Volvo Starts Green Concept

Going green has been the trend for most businessesfor larger engine sizes and we are planning to expand
nowadays. Google has gone ahead and replaced itsour range of bio ethanol powered engines in the
roofs and walls with solar panels so as to save oncoming years."
energy and help decrease the amount of dangerousHowever, this is not where the green craze ends. You
gases in the atmosphere. And Volvo has joined in thesee, Volvo has also created a new concept vehicle
green craze.and they call it the Volvo XC60 concept vehicle. This
Volvo has joined and hopped in the bandwagon. Whatconcept car uses a powertrain that has the same six
it did is that it has already created, manufactured, andcylinders that the bio fuel using vehicles of the brand
sent in new vehicle models that can be used utilizinguse. This powertrain is actually an in-line petrol engine
alternative fuels that are not harmful to thewhich was already used by the Volvo S80 back when
environment. The brand has been able to actuallyit came out in 2006. This very engine has got the
create not only the quality Volvo V70 parts for thecapacity to actually give power to the concept car
market but it has also created green and environmenteven if you put in E85, which is actually the term used
friendly vehicles. In fact, at present Volvo has ninefor that fuel which is made up of 85 per cent bio
vehicle models and three of these nine vehicles areethanol and 15 per cent gasoline.
already available as bio ethanol powered vehicles.Combining the power of the E85 and the engine, they
These three vehicles are the Volvo C30, S40, and thecan then work up the Volvo XC60 concept car so
V50. All these three are marketed in Europe and usemuch so that it can vroom up to 265 horsepower and
engines with four cylinders.some 251 pound feet of torque. In fact, Volvo says
Magnus Jonsson is the senior vice president of Volvothat they have been able to record the vehicle to
Cars' Research and Development team. On this, hezoom from zero to sixty seconds in 8.2 seconds.
does say, "We believe that Flexifuel has great potential