• There are several personal security features which makes approaching and leaving the car more secure in different circumstances. One of them is the approach light. When approaching the car in the dark, a touch on the button will turn on both a number of exterior lights and the interior light, as well as the rear-view mirror lights.
• Anotheri personal security function is called "Home Safe Lighting" and is used when leaving the car in the dark, on the owner's driveway, for example. Pulling the full-beam lever ensures that the headlights and a couple of other lights stay on, in order to light up the area in front of the car for about 30 seconds after the car has been locked.
Environment - A Volvo Core Value
• Environmental concern is a multi-faceted thing and it begins even before the first computer image of the new car is generated and does not really end with the scrap yard.
• Environmental concern must be part of the core of the company. So it comes as no surprise to discover that the Volvo S80 sets a new standard for environmental concern, primarily as a result of Volvo's holistic approach to environmental issues.
First Car With Environment Specification
• The Volvo S80 2.9 for the European market is the first car in the world with an environmental specification. This specification covers every phase in the life of the car: production, operation and recycling.
• All the data which is used as the basis for the specification is checked by Lloyd's Register, an independent inspection institute. This, too, makes the specification totally unique.
• It is Volvo Cars' systematic environmental program that has made the development of this environmental specification possible. The complete chain comprises 17 company units, including suppliers and dealers.
• All the textile material in the car also has certification in accordance with the international 0 KO-TEX standard.
• Volvo is aided in this work by a number of important control and analysis tools that have been developed within the organization over the years. They include:
• VEMS (Volvo Environmental Management System), Volvo's manual for the implementation of eco management systems throughout the Volvo Group, leading to ISO and EMAS environmental certification.
• The EPS lifecycle analysis (Environmental Priority Strategies in product design) helps engineers during the initial design stages to conduct a complete lifecycle analysis of every material, design and process that is chosen.
• The ELU (Environmental Load Unit) is a theoretical rating which indicates the environmental load of a certain project and process and therefore permits comparisons between different solutions.
• The MOTIV system (Environment and Toxicology within Volvo) is a computer database containing detailed information about some 5,000 chemical products, which enables product and process developers to choose the chemicals that are less harmful to the environment.
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