becomes silent when the diesel engine is turned off. This bus, […]
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WORLD RECORD WITH THE MEAN GREEN HYBRID TRUCK NOW VERIFIED
The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) has verified Boije Ovebrink’s world record run with the ‘Mean Green’ hybrid truck. He received a diploma confirming his speed record from the Swedish Automobile Sports Federation on the occasion of the Federation’s 75th jubilee celebrations in Stockholm on 19th November.
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Plug-in hybrid with battery-only range of 100 km – and Flexifuel engine for backup power A big step in Volvo Cars’ quest to find cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy for its vehicles, was the introduction of the Volvo ReCharge Concept – a plug-in hybrid with individual electric wheel motors and batteries.
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