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Volvo and Vattenfall team up to develop plug-in hybrid [w/video]
Volvo plug-in hybrid - click above for a hi-res gallery Volvo and Vattenfall have just made an announcement that should hurry the Swedish car maker along the hybrid highway. The two companies have partnered to develop a plug-in diesel hybrid that should begin series production in 2012 with the first 3 demonstration vehicles to be completed this summer. Volvo, of course, will supply the cars while the energy giant will bring charging units and the actual carbon-free electricity to the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) equation. Other hybrids being baked ... Read more →
Volvo starts testing hybrid bus in Göteborg, Sweden Sam Abuelsamid
Volvo has begun field trials of its first hybrid bus in the Swedish city of Göteborg. Volvo's hybrid system is of the parallel type, allowing the bus to be operated off either the diesel engine, ...
Swedish Racing Green: Volvo adds R-Design bodykit to DRIVe range Jeremy Korzeniewski
Volvo C30 DRIVe - Click above for a high-res gallery Just because you want to drive an eco-friendly vehicle doesn't mean you can't have any style, at least according to Volvo. The Swedish ...
Automakers line up for UK scrapping scheme Jeremy Korzeniewski
The powers-that-be in the United Kingdom have announced a vehicle scrapping plan that would pay motorists 2,000 pounds to turn in a vehicle that's at least 10 years old in exchange for a new car or ...
And the Volvo 2009 Technology Award goes to... Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for a gallery of the Volvo FE hybrid truck Every year since 1988, Volvo has conducted its own awards ceremony for the designers and engineers the Swedish automaker employs. This year, ...
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Volvo to bring V70, S80, XC60, and XC70 DRIVe models to Geneva 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of Volvo DRIVe models Last year at the Paris Motor Show, Volvo introduced the world to its first three DRIVe models, which feature a slew of changes, including efficient diesel engines, manual gearboxes, stop/start, lowered ride height, aerodynamic tweaks and low ...
Volvo XC60 diesel beats gas over 662 miles in Northern California 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The guys at Popular Mechanics recently had an opportunity to test out Volvo's new XC60 crossover in Northern California. When the XC60 goes on sale in the U.S. next month, it will only be offered with a 281 hp turbocharged 3.0L inline six cylinder. For the media drive, Volvo brought over some ...
Detroit 2009: Volvo S60 Concept introduces 4-cylinder EcoBoost 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Volvo S60 Concept for a high res gallery Volvo rolled out a new concept sedan here that previews the next generation of its mid-size S60 sedan. The swoopy sedan has almost coupe-like proportions with its flowing back-light and curves that a 240 fan would never recognize as a Volvo. ...
Volvo announces new 2.4L 5-cylinder diesel for S80 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Over in Europe, Volvo's top end model - the S80 - will be getting a new engine option this year in the form of a new 2.4L five cylinder diesel. This engine replaces an existing one with the same displacement and configuration. The new engine has an aluminum block and cylinder head and most of the ...
Volvo S60 concept features GTDi engine technology and 47 mpg 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Volvo S60 concept Next month at the Detroit Auto Show, Volvo will shed its staid image with a new concept vehicle that points the way towards the next production S60 midsize sedan. Besides all of the stylish lines of the exterior, numerous safety ...
Volvo's gets giant hybrid trucks ready for trash duty in England, France 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the Volvo FE hybrid truck Four large hybrid trucks based on Volvo's heavy-duty FE model will be delivered to refuse company Veolia Propreté for use in London and Paris next year. These pre-production diesel-electric hybrids will go into service next fall and ...
Volvo micro-hybrid coming in 2011, full hybrid in 2012 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
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 ...
Volvo launches flex fuel S80 and C30 in Thailand to go with new E85 stations 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Here in the US, millions of flex-fuel vehicles were sold before significant numbers of E85 stations began to open. Over in Thailand there were already two E85 stations before the first car was even sold. Volvo has launched two E85 capable flex-fuel models in the south-east Asian country. The S80 ...
Whew, that's better. Volvo's now Okeo-Tek certified allergy friendly 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
You know, the interior of your own car may be a toxic place to spend time in? That famed "new car smell" that so many seem to love is a nasty concoction of chemicals left to filter off the leather plastic and textile inner-bits of every new car after it's been assembled. Considering its enviable ...
Volvo announces Greenline initiative: Refurbished with a warranty 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Do you remember your Ecology 101 lessons? One of the first lessons is always "reuse." Volvo has taken the role of teacher and is telling us about its new Greenline initiative. What's this about? A range of "renewed" vehicle components which are procured by recycling components from scrapped Volvos. ...
Volvo starts production of low-CO2 DRIVe range 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enlarge "Best in class consumption." "Lowest CO2 emission levels." These are some of the nice things that Volvo has decided to say about its new Volvo DRIVe range, which we first saw at the Paris Motor Show. The DRIVe cars - the C30, S40 and V50 1.6D - have entered production last week. ...
Volvo gets first order for new hybrid buses from Luxembourg 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Luxembourg's bus operator Sales-Lentz has announced the purchase of 6 brand new 7700 hybrid Volvo buses. This is the first firm purchase order of the recently-released model and means the first unit will hit the streets by the end of 2009, with the remaining five coming in 2010. The contract was ...
Volvo shows off new hybrid bus series 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Although European cities have a lot of the latest trends in urban mobility, there aren't many hybrid buses on their streets. Volvo thinks that this could be a good moment to introduce hybrid buses, and has recently introduced the 7700 model. Claimed to reduce fuel consumption by 30 percent, Volvo ...
Volvo trucks offers Fuelwatch to help reducing fuel costs up to 10 percent 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Electronic fleet management is becoming a useful resource for operators keeping an eye on operational costs. Probably, the most important part of these systems is monitoring fuel consumption for all vehicles: it can point out which vehicles are burning more fuel than average and drivers who have a ...
Volvo plans diesel hybrids for 2012 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click above to enter a gallery of the new Volvo DRIVe models Volvo has major plans for fuel-saving technology. The Swedish automaker will begin fitting its bricks shapely little sedans and coupes with stop/start in the next few months and plans to move the technology up through its entire line ...
Volvo prices the sub-120 g CO2/km DRIVe models: £15,410-£21,660 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enter a gallery of the new Volvo DRIVe We met Volvo's good-looking new DRIVe eco-models (so named because they emit less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer) earlier this monthy and they now have a "preliminary" price tag. The three diesel models - C30 SportsCoupe, S40 Saloon and V50 ...
Volvo's new wind tunnel can save you a tank of gas a year 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The classic Volvo box car wasn't exactly aerodynamic. Safe for the vehicle occupants, sure, but not slippery. In the last few years, thought, the Swedes have been working to make their cars more efficient and have rebuilt their wind tunnel to further push down CO2 emissions and fuel use. The new ...
Volvo announces new line of diesel engines "more than" Euro V compliant 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Volvo is introducing a new array of engines next year. Volvo claims that these engines, called EEV (Enhanced Environmental friendly Vehicle), exceed the requirements for Euro V antipollution norms by means of reducing emitted particles and smoke. Not only that, but the new set of EEV engines also ...
Coca-Cola orders over 200 Volvos, most of them flexfuel 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Swedish arm of the Coca-Cola company has made another Volvo purchase, and it's a big one. Coca-Cola Drycker Sverige will soon take delivery of over 200 Volvos to use as company cars, with most of them being Volvo V70 2.0 Flexifuel models, along with some V70 2.0D models. On top of the new fleet ...
Paris Preview: three Volvo DRIVe models with CO2 emissions under 120 g/km 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enlarge Volvo will be coming to the Paris Motor Show with three low-CO2 models that all beat the EU's important 120 grams per kilometer target. The new DRIVe (yes, the e is small) editions of the C30 SportsCoupe (53.4 mpg U.S.), the S40 saloon and the V50 Sportswagon (both at 52.3 mpg ...
Volvo C30 diesel caught testing in Arizona 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the above image to enlarge Back in July, Volvo hinted that it would be introducing small cars with diesel engines into the American market. This, of course, is an idea that we can get behind. In Europe, Volvo offers two four cylinder diesel engines displacing 1.6-liters and 2.0-liters as ...
Volvo Green Racer takes on the World 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click to view a hi-res gallery of the Volvo C30 Green Racer In the campaign to make racing greener, the World Touring Car Championship has been a leader. Following the example set by its sister company Audi at Le Mans, Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary Seat began taking race wins in the WTCC in ...
Volvo to field test trucks with new DME fueled engines 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Late next year, Volvo will start field testing 14 trucks fueled with dimethyl ether, a biomass-derived fuel. DME is produced by gasification of biomass materials, with the syngas converted to a fuel through a catalytic process. The Volvo development program is being paid for in part by the Swedish ...
Spy Shots: Diesel powered Volvo XC60 spotted testing in LA 12 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Over at Auto Fiends they have some new camera phone pics of the Volvo XC60 crossover out on a test drive in the Los Angeles area. While in and of itself, that is no big deal, the photographer noticed something unusual about this particular vehicle. Above the fuel filler door was the the tag "Diesel ...
Volvo pinning hopes on small cars, diesels 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
click above image for high-res gallery of the Volvo C30 Efficiency In what sounds like an extremely unsurprising move, Volvo is planning on introducing more small cars and more diesel engines. Certainly, timing could not be better as small cars are handily outselling their larger, less ...
Volvo dealer in Verona, Italy is company's first to go carbon neutral 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Dealers for car companies have tried various carbon neutral offerings. A Land Rover shop in Oregon, for example, gave away carbon offsets for the first 50,000 miles of each new vehicle sold last year. But what did it take to make the new Volvo Trucks dealer in Verona, Italy totally carbon neutral? ...
Dual Clutch Powershift gearbox cuts Volvo fuel consumption 8% 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Volvo is now offering a Getrag Powershift dual clutch transmission in its smaller cars - the C30, S40 and V50. The new gearbox is paired up with a 2.0L four cylinder turbodiesel. Volvo is using a six-speed wet clutch unit with a torque capacity of 332lb-ft. The diesel engine is rated at 136hp and ...
Craigslist find of the day: Electric Volvo 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Not all electric conversions are small Geo Metros, Volkswagens or Porsches. For sale on the San Francisco Bay Area Craigslist, here, is an eVolvo. It's a converted 1995 Volvo 850 sedan. It's got new batteries and new low rolling resistance tires. The seller claims a range of about 40 miles with 15 ...
Volvo shows off new FlexiFuel range, including V70 police car 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the image for high-res shots of Volvo's FlexiFuel police model Last year, Volvo introduced a line of vehicles in Europe capable of running on E85 fuel which it refers to as the FlexiFuel range. Already available in the C30, S40, V50 and V70 and S80 models with engines ranging from 1.8 to ...
Swedish plug-in hybrid vehicle update coming in May 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
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 the road. Those were nice to see. The Invest In Sweden Agency will be updating visitors to the ...
Top 20 green cars we wish we could buy today, Number 10: Volvo ReCharge 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the photo for a high-res gallery Ever since news of the Volvo ReCharge plug-in series hybrid came out, we've been hankering for the Swedish EV to make its way into production. The all-wheel drive propulsion will be provided courtesy of wheel motors at all four corners with juice coming from a ...
