volvo hybrid Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:39:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electric Volvo Available by 2019! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-volvo-2019/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-volvo-2019/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:39:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57020 High-end carmaker Volvo has just announced in a press release that they plan to have a line of fully electric vehicles ready on the market by 2019. They plan to make a variety of their existing models compatible with plug-in hybrid technology, promising eco-friendly options across the company’s entire range. They expect electric vehicles to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-volvo-2019/feed/ 0 57020 Volvo V60 PHEV, First Premium Plug-In Diesel Hybrid, Ramping up Production https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvo-v60-phev-first-premium-plug-in-diesel-hybrid-ramping-up-production-20121119/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvo-v60-phev-first-premium-plug-in-diesel-hybrid-ramping-up-production-20121119/#respond Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:27:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28338 The world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle [PHEV], the Volvo V60 PHEV, is also the world’s first luxury PHEV of any kind. “We are first in the industry to integrate a plug-in hybrid in an established production flow together with other car models,” says Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development at Volvo […]

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