Gemballa Unveils Real Diamond Paint, World Prepares For The...

Rhys Millen Sticks With Hyundai For 2012 Global RallyCross...

RK Motors Restoring The Last HEMI: 1971 Dodge Charger R/T
Is A BMW 1-Series Sedan In The Works?

2013 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG: First Drive

Epic Barn Find: 1961 Corvette, Parked Since 1968
Custom 2013 Shelby GT500 Hits The Block For Charity

Polestar Volvo S60 To Challenge The BMW M3: Report

2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Spy Shots

Saab and Volvo start hybrid partnership

Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Editor BIO

Vik is an Editor at High Gear Media and contributor for a number of sites within the High Gear Media network. He was a co-founder of... More

LATEST ARTICLE
BMW Chooses Paris For First Brand Retail Store
As automakers seek new ways of expanding their businesses, we are starting to see all sorts of new... Read More

#1LEADERBOARD RANK
7392ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED
82COMMENTS POSTED

2,116 views Mar 14, 2008

Follow Viknesh

Add to circle

00125aa1

Saab and Volvo start hybrid partnership

Enlarge Photo

Swedish carmakers Volvo and Saab have joined forces with local power company Vattenfall, battery technology consortium ETC and a government environment agency to help bring to market a new range of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Volvo has already shown us a plug-in hybrid concept based on its C30 (pictured) and Saab only last week displayed its all-new 9-X BioHybrid concept, and now the two carmakers are working on getting the fuel-saving technology to the production stage.

The consortium will spend the next two years developing both a hybrid powertrain as well as an electrical charging infrastructure, and there are plans to start testing a fleet of ten plug-in vehicles before the two years is up, reports Auto Motor and Sport. Together, the two carmakers have so far committed more than $1 billion towards hybrid research and development.

Volvo’s previous ReCharge concept produces 65% lower CO2 emissions than the equivalent petrol-only model, and over short distances the car produces no emissions at all. Saab’s 9-X BioHybrid also had an extremely low CO2 rating but its hybrid system was developed by GM.

Saab 9-X BioPower Hybrid Concept

Saab 9X BioHybrid Concept

HI-RES GALLERY: 00125aa1