New Tech, Old Luxury For The Cars of Copenhagen

December 7th, 2009 admin

As world leaders, dignitaries and policymakers head to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this week, some of them will find themselves ferried to the proceedings in a Volvo station wagon. Along with BMW, Honda and Daimler, Volvo is one of four automotive sponsors of the conference. As such they’re providing 60 diesel and E85 S80 sedans and V70 wagons for use by heads of state and “other prominent visitors.” Also traveling beneath solar-powered streetlamps are BMWs, Benz buses and hydrogen Hondas — not to mention a brand-new Chinese electric car. According to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU regulators have given Chinese carmaker BYD permission to use their F3 hybrid and E6 sedan to shuttle conferencegoers to and from their hotels. That means dignitaries will get the chance to test the…

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