Volvo Offers a Personal Solution to Sustainable Mobility

The Volvo Car Corporation approach wins support from a four-year study on future mobility by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The WBCSD says that to sustain the benefits of mobility, societies must seek new directions, including limiting greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating traffic congestion, ensuring best possible safety and preserving and improving existing mobility options.

Volvo Car Corporation believes it is moving in that direction with cars like the Volvo 3CC and Tandem - cars which are fuel-efficient with lower emissions. Cars that also use less space, are well proportioned and well styled, deliver excellent driving performance, and incorporate Volvo's traditional safety and quality.

The Volvo 3CC is entered in the 6th Michelin Challenge Bibendum event because the car challenges the auto industry by showing how Volvo Car is delivering technical advances to preserve the environment and sustain mobility.

Bringing together automakers, policy makers, and the media to explore solutions to the threat posed by emissions and congestion, the Michelin Challenge Bibendum is the only event of its kind comparing vehicles powered by conventional and alternative energy and propulsion systems.

"Volvo Car ranks environmental care as a high corporate priority in equal importance to safety and quality," says Niklas Gustavsson, Environmental Manager Volvo Car Corporation Governmental Affairs. "Our key role is to help society and individuals to move freely without sacrificing human or ecological factors. The Volvo 3CC, and the thinking behind it, has the potential to become a catalyst for change in the way people view car use."

Volvo 3CC prototype - A Study in Sustainable Mobility

The Volvo 3CC's sleek body tapers rearward. Wider at the front, the designed makes a dynamic statement that is unmistakably Volvo and intentionally fresh. Under the bonnet is an electric powertrain that quietly propels the Volvo 3CC to a governed top speed of more than 135km/h and delivers zero-to-100km/h acceleration in approximately 10 seconds.

Just 3899mm long, 1624mm wide and 1321mm high, the Volvo 3CC has dimensions similar to a classic two-seater sports car - but that is where similarities end. For the sporty vehicle packs a surprise: a unique two-plus-one seating configuration. The layout consists of seating for two adults in the front and a unique rear seat solution for an additional adult or two children.

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