Volvo spared no hype as it announced today that its V60 diesel PHEV will go on sale in Europe at the beginning of 2012, with a starting price of 57,000 euros.
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VIDEO: Volvo’s C30 EV gets ready for the road
Volvo has released a series of 10 videos guaranteed to raise an EV geek’s pulse rate to 400 volts.
Volvo to sell first V60 diesel PHEV in 2012
Volvo’s V60 Plug-in Hybrid, a sporty wagon that debuted at this year’s Geneva Auto Show, will go on sale in Europe in 2012, the company announced this week.
Horizon Motor shows a new Class 8 electric truck
Is there room in the market for another Class 8 electric truck? Well, legacy OEMs such as Volvo, Daimler Truck and Traton all make electric trucks, but they seem more interested in lobbying and litigating to stall the EV transition than competing in the electric truck market, while upstarts such as Tesla and Windrose are… Read more »
California bill aims to enforce electric truck pricing transparency
A common criticism of subsidy programs is that sellers may simply raise their prices by part or all of the subsidy amount, capturing taxpayer money as additional profit instead of passing on savings to buyers. In California, which is expanding its already substantial support for electric commercial vehicles, a bill before the Senate would require… Read more »
Toyota reports crummy Q4 earnings after slow-walking the EV transition. Coincidence?
Are auto industry investors getting fed up with legacy auto OEMs riding the brakes on the EV transition? At Daimler Truck’s recent annual general meeting, a group of activist shareholders highlighted the company’s anemic 2025 financial results and raised concerns that the company’s lobbying against climate regulations might be jeopardizing its long-term competitiveness. Recently, Toyota,… Read more »
Traton secures €850 million for investments in battery-electric trucks and buses
The Traton Group, majority-owned by Volkswagen, has raised a total of €850 million to invest in battery-electric drivetrains. In 2025, Traton introduced a Green Finance Framework, enabling investors to specifically support projects related to battery-electric commercial vehicles. The company has now completed its first two transactions under this framework, issuing a €500-million green bond and… Read more »
Investors start to question Daimler Truck’s anti-EV stance
As regular Charged readers know, most of the legacy auto and truck OEMs follow a dualistic approach when it comes to EVs. When speaking to pro-EV media outlets, they tout their newest electric models, and wax poetic about sustainability. Away from the headlines, they lobby, litigate and maneuver to slow down the EV transition. At… Read more »
Just over the border in Mexico, Chinese cars sit waiting for the day they can find homes in the US
Like a pack of wolves patiently waiting outside the kitchen door, lots full of Chinese-made cars sit in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just across the US border. Chinese cars, which sport sticker prices far lower than anything you’ll find on a US car lot, aren’t allowed to be sold in the US at the moment, and… Read more »
Mercedes-Benz’s reECONIC electric truck concept demonstrates the use of recycled materials
The reECONIC electric waste collection vehicle can collect waste to be sent for recycling—so it’s fitting that the truck itself is partly made of recycled materials. Mercedes-Benz Trucks worked with 33 partners to create this concept EV. The companies demonstrated that, theoretically, around 80 percent of the materials used to build the truck could be… Read more »