Volvo’s plug-in hybrid concept heralds a wheel-motor revolution.
Volvo’s ReCharge features a lithium-polymer battery and four electric motors, one in each wheel. A small flex-fuel engine serves as a backup generator.
Volvo’s new concept car looks like a regular C30, but a plug on the front and some very different insides make this a big step forward. Plug-in hybrids will soon change the way we drive, and Volvo’s ReCharge concept car foreshadows a handful of technologies that push the envelope.
With the rising cost of fuel and falling cost of batteries, these advanced hybrids seem to become more inevitable with each passing month.
Unlike fully electric cars, plug-in hybrids still retain a small internal combustion engine that serves as a backup generator or power assist. Volvo’s ReCharge, which made its public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, pushes beyond other concepts such as the Chevy Volt into even more ambitious territory. Read more…
According to Jacob Gordon
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Posted By: ashley | May 21st
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