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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…
Volvo Cars and Varjo, the maker of high-end augmented reality headsets, have created a world-first mixed reality approach to evaluating prototypes, designs and active safety technologies. The collaboration will be further strengthened by the Volvo Cars Tech…
Swedish carmaker Volvo, which is owned by China’s Geely, is cutting several hundred jobs, Swedish radio reported on Friday citing sources.The carmaker, whose number of employees has more than doubled over the past decade to about 43,000, confirmed it was…
Volvo Auto India has had a great 2018-19 Financial Year. The company recorded a 25% growth during this time. However, the company had grown by 30% in the last financial year, this time around the rising input costs and low buying sentiment added to the…
Volvo has unveiled the performance-oriented Polestar version of the XC60 and V60. Both the cars are plug-in hybrid models and are based on the standard T8 variants, however, will be faster. They are powered by the same 2.0-litre, four-cylinder petrol motor…
Volvo will reveal the full-electric version of the XC40 before the end of the year, the company told at a safety event here last week. Officials declined to provide additional details. Adding a battery-powered version of the compact SUV to the lineup is a…
Volvo said on Monday it will limit the top speed on all its new cars to 180 kph (112 mph) starting in 2020, which is the same year the Swedish automaker wants there to be zero people killed or seriously injured in any of its new models. The change will be…
Sales of imported commercial vehicles plunged 38 percent last month from a year earlier amid slower economic growth, a local automobile association said Tuesday. The number of newly-registered imported commercial vehicles fell to 283 units in December from…
LG Chem said Tuesday that it will invest 2.1 trillion won ($1.8 billion) by 2023 to build electric vehicle batteries in China in the latest move to meet growing demand for batteries for zero-emissions cars. Korea’s top chemical company said it has broken…
In Swedish, “safety” translates to “säkerhet,” but for employees of one of Sweden’s biggest employers, it might as well translate to “Volvo.” The automaker, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China, is fiercely protective of its reputation in safety.…
Dutch navigation firm TomTom said on Tuesday it had lost a contract with automaker Volvo. The company said the contract to provide location and navigation services to Volvo, which was announced in 2016, had been ended before it was due to go into force in…
Volvo Car Malaysia, together with its newest dealer AJ Premium Motors, have launched a new Volvo 3S centre in Batu Pahat to serve customers in the Southern region. The new dealership is part of the company’s sales and aftersales transformation programme, with…
Volvo, the Chinese-owned automaker founded in Sweden, debuted the latest iteration of its best-selling XC60 model on Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C shopping platform. The online offer meant that Chinese consumers can buy the new crossover SUV from Volvo, which is a…
The Chinese owner of Sweden’s Volvo Cars is buying a stake in truck manufacturer AB Volvo, expanding a portfolio of vehicle brands that includes shares in Malaysia’s Proton and Britain’s Lotus. Geely Holding Group said Wednesday the acquisition of shares from…
The Volvo brand just got a new shot-in-the-arm with Sisma Auto, Volvo Car Malaysia’s newly appointed authorised dealer, officially opening its city centre showroom at Menara Worldwide on Jalan Bukit Bintang. Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s premier…
China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday that first-half profit more than doubled, scoring its fastest earnings growth in eight years as cars designed with its Swedish unit Volvo won over domestic consumers. Although known at one point more for…
