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Volvo has been awarded a 6.57-million-Swedish-kronar ($1.06-million) grant from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop the next-generation flywheel technology for kinetic recovery of braking energy in collaboration with Volvo Powertrain and SKF.

Flywheel technology, for those of you who haven't heard of it, is light, inexpensive, and very efficient. It has the capacity to make four-cylinder engines feel like six-cylinders and at the same time enhance fuel economy by 20 percent.

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A best-in-class leader in three different luxury sedan categories - fuel economy, acceleration time, and warranty coverage - it's hard not to fall head over heels for the new Volvo S60. The entrapment only continues with two available driving modes to satisfy you when you're feeling naughty or nice. Forget about its racy figure, turbocharged power and worlds-first Pedestrian Detection technology system.

Think we're a little biased? Maybe. But, we're not the only…