Volvo reliable source given for the appearance in certain market an electric version of the C30. No one can dispute that the engine could find under the hood of a Volvo C30 is a wonderful engine, 2.5-liter turbocharged and delivers power, performance and performance with a very good relationship of fuel consumption and low emissions. Well, the latest industry rumors say that in 2012 will market an electric version of the C30.

Currently have a Volvo in addition to plans for its future uncertain, testing the hybrid version of the V70 family, which also markets would be in 2012, but absolutely reliable sources from within the same manufacturer has reported that it would also working on the C30 project powered by electricity. As published by the prestigious American newspaper The New York Times when asked this unidentified source, the response was to the affirmative, are developing an electric car.

While the People has neither confirmed nor denied this news would not be surprising, since Volvo has been characterized by creating new technologies and as a driver of green cars in recent years, some of them as the flagship e - Drive targeted exclusively to the European market and incorporates improvements in the aerodynamic behavior and diesel engines "clean", which also reduce consumption.

Volvo has already made public the idea of an electric car, at least in part. Recall the prototype called ReCharge met in Paris last room 2008 in which it was based on a C30 with hybrid technology, which recharges its batteries by connecting to the grid and have individual electric motors for each wheel. This system, similar to that proposed by the Chevrolet Volt, it has nothing to do with the hybrid engine currently testing and riding the V70 family.

What is clear is that if an electric version of the Volvo C30 appears in the market, this share a number of elements to begin the batteries, with the V70 hybrid. As for the forecast electricity sales of the C30, the Swedish house believes figures between 5,000 and 10,000 units per year.