沃尔沃为了庆祝2017/18沃尔沃环球帆船赛的举办，日前沃尔沃也推出了一款特殊版本的V90CrossCountry。而这款特别版车型最大的特点就在于大量运用了可再生材料。据悉，环保特别版沃尔沃V90CrossCountry的地毯以及内饰均采用了从海底提取的废弃渔网100%再生而来。座椅也采用了全新的面料拼接方式。在外部造型方面，环保特别版沃尔沃V90CrossCountry则采用了磨砂灰的越野防护套件，并且在前后护板、侧面防擦条等位置进行了亮橙色的点缀。这些造型风格细节首现于2014年发布的ConceptXC轿跑车，现在被移植到了量产版车型上。其他新的设计包括专属合金轮圈和裁缝手工缝制的座椅内饰。沃尔沃并没有明确表示将会生产多少辆V90CrossCountry。只是表示，在销售的前三千辆车型中将每辆捐献100欧元用于沃尔沃海洋科学基金。而这三千辆环保特别版的沃尔沃V90CrossCountry将首批投放到全球三十个国家和地区的市场，包括美国、中国、日本和绝大多数欧洲国家，中东和非洲地区地区，总计筹集30万欧元（约合人民币231.9万元）。在今年的沃尔沃环球帆船赛上，所有的比赛船只都会准备大量的传感器用于收集海洋偏僻地区的气象数据，用于更好的构件海洋的气象模型。同时，帆船上的传感器还将检测海水的盐度、藻类以及溶解的二氧化碳浓度等。以便更准确的了解塑料污染对于海洋生物的影响。
Volvo V90 Cross Country Volvo Ocean Race Fights Marine Pollution
The Geely-owned premium automaker has found just the right way to celebrate the start of the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race by preparing an eco-friendly special edition of its V90 Cross Country rugged wagon. In a bid to fight marine pollution, the stylish hauler created by the firm’s Special Vehicles department comes with carpet inlays manufactured from Econyl, which is a fabric made by using 100% recycled nylon. Abandoned fishing nets extracted from the seabed will be repurposed in order to be used inside the luxurious cabin.
To further set it apart from a standard V90 Cross Country, Volvo will apply matte gray and bright orange accents onto the predominantly Crystal White body. These styling details were first seen back in 2014 on the lovely Concept XC Coupe and are now making the transition towards a production model. Other novelties include bespoke alloy wheels and tailor-made stitching for the seat upholstery.
Volvo is not saying exactly how many units it plans to produce, but we do know it will donate €100 ($116) for each of the first 3,000 cars assembled, thus bringing the grand total to €300,000 ($348,400). The funds will be put to good use in the Volvo Ocean Race’s Science Program concerning ocean plastics.
For this year’s race, all of the boats are going to feature a multitude of sensors that will obtain data gathered from some of the remotest areas of the oceans. Information such as barometric pressure, temperature, wind speed, and currents will then be used to help provide more precise weather forecasts as well as to elaborate better climate models used by scientists from all over the world.
Not only that, but the onboard sensors will also measure the water’s levels of salinity, algae, and the dissolved CO2 to provide a more accurate understanding of the plastic pollution and how it affects the ocean life.
Getting back to the car, Volvo mentions the initial batch of 3,000 vehicles is going to be available in 30 markets, including the United States, China, Japan, and most countries from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.