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The non-Ford plan for first plug-in diesel hybrid
Volvo is about to esacape the deathn grip of Ford Motor and return to being a Scandanavian auto maker. And they've announced a plan for a 2012 model hybrid diesel plug-in The only other announced hybrid diesel is promised by Peugeot-Citroen and that one is not going to be a plug-in.
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Volvo is about to esacape the deathn grip of Ford Motor and return to being a Scandanavian auto maker. And they've announced a plan for a 2012 model hybrid diesel plug-in The only other announced hybrid diesel is promised by Peugeot-Citroen and that one is not going to be a plug-in. To be called V70 the hybrid Volvo diesel will get some street testing this summer as it continues development.