Volvo V60 diesel plug-in hybrid enters production becoming the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid!

Volvo V60 Plug-In Diesel Hybrid

The Volvo V60 diesel hybrid is a showcase of frugality as well as environmental consciousness as the high fuel economy of a diesel engine along with the low emissions of an electric motor have made the V60 plug-in hybrid a car that could be representative of what the future of automotive technology holds for us. While petrol hybrid cars aren’t anything new in the automotive world, a diesel hybrid plug-in certainly is.

The Volvo V60 station wagon will feature the same 2.4 LiterD5 five pot inline turbo diesel engine that is found across Volvo’s car range, but with an electric motor to supplant it. The diesel engine produces 215 Bhp and 440 Nm while the electric motor adds 70 Bhp and 200 Nm. Together, the diesel and electric motor produce 295 Bhp of peak power and a cracking torque number of 640 Nm. there are three modes on which the Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid will run on, namely pure, hybrid and power.

Volvo V60 Plug-In Diesel Hybrid

Pure mode runs the car solely on electric power and gives the car a range of 32 kms on all electric mode. Hybrid, which is the default mode combines diesel power for the front wheels while the electric motor powers the rear wheels, to deliver the best fuel economy and least emissions. In power mode, which is one of the modes that the Volvo V60 will operate in, the ought to hundred run will be dispatched in just 6.2 seconds.

Being a Volvo, the V60 diesel plug-in hybrid is loaded to the gills with safety features, from the regular ABS-EBD-ESP to stuff like Blind Sport Identification System and Active Pedestrian Safety system. The Volvo does feature an all wheel drive mode which works till 120 kph while also having brake energy regeneration system to charge the 11.2 KWh Lithium ion batteries. The Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid will have a limited production run of 1,000 units for 2012 and production will be expanded to 4,000 units in 2013.