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Swedish plug-in hybrid vehicle update coming in May

Posted Apr 30th 2008 at 11:52AM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Saab, Volvo

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 Advanced Automotive Battery and Ultracapacitor Conference and Symposia in Tampa, Florida (which starts May 12) on the status of plug-in and electric vehicles in Sweden. The focus will be on Swedish hybrid technology projects, including what's happening with the Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre (SHC). This is where the Volvo-Saab - along with the Vattenfall energy company, ETC Battery, FuelCells Sweden and some parts of the Swedish government - project is taking place. The SHC will be funded with $40 million over five years. More details after the break.

Gallery: Volvo ReCharge PHEV project




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Top 20 green cars we wish we could buy today, Number 10: Volvo ReCharge

Posted Apr 22nd 2008 at 1:09PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volvo


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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 lithium polymer battery pack mounted in the trunk with sufficient capacity for 62 miles of electric driving. Once the battery state of charge dips to thirty percent, a 1.6L four cylinder flex-fuel engine bolted to a generator starts up to re-charge the battery. Volvo says that the ReCharge can do a 93 mile drive on 2.8L of gas, which comes out to 124mpg (U.S.). That sounds perfect, we'll take it.

Gallery: Volvo ReCharge PHEV project


On to Number 9.


Tags: volvo recharge, volvo-hybrid, volvo-phev, volvo-plug-in, volvo-recharge, VolvoRecharge

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Volvo officially announces Swedish plug-in hybrid development program

Posted Mar 14th 2008 at 11:45AM by Sebastian Blanco

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volvo, European Union


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The Volvo ReCharge concept is kind of the dark horse in the plug-in hybrid race among the major manufacturers. It's a good looking with nice specifications (60+ miles of EV range sure sound appealing), but Volvo isn't totally committed to bringing this vehicle to the street. This may change with today's official announcement that gives more details on the partnership we first heard about in December between Volvo, Saab, electricity provider Vattenfall, battery provider ETC, and the Swedish state. Volvo's investment in the project will be over 11 billion SEK ($1.8b US) for the next five years. You can read the announcement after the jump and check out pictures of the ReCharge in the gallery below.

Gallery: Volvo ReCharge PHEV project




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Volvo could lead Ford in developing diesel hybrids

Posted Dec 4th 2007 at 8:24PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Volvo



Now that Ford is on the verge of off-loading Jaguar and Land Rover they are taking a serious look at moving Volvo upmarket into the void left by the British brands. As part of that move Ford is giving the Swedes engineering responsibility in Europe for hybrid technology. They have already opened a new hybrid engineering center in Gothenburg where Volvo has their headquarters. At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, Volvo showed off a new series hybrid concept called the Volvo ReCharge. If Ford does move Volvo further upmarket, they would be the logical brand to potentially develop a diesel hybrid since that combination would be fairly expensive.

[Source: Detroit News]

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