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Volvo XC60
Automotive
2 min read

Volvo Cars On Recovery Path But Merger With Geely On Hold For Now

Volvo Cars said it expects its business to recover in the second half of the year after reporting on Tuesday an operating loss for the first six months as coronavirus lockdowns strained supply chains and forced plant closures. The Swedish-based carmaker also…

Volvo Cars
Automotive
2 min read

Veoneer And Volvo Cars To Split Zenuity Software Joint Venture

Geely-owned Volvo Cars and auto tech supplier Veoneer will split their jointly owned software venture Zenuity as the Swedish carmaker focuses on developing autonomous driving software, the companies said on Thursday. Volvo and Veoneer said last year they were…

Volvo XC60
Automotive
1 min read

Volvo Inaugurates Battery Assembly Line In Belgium

Volvo Cars inaugurated a brand new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The inauguration of the assembly line is in line with the…

Volvo XC90 Armoured
Automotive
1 min read

Volvo Cars Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040

Volvo Cars aims to reduce its lifecycle carbon footprint per car by 40 per cent between 2018 and 2025. This is in line with the company becoming a climate neutral company by 2040. The plan represents concrete actions in line with the global Paris climate…

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Automotive
2 min read

Volvo, Geely To Merge Combustion Engine Operations

Volvo Cars will merge its engine development and manufacturing assets with those of parent Geely, creating a division to supply in-house brands Lotus, LEVC, Lynk and Proton, and also potential rivals with next-generation combustion and hybrid engines. It…

Volvo XC40 full electric
Automotive
2 min read

Volvo XC40 Plug-in Hybrid Variant Launched Globally

Volvo has launched the plug-in hybrid variant of its XC40 compact SUV and with that, it has become the first automotive manufacturer to offer an electrified variant for each of its car models. The new T5 Twin Engine petrol-electric hybrid powertrain made its…

Volvo XC90 Armoured
Automotive
2 min read

Volvo XC90 To Come In A 3-Seater Excellence Trim In India

Volvo Auto India is all set to launch the XC90 Excellence variant in India on September 3, 2019. The Excellence option is only on offer in select markets and India gets to be one of them. The regular XC90 Inscription trim cabin is already pretty upscale, but…

Volvo XC60
Automotive
2 min read

Volvo S60 And V40 Discontinued In India

Volvo Auto India has finally pulled the plug two of its oldest models in the domestic line-up. The Volvo S60 sedan and the V40 hatchback have been discontinued in India, along with their cross country versions. The cars have also been de-listed from the…

Volvo XC60
Automotive
1 min read

Volvo Car India Registers 11 Per Cent Increase In Sales

Volvo Car India recorded 11 percent growth in its half-yearly sales in 2019. The company sold 1,159 units between January-June 2019, whereas it sold 1,044 units sold during the same time last year. Volvo said that the sales contribution from mini metros and…

Volvo XC90 Armoured
Automotive
2 min read

Volvo XC90 Armoured Vehicle Revealed

Volvo Cars takes a big step as a manufacturer of armoured vehicles with the XC90 Armoured car. The cars are designed and built to provide safe and comfortable travel with a high level of personal protection for the occupants. There is a growing global market…

nvidea
Automotive
1 min read

Nvidia Boosts Self-Driving AI Business With Volvo Trucks Deal

Sweden’s AB Volvo is joining forces with Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence used in self-driving trucks, in a boost for the U.S. chipmaker that was ditched by Tesla last year. The agreement announced on Tuesday by Nvidia and Volvo, the world’s…

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Automotive
4 min read

Uber Unveils Next-Generation Volvo Self-Driving Car

Uber Technologies Inc unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington on Wednesday as it works to eventually deploy vehicles without drivers under some limited conditions. Uber said the new production XC90 will be assembled by Volvo Cars in Sweden…

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Automotive
1 min read

Volvo Cars Partners With POC To Develop Safer Helmets For Cyclists

Volvo Cars are one of the pioneers in the development of safer modern cars and the Swedish carmaker is now coming up with something innovative to take the safety quotient one step ahead. Volvo is partnering with POC for a series of world’s first crash test of…