Volvo has already made plans to increase production of V60 Plug-In Hybrid in preparation for first customer deliveries of the car.
Initially they made a 1,000 cars for model year 2013 Volvo but the Swedish firm plans to increase output to 4000-6000 cars from 2014.
"The V60 Plug-in Hybrid is a unique car, a historic step, not only for Volvo Car Corporation but for the entire car industry," by Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President of Rsearch and Development at Volvo.
Although technical highlights of the plug-in hybrid have yet to be announced, but the Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid expected is powered by a 5-cylinder, 2.4-liter turbodiesel range of up to 32 miles from the 11.2kW lithium ion battery alone.
The Volvo V60 Hybrid is set to become the most fuel efficient car with range of up to 621 miles (1,000 km), 49 g/km CO2, and 32 miles of electric range.
The assembly of the world's first plug-in hybrid diesel will be made at Volvo's Torslanda plant, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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