Volvo
Cars has achieved an acceleration of 0 to 60 mile/h in 5.5 seconds with an
S60 passenger car fitted with a downsized 2-litre engine - in place of the conventional V6
engine - and a KERS unit developed by Flybrid Automotive Ltd of Silverstone, UK.
According to Jon Hilton,
managing director of Flybrid Automotive Ltd, Volvo Cars in Sweden has been working with the British company on the development for over two years.
“We have been working with
Volvo Cars for more than two years," admitted Hilton. “They have had the vehicle both for test and for demonstration. They have had the car, based on an S60 saloon, on test
for over a year. They have been working on calibration and control of the
vehicle at their test centre in Gothenburg.”
