Soon to come Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybdrid (Diesel)

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Laurentiu

Also , the 50 km electric-only range is maybe included in their expected figures.

They surely included the all-electric part - they've probably done the entire city part of the EU-cycle on electric power, and the acceleration phases in the extra-urban partly in electric and in hybrid mode .

Let's face it, the average Joe in Europe does not travel more than 100 km daily, in most cases it's less than that.

But if he travels further than that, he's not going to see decent mpg with this big engine.

One thing that Diesel's aren't too adapted to is the start/stop systems; I figure out that in -10 to 20 degrees temperatures in Northern European winters, driving the car in city traffic, the start/stop system will not agree too much with the slow-warming Diesels

In current Volvo's, it doesn't even work below 0° C (freezing)

You could probably cure that with an extra temperature sensor inside and a switch once the engine is thoroughly warm - though it will mess up the airco.

[JasonG]

Hmm, missed how large that engine was earlier.
A much smaller engine with the electric would still have good accelleration (sp?)

Shame we can't get lupos here. They just beg for a hybrid/e-assist system.