The Volvo C30 Electric has now left the product development stage. Initial deliveries to leasing customers, mainly companies, authorities and governmental bodies, will take place immediately after the summer.

The Volvo C30 Electric will be delivered to leasing customers throughout Europe, including in Sweden, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Tests on about 50 cars have been conducted since 2010, mainly at the Volvo Car Corporation. A Volvo C30 Electric is part of the “One Tonne Life” project in which a family was given the task of living as climate-smart as possible for a period of six months. More than 250 cars will be built by the end of 2012.

The Volvo C30 Electric is built on the regular assembly line in the Ghent factory and then transported to Göteborg for installation of the motor, batteries and other model-specific electronics. The batteries are installed where the fuel tank normally sits and also in a special compartment in the car’s central tunnel. The electric car is recharged from a regular household power socket. A full recharge takes about … Read More