All-New Volvo C30 Wants a Digital Piece of the Premium Hatchback Pie
28 Nov 2022, 22:18 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Why the three-door Volvo C30 hatchback and not its successor, the five-door V40, which was dropped in 2019, you ask? How about finding out here?
Volvo Says Goodbye to C30
3 Jun 2013, 12:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Targeting a winder audience, Volvo launched the C30 three-door hatch back in 2006. Seven years on, the Swedish carmaker is phasing the Ghent-built model out, but not before taking one last look at w...
New Fast Charging Technology Cuts Volvo C30 Plug Time to 1.5 Hours
24 Apr 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Swedish carmaker Volvo announced it has developed a new fast charging solution in partnership with Siemens that allows their C30 "Generation II" EV to be brimmed with electricity in just 1...
Volvo Is Giving Away 10,000 Vehicles
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Volvo is trying to aid underprivileged pre-school Thai children through a program called “My first Volvo”. The company thought they should give away a great number of toys, which were bu...
All-Electric Volvo C30 - Green Car of the Year in China
20 Jul 2012, 14:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volvo’s C30 EV has been awarded the coveted title of ‘Green Car of the Year’ in China, during the 4th New Energy Mobility Summit, after having delivered 15 cars to the city of Shan...
2008 Volvo C30 T5 Turned into EV for Sale
1 Jun 2012, 07:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you want an electric car but don’t want to give all your money to big corporations and can put up with bad build quality, forget about the Volt and the Leaf. How about a 2005 Volvo C30 T5 t...
Five Volvo Models Named 2012 IIHS Top Safety Pick
16 Dec 2011, 09:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems that Volvo still does a good job of making cars that protect its passengers, since no less than five of their models have been given the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS)...
Volvo to Introduce Performance Division, C30 Polestar PCP to Enter Production
4 Jul 2011, 07:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Have you ever looked at the Volvo C30 Polestar Performance Concept Prototype (PCP) and said “sure, I’d love to drive one of those”? If the answer is yes you might be in luck, as Vo...
Volvo Working on Inductive Charging System for EVs
19 May 2011, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Europe falling way behind that in the US, in terms of both rate of development and companies willing to take on the challenge, the automakers tha...
Sauber to Also Copy Red Bull-Style Exhaust
29 Mar 2011, 14:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sauber F1 Team is the last team to debut a Red Bull-like exhaust layout in Formula 1, although it won't happen anytime soon. The team's technical director James Key hinted that the new exh...
Volvo C30 Starts at GBP14,995 in the UK
9 Mar 2011, 13:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Volvo made an announcement today that will likely please many UK fans of the brand. Specifically, the C30 sports-coupe will start from just £14,995 on the road. The mod...
Ener1 Batteries Survive Volvo C30 Electric Crash Test
12 Jan 2011, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you have been watching our coverage of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), then you already know that Swedish manufacturer Volvo planned and, by all accounts, succeeded in impress...
Crashed C30 Electric on Display at NAIAS
10 Jan 2011, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And now we can safely say we've seen it all... Perhaps for the first time in the history of the automotive industry, a crashed vehicle will take its rightful place under the spotlight of a majo...
Volvo Confirms Plans to Build VW Golf Rival
15 Dec 2010, 13:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now owned by Chinese group Geely, Volvo is continuously looking to expand its product lineup, and the first project that could receive the green light could be a Volkswagen Golf rival. To be produce...
Volvo Working on Extended Range EVs through Fuel Cell Use
27 Oct 2010, 10:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish automaker Volvo is currently making high efforts in developing next-generation electric car technology. The company announced it has initiated a fuel cell that can extend the electric car&rs...
Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric Included in One Tonne Life Project
27 Sep 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In a partnership with A-hus and Vattenfall, Swedish automaker Volvo has revealed a new project aimed at showing families how to live clime-smart. Dubbed ‘One Tonne Life,” the project off...
Volvo Ready to Ship C30 DRIVe Electric
27 Sep 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo announced today it is ready to ship the first ten units of their C30 DRIVe Electric to energy company Goteborg Energi. This is only the first step in the deployment of el...
Geely to Build Volvo Plant in China
21 Aug 2010, 11:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ink hasn't even completely dried on the purchase contract for Volvo signed between the Chinese and American manufacturer Ford and Geely is already thinking big. With its sights set on m...
Electric Volvo C30 Ready to Roll
9 Jun 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Swedish carmaker announced today it has signed an agreement with energy company Göteborg Energi that will have Volvo delivering ten Volvo C30 Electric vehicles this fall. This demo fleet of...
Great Wall C30 Model at the Beijing Motor Show
25 Apr 2010, 09:07 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The Chinese offensive in the auto market continues with the freshly unveiled C30 small sedan from Great Wall Motors (GWM). Better known as China’s largest SUV manufacturer, Great Wall Motors p...