| Going green has been the trend for most businesses | | | | for larger engine sizes and we are planning to expand |
| nowadays. Google has gone ahead and replaced its | | | | our range of bio ethanol powered engines in the |
| roofs and walls with solar panels so as to save on | | | | coming years." |
| energy and help decrease the amount of dangerous | | | | However, this is not where the green craze ends. You |
| gases in the atmosphere. And Volvo has joined in the | | | | see, 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. What | | | | concept car uses a powertrain that has the same six |
| it did is that it has already created, manufactured, and | | | | cylinders that the bio fuel using vehicles of the brand |
| sent in new vehicle models that can be used utilizing | | | | use. This powertrain is actually an in-line petrol engine |
| alternative fuels that are not harmful to the | | | | which was already used by the Volvo S80 back when |
| environment. The brand has been able to actually | | | | it came out in 2006. This very engine has got the |
| create not only the quality Volvo V70 parts for the | | | | capacity to actually give power to the concept car |
| market but it has also created green and environment | | | | even if you put in E85, which is actually the term used |
| friendly vehicles. In fact, at present Volvo has nine | | | | for that fuel which is made up of 85 per cent bio |
| vehicle models and three of these nine vehicles are | | | | ethanol 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 the | | | | can then work up the Volvo XC60 concept car so |
| V50. All these three are marketed in Europe and use | | | | much 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 Volvo | | | | that they have been able to record the vehicle to |
| Cars' Research and Development team. On this, he | | | | zoom from zero to sixty seconds in 8.2 seconds. |
| does say, "We believe that Flexifuel has great potential | | | | |