Volvo Car Corporation is now ramping up production of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid ahead of first customer deliveries in early 2013.

After the initial batch of 1,000 model year 2013 cars, production will increase to 4,000-6,000 cars from model year 2014.

The assembly of the world's first diesel plug-in hybrid has been successfully integrated on the same production line as the regular powered V60, V70, XC70, S80 and XC90 models at the Torslanda plant in Gothenburg.

The sophisticated plug-in hybrid technology includes two complete drive trains and a powerful battery that provides a range of up to 32 miles on pure electric power.

"We are first in the industry to integrate a plug-in hybrid in an established production flow together with other car models," said Peter Mertens, senior vice president research and development at Volvo Car Corporation.

"The integration in the standard production flow gives the plug-in hybrid buyer the possibility to choose in principle all options available for the standard V60."