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By Jenny McLane

While major U.S. automakers are focusing on hybrid and fuel
cell vehicles, Volvo took a different route, unveiling a sports
car powered entirely with lithium-ion batteries. Volvo's 3CC
concept car, won "Best Design" and five Gold Standards at the
recent Michelin Challenge Bibendum environmental competition in
Shanghai, China.

"Not only does the 3CC combine classic Volvo styling cues with
exotic gull-wing doors and a tapered, 2+1 seating
configuration, but it does so with a highly advanced
lithium-ion battery electric drive train. That's a step apart
from the crowd, which these days is largely focused on hybrid
and fuel cell concepts," says Ron Cogan, editor and publisher
of the Green Car Journal.

"Just as the earlier ECC forwarded new thought in hybrid
propulsion with its high-speed turbine-generator design," adds
Cogan, "today's lithium-ion 3CC innovates with its thousands of
smallish laptop computer-style batteries, which power this zero
emission vehicle to impressive levels of efficiency and
performance."

Advanced research into sustainable mobility and Volvo engineers
have placed particular focus on the conditions regulating safety
in small cars and their ability to handle incoming forces in a
frontal collision.

The unique aerodynamic styling of Volvo's 3CC concept car
allows room for a third seat in back. The unique ducktail
design creates room for a third seat in the back, while the
batteries are sandwiched into the floor panels.

The 3CC concept car features an 80-kilowatt motor that delivers
up to 107 horsepower, it has a potential driving range of 300 km
(approx 180 miles) the 3CC has a top speed of over 135 km per
hour.

The carbon-fiber body is mounted on a steel space frame and
composite floor panels, giving the lightweight vehicle the
ability to leap to 60 miles per hour in less than 10 seconds.
Volvo says the 3CC can travel 180 miles on one charge under
ideal driving conditions

The Volvo 3 CC's safety features include Volvo Safety Ride Down
Concept, a unique solution with a seat system that moves
forward, a bit like a sled, at the same time as the front is
deformed. This movement is slowed with the help of adaptive
shock absorbers that tailor the damping effect to suit the
collision force and the occupants’ number and weight. The
interior can be moved between 0 and 200 mm forward, which has
the same overall effect as extending the crumple zone by a
corresponding length. It has seats that slide forward at the
moment of deformation, the intention being to compensate for
the small car’s traditional lack of space in the crumple zone.

Virtual tests showed that the most important part of a
ride-down system is the energy absorber and that it needs to be
adaptive in order to be a viable concept, by responding to
differences in occupant load and crash severity”.

An environmentally efficient car that also has to be
comfortable, enjoyable to drive, attractive to look at and safe
to ride is an entirely new approach. The result is the Volvo
3CC, a sporty and appealing, extremely aerodynamic and compact
car equipped with an energy-efficient electric motor.

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About the Author: Jenny McLane is a 36 year old native of Iowa
and has a knack for research on cars and anything and
everything about it. She works full time as a Market Analyst
for one of the leading car parts suppliers in the country
today.

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