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Volvo’s Electric Car Plans

Within the next year, the Volvo C30 will be going all electric. Shoppers at Weston Volvo in Davie, FL will be able to test drive the latest in alternative energy vehicle production.

But C30 is only the tip of Volvo's electric iceberg. Volvo has joined with Siemens AG to develop an entire line of electric vehicles. Siemens is Europe's largest engineering company.

"We are moving ahead quickly in this area," Volvo Chief Executive…

Volvo Enters Plug-In Hybrid Market

This news is so exciting; we have to cut right to the chase. The Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid is slated to go on sale in 2012. And Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby, has hinted that the Swedish automaker is even considering bringing it to our side of the pond!

Before it hits showroom floors, however, a near-production-ready model will be making one very important pit stop: the Geneva Motor Show. It's there that Volvo's…

Volvo has always stood out from the crowd. And, their unexpected tactic of displaying a crashed Volvo C30 Electric test car during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, proves they don't plan to join the sheep anytime soon.

Volvo indicates that keeping high-voltage batteries and cables completely intact after a collision is crucial for safety as this kind of power system becomes more popular among consumers. And, their crash-tested C30 Electric shows…

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