Volvo has unveiled a range of vehicles which aim to provide an eco-friendly option for consumers. The DRIVe cars offer an average fuel consumption of around 70 miles per gallon, according to its makers. Vehicles across the range include a C30, V50 estate and S40 saloon and share a 1.6 litre diesel engine featuring start-stop technology. The cars narrowly miss out on the 100g/km road tax emption limit, coming in at 104g/km, falling instead into the ã35 per year tax band. Super-clean diesels are coming The perception of diesel engines as frugal but dirty may be about to change. Particulate filters are now able to remove all trace of soot from diesel exhaust and the latest hybrids use the technology in tandem with electric motors. Volvo has announced plans for a new eco-friendly, plug-in hybrid car, which will boast CO2 emissions of less than 50g/km. The car will powered by both an electric motor and a diesel engine. Volvo claims that carbon dioxide emissions will be lower than 50g/km. According to Volvo, the lithium-ion battery pack that powers the electric motor takes about five hours to charge using a standard wall socket. The car […]
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Volvo Unveils DRIVe Range
Stephan: Yet further evidence that the executives of America's car companies completely lost the bubble at least in part because of their obsession with personal remuneration, and because mediocrity and complacency were more comfortable than really thinking, and the Congress was so easy to buy to protect them. We fought over 28 mpg. China has a 43 mpg standard, and Volvo is talking about 70 mpg. Gas in my neighborhood is now $2.97 a gallon for regular and headed up. Why is another greed story but, that aside, at those prices do you want 28 mpg or 70 mpg?
