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…

When Volvo first began designing the P1800, they aimed to capture and keep the attention of the car-buying public. Volvo debuted the P1800 in 1961, four years after they began development. And, to say that the Volvo P1800 was successful would be a massive understatement. The vehicle was a hit in the United States, and continued to be up until the day that Volvo discontinued the model in 1973.

The Volvo P1800 was introduced to…