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Volvo Latest Carmaker To Join NACS Crowd, SAE Announces Standardized Tesla Connector
Volvo Latest Carmaker To Join NACS Crowd, SAE Announces Standardized Tesla Connector

27 Jun 2023, 16:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volvo Cars announced adopting the NACS plug starting in 2025, while current EVs get access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers using an adapter from next year

 
Over-the-Air Updates Won’t Make Your Volvo Fly, But Can Make Your Life Easier
Over-the-Air Updates Won’t Make Your Volvo Fly, But Can Make Your Life Easier

6 Jan 2023, 17:00 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Over-the-air car updates might not be the flying cars people have been dreaming about since the invention of the airplane, but they will make your life easier

 
Volvo Cars Provides a Special Test Crash Dummy for the Insanely-Popular Jetson One
Volvo Cars Provides a Special Test Crash Dummy for the Insanely-Popular Jetson One

2 Jun 2022, 03:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / What you see is not a human pilot, but a test crash dummy specially designed by Volvo Cars for the Swedish manufacturer of the infamous private "flying jet ski"

 
Volvo Cars Has Become the First Automaker to Sign Up for Fossil-Free Steel Production
Volvo Cars Has Become the First Automaker to Sign Up for Fossil-Free Steel Production

31 May 2022, 13:15 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / By signing up for the SteelZero initiative, Volvo has set targets of using 50% low-carbon steel by 2030, building towards net-zero steel by 2050

 
Volvo Now Offering Cutting-Edge Air Purification Technology in New 90 and 60 Series Models
Volvo Now Offering Cutting-Edge Air Purification Technology in New 90 and 60 Series Models

19 May 2022, 22:16 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / According to the World Health Organization, allergies, asthma and air pollution affect hundreds of millions of people around the world each year

 
Volvo Suspends All Car Shipments to Russia Over Kremlin’s Attack on Ukraine
Volvo Suspends All Car Shipments to Russia Over Kremlin’s Attack on Ukraine

1 Mar 2022, 09:49 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Volvo is the first global carmaker to suspend car shipments to Russia because of the ongoing conflict, although others will probably follow soon

 
Future Volvo EVs Will Be Completely Leather-Free as Carmaker Stands up for Animal Welfare
Future Volvo EVs Will Be Completely Leather-Free as Carmaker Stands up for Animal Welfare

23 Sep 2021, 13:04 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Starting with the new C40 Recharge, all of Volvo’s fully electric models will be completely leather-free and will utilize sustainable materials

 
Next-Generation Volvo Cars to Use NVIDIA High-Powered Chip
Next-Generation Volvo Cars to Use NVIDIA High-Powered Chip

13 Apr 2021, 10:18 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Volvo Cars announces that it will use NVIDIA Drive Orin for next-generation driveless cars. The announcement comes to strenghten the collaboration with NVIDIA.

 
Volvo to Let All Its Engines Kick the Bucket by 2030, Go for Online EV Sales
Volvo to Let All Its Engines Kick the Bucket by 2030, Go for Online EV Sales

2 Mar 2021, 11:44 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a not-so-surprising press release, coinciding with another one about online vehicle purchasing, Volvo has announced it is ending ICE production

 
Volvo's Advanced Air Cleaner Technology Brings Healthy Air Inside the Cabin
Volvo's Advanced Air Cleaner Technology Brings Healthy Air Inside the Cabin

4 Nov 2020, 17:50 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The Swedish carmaker has made a name for itself by offering safe, luxurious cars that will soon feature an Advanced Air Cleaner Technology

 
Volvo's China-Designed E-Motors Will Power the Next-Generation SPA 2 Vehicles
Volvo's China-Designed E-Motors Will Power the Next-Generation SPA 2 Vehicles

2 Nov 2020, 13:55 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There's a new electric motor lab in Shanghai, China, that joined the company's other local electrified hubs and the EV development center in Sweden

 
Volvo on Call App Goes Down the Fitbit Route for the Company's PHEVs and EVs
Volvo on Call App Goes Down the Fitbit Route for the Company's PHEVs and EVs

9 Jul 2020, 11:14 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / According to the Swedish automaker we should consider the new Volvo on Call app feature a step counter for electrified vehicles. We wonder if Fitbit approves

 
Brits to Make World Record Attempt for Longest Parade of Volvo Cars
Brits to Make World Record Attempt for Longest Parade of Volvo Cars

25 Mar 2019, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The event is intended to break the existing Guinness World Record for the longest parade of Volvo cars, set in 2010 with 570 cars

 
Volvo Cars Can Now Talk to Volvo Trucks
Volvo Cars Can Now Talk to Volvo Trucks

7 May 2018, 14:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volvo Trucks to share live and anonymized data with Volvo cars equipped with the Hazard Light Alert system in Sweden and Norway

 
Future Volvos Will Feature Android-Based Infotainment Systems
Future Volvos Will Feature Android-Based Infotainment Systems

15 May 2017, 15:09 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Google will work together with Volvo Cars to create an Android-based operating system for the Swedes' future vehicles. Let's see what brand will Apple choose

 
Volvo Partners With Autoliv For Self-Driving Car Joint Venture
Volvo Partners With Autoliv For Self-Driving Car Joint Venture

6 Sep 2016, 16:58 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo and Autoliv have announced a partnership in the field of autonomous cars. The collaboration will move along in the form of a joint-venture

 
Volvo Doesn't Plan to Deploy Fully Autonomous Cars In Urban Areas
Volvo Doesn't Plan to Deploy Fully Autonomous Cars In Urban Areas

15 Jul 2016, 11:47 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo representatives have announced they do not intend to make their self-driving system operate in urban areas. They have other ideas in mind

 
Volvo's "Zero Fatalities From 2020," Is A Vision, Not A Target, Company Says
Volvo's "Zero Fatalities From 2020," Is A Vision, Not A Target, Company Says

5 Jul 2016, 08:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A Volvo official provided clarification on the company's plan to have zero fatalities in its cars starting 2020. Apparently, it is a firm vision, not a target

 
Watch Volvo's New V90 Ad Featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Hans Zimmer's Music
Watch Volvo's New V90 Ad Featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Hans Zimmer's Music

30 May 2016, 23:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Not only is Zlatan back for another Volvo commercial, but it also features an epic score from Hans Zimmer, the guy who makes all the best movie music

 
Volvo Will Start UK's Largest Self-Driving Car Trial Next Year
Volvo Will Start UK's Largest Self-Driving Car Trial Next Year

28 Apr 2016, 09:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo has announced one of Europe's largest self-driving car trials. They will have 100 autonomous vehicles on the roads in London by 2018