Volvo to Extend Driving Range of its EVs by Going the Way of the Chevy Volt

Electric Vehicles, or EVs, are the future. Or so the automakers say. And they would be correct, if it wasn’t for a significant disadvantage over petrol or diesel powered models: their abysmal range which makes them suitable only for limited city use.
Volvo is taking measures to solve this problem and make its EVs attractive to the public by adding an extra 1,000 km (621 miles) to their range. The solution, which has also been adopted by other models such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Audi A1 E-Tron concept, is the addition of a “range extender” internal combustion engine.

Volvo V70 phev

The V70 PHEV test auto utilizes a 11. 3 kWh lithium ion electric storage device pack. As reported by the test drivers, the V70 Plug in Hybrid demonstrators have an every electric run in the middle of 20 kilometres (12 mi) to 30 kilometres (19 mi) . The demonstrators were raised with a bind to permit test drivers to manually prefer in the middle of power or diesel motor capacity at at whatever