The Swedish company has developed a new Multi-Fuel prototype car, and the five cylinder, 2.0L, 200 bhp engine can run on five different fuels. Besides regular gasoline, you can fill the tank with bioethanol E85, which is made up of 85% bioethanol and 15% gas, natural gas, biomethane, and hythane, which is 90% methane and 10% hydrogen. Volvo has designed the car in recognition that there is likely not a single replacement for fossil fuels, and that different solutions are more readily available in different areas.

The Multi-Fuel vehicle contains one large and two smaller tanks of totally 98 litres for gaseous fuels (hythane, biomethane and CNG), and one 29-litre tank for liquid fuels (bioethanol E85 and petrol). The fuel tanks are fitted neatly under the luggage compartment floor, which means that full loading capacity is preserved. Two fuel fillers are used to fill up all five fuel types, one for gaseous and one for liquid fuels. The engine automatically adjusts itself to the right blend of gaseous or liquid fuels. To switch between fuel types, the driver simply presses a button. The Multi-Fuel has a motor effect of 200 bhp and accelerates quickly up to speed, 0-100 km/h in 8.7 seconds. This makes the car more responsive and smooth to drive. - The Multi-Fuel is turbo charged to achieve performance on any of the five different fuel types.