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Volvo's New Car Turns from Plug-In Electric, to Hybrid, to Diesel With a Button

Posted February 23, 2011 8:56 AM

From Treehugger:

How does a car maker settle the problem of deciding to make an all-electric car, a hybrid electric car, or a diesel engine car? They can only make one vehicle so which will it be? Volvo has decided... all three! Yep, the car maker has come up with a new model that can go from an all-electric car with a 30-mile range to hybrid to diesel with just the switch of a button. We heard last October that the company was planning a V60 diesel hybrid, but a vehicle that can be all three? Seemingly, the Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid can be everything for everyone.

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Re: Volvo's New Car Turns from Plug-In Electric, to Hybrid, to Diesel With a Button

02/24/2011 8:45 PM

Just look at a calendar: Monday, Tuesday, and then WTF.

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