Tuesday, September 11, 2007


I know I'm a little late to the party with this post, but Volvo's recently announced ReCharge concept is a Hybrid that actually looks like a car I would love to drive (I once heard the Prius described as the orthopedic shoe of automotive design, a sentiment I agree with).

The all-wheel drive propulsion will be provided courtesy of wheel motors at all four corners with sufficient capacity for 62 miles of electric driving. Once the battery state of charge dips to thirty percent, a 1.6L four cylinder flex-fuel engine bolted to a generator starts up to re-charge the battery. The ReCharge can also be plugged in to replenish the battery energy.

More at AutoBlog Green.