Volvo's New Take on Flywheel Technology
Volvo was recently the recipient of a generous grant awarded by the Swedish Energy Agency. The 6.57-million-swedish-kronar ($1.06-million) grant was given to Volvo with the purpose of aiding them in the research and development of a new flywheel technology for kinetic recovery of braking energy. Sounds like a mouthful, right? Well, here is the short and simple version of it. This new technology would basically make an engine perform better while actually saving…