The Volvo ECC, short for Environmental Concept Car, was an executive luxury concept car that Volvo built in 1992. It was a design exercise in using recycled material and hybrid technology, built on the Volvo P80 platform and powered by a hybrid electric and gas turbine engine, in which the turbine drove a generator to recharge the batteries rather than a piston engine. Maximum power was 95 bhp, the drag coefficient was 0.23 and the top speed was 109 mph, and it could run about 90 miles on batteries alone. Its styling, notably the stepped waistline, set a design language that inspired the first generation Volvo S80. The ECC was not a zero-emissions vehicle, so it did not meet what California was seeking when it debuted.
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was an executive luxury concept car built by Volvo in 1992
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was an executive luxury concept car built by Volvo in 1992
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It was powered by a hybrid electric and gas turbine engine.
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the Volvo ECC used a gas turbine engine to drive the generator for recharging
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The maximum power available was 95 bhp (71 kW; 96 PS)
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Top speed was 109 mph (175 km/h).
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