Volvo Brings Practicality to Electric Cars

January 15th, 2010 admin

DETROIT – Volvo has been pretty quiet among the automakers developing electric vehicles, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t working on one. It plans to roll out a test fleet next year and put some in showrooms by 2013. The Swedish automaker arrived at the North American International Auto Show with a prototype Electric C30, a conversion based on the C30 hatchback. The car isn’t as sexy as, say, the Audi e-tron , but it’s a handsome car and more attractive than some EV’s we’ve seen lately. Besides – Volvos always have been more about practicality and safety than leading-edge styling. And the Electric C30, which joins a plug…

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