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Equally important to developing more efficient engines and alternative fuels as part of the effort to combat CO2 generation is improvements in the weight of the vehicles. Much of the energy efficiency improvements in engine technology in the last decade have gone into off setting increases in vehicle weight to meet ever more stringent safety [...] A Volvo that can be fuelled with electricity from a standard wall socket will be a reality in 2012. Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce Plug-in hybrids on the market. The ground-breaking technology will considerably lower the environmental impact from traffic. In addition, [...] |
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