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Volvo Cars of North America Lends Aid to Southern California Commuters

28 April 1999

Volvo Cars of North America Lends Aid to Southern California Commuters

    LOS ANGELES, April 27 -- Continuing its efforts to reduce
vehicle emissions and traffic congestion in California, Volvo Cars of North
America has provided a Southern California commuter assistance program with
two clean-fuel vehicles to help enhance congestion relief and pollution
prevention programs.
    Volvo has loaned a bi-fuel gasoline/compressed natural gas V70 wagon and
S70 sedan to Southern California Rideshare, a government organization that
specializes in developing employee trip reduction programs for Los Angeles
County and Ventura County businesses. In March, Volvo provided a long-term
loan of a bi-fuel V70 wagon to a similar commuter assistance program in the
San Francisco Bay Area, RIDES for Bay Area Commuters.
    "We're very pleased and excited to be able to highlight the benefits of
alternative fuel vehicles to Southern California commuters and employers,"
says Tricia Price, senior client services officer for Southern California
Rideshare. "Our extensive network of contacts within this region's business
community provides us with the perfect avenue to showcase the benefits of
these vehicles along with our very compatible trip reduction programs."
    Volvo's bi-fuel S70 sedan and V70 wagon, which run on either clean-burning
compressed natural gas or unleaded gasoline, have been undergoing testing in
the U.S. since early 1998.  Although not currently available for sale as
alternative fuel vehicles in the U.S. market, these vehicles are currently on
sale to fleets in Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia.