Volvo Of Lisle

Volvo has recently been awarded a 6.57-million-Swedish-kronar ($1.06-million) grant from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop the next-generation flywheel technology for kinetic recovery of braking energy in collaboration with Volvo Powertrain and SKF.

Unlike the flywheel propulsion assistance Volvo tested in the '80s and which other auto manufacturers have also evaluated, the flywheel Volvo plans to use in its test car is comprised of super lightweight carbon fiber. In its earlier iterations, flywheels…

The Volvo P1800 was conceived to catch and hold people's attention. The "new sports car", which is how Volvo originally presented the P1800 featured a fixed roof, a steel body, a collection of mechanical components "lifted straight from the Amazon", and the fresh 100 horsepower (hp) sports B18 engine.

The Swedish automaker took great pains perfecting the car, keeping it in the planning and development stage for four years, before putting it into production…