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Volvo C30 BEV electric car (2009) CAR review

3.5

Tim Pollard, 24 September 2009 11:20

We've just driven Volvo's first electric car – the C30 BEV. It's a prototype for a battery C30, and shows what you can expect on sale by 2014. Volvo calls it a rolling laboratory but for an early mule, it's impressively well finished. All four seats are present and you climb in to face a very normal looking C30. That ...

Vauxhall Ampera plug-in hybrid (2009) CAR review

3.5

Ben Oliver, 27 August 2009 09:37

The Vauxhall Ampera – also known as the Opel Ampera and best known as the Chevrolet Volt – is, according to one General Motors insider, ‘the most important car the company has ever built’. So our first chance to drive it is a significant event, even if it is just a test mule with the Ampera’s powertrain fitted to a ...