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Volvo to make plug-in electric cars
Due in 2012 25 September 2009 13:49 GMT
Volvo is the latest car manufacturer to announce it is to make an electric car. The Swedish car co says from 2012, customers will be able to buy Volvo plug-in electrical hybrids.

These hybrids will be cars that can be recharged through a regular household electric...
XC60 set for UK debut at MPH show
Muscular Volvo concept on the way 29 October 2007 20:42 GMT
The Volvo XC60 concept, a crossover SUV, will make its UK debut at the MPH motor shows in London and Birmingham in November.

Expected in UK showrooms early in 2009, the XC60 was first unveiled at the Detroit show in January. New design cues such as the sculptured...
Volvo refreshes S40 and V50
Did someone order superficial with a side of so what? 10 April 2007 14:49 GMT
Volvo’s two best-selling models last year – the S40 saloon and V50 Sportswagon – have been given a retouch. Not that you’d notice.

The S40 gets a redesigned nose with chrome-framed grille, clear-lensed headlamp units, full-width air intake, integral fog lamps...
Volvo pimps the XC70
All-wheel drive estate gets a facelift 5 March 2007 22:53 GMT
Volvo has given its rather sedate XC70 AWD (all-wheel drive) estate a shot in the tracking rod with some bold new styling and a shed load more equipment.

Available with a 3.2-litre straight six-cylinder petrol engine (245bhp) and its second generation 2.4-litre...
Volvo V70 details released
E-Volvo-lution 5 February 2007 11:25 GMT
Volvo has released the first details of its new V70 – and it looks like the Swedish marque’s slow progression from boxy middle-class childwagon to almost cool load lugger is coming along nicely.

Due in September, the new V70 has sleeker and more athletic lines,...
Volvo announces XC60 concept car
Brand E-Volvo-lution 18 December 2006 11:25 GMT
The latest concept from Volvo has been unveiled - and continuing the current trend for genre mash-ups, it looks like a 4x4 coupe could be coming our way.

The design, which we are assured will form the basis of the new XC60, will be shown at the Detroit Moor...
Volvo to revolutionise hybrid and electric car making
Exemplary Conduct(er) 5 December 2006 9:00 GMT
Volvo has invested £150,000 in a company that says it has developed am energy-efficient conductor that could revolutionise hybrid and electric car making.

The conductor is used, among other things, when battery direct current is converted into alternating current...
Volvo C30 SportsCoupe to get first outing at Paris Motor Show
Veni, Vidi, Volvo 12 September 2006 15:36 GMT
Volvo’s brave re-entry into the world of the small coupe will get it’s first outing at the Paris Motor Show this month.

The C30 SportsCoupe is a two-door, four-seater with glass tailgate, and bears a close resemblance to the original C30 Design Concept unveiled...