February 22nd, 2011

Volvo Announces First Plug-In Diesel Hybrid Wagon, A Combination Of All Our Likes

If a car company ever wanted to make an efficient plug-in hybrid, they would combine a diesel engine with an electric powertrain. No one has done this yet — possibly for noise and vibration issues — but Volvo thinks it won’t be a problem when they release a plug-in diesel hybrid of their V60 wagon. → Read More

May 7th, 2010

Funny/Not funny: Volvo's crash avoidance feature fails during demo

Boy, I feel for Volvo right now. During this UK demonstration of the new S60′s collision avoidance system, something… went wrong. Nobody was hurt, luckily, but I get the feeling somebody’s paycheck is going to be hurting pretty soon. Apparently the engineer who prepped the car just messed up the batteries. Sure, this kind of things happens, but man, when you invite a hundred… → Read More

December 17th, 2009

Volvo to bring C30 plug-in concept to the North American International Auto Show

Just as tablets will be all over CES, nearly every auto manufacturer will probably have a plug-in hybrid or fully-electric car at the NAIAS. Of course there are the already-known models from GM, Toyota, Fisker, and Honda. But Volvo announced today that it will also a C30 electric concept to show off. → Read More

November 20th, 2009

Rolls-Royce joins Volvo in exclusive club

The 2010 Rolls-Royce model line has something very distinctly in common with all new Volvos. It has nothing to do with the engines, safety ratings, comfort, or design. Nope, none of that. Any guesses? → Read More