True Electric C70 by Electroengine Is Truly Impressive
30 Nov 2010, 11:24 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Electric car technology developer Electroengine, based in Uppsala, Sweden has converted a Volvo C70 into an all-electric car, called the C70-TE4WDD. The complicated looking name stands for C70-True ...
Volvo Recalls New Models for Engine Problems
30 Nov 2010, 07:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo announced earlier this week it will be conducting a recall of some of its vehicles from the 2011 model year, due to some issues with the engine. More specifically, the car...
Volvo to Ditch Premium Tag
29 Nov 2010, 23:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The meanest of automotive industry critics said back when Geely took over Volvo that the Swedish brand is dead. The quality issues associated with Chinese products, even if they are based on fact or...
Volvo Gets Award for Ad Campaign
26 Nov 2010, 11:09 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The team at Volvo Cars was presented with the ‘Best use of Broadcast Media' distinction at the CorpComms Awards in London for their coverage of the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. Th...
SARTRE Project in Detail
26 Nov 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / About one year ago, in October 2009, Swedish manufacturer Volvo announced its involvement in the Safe Road Trains for the Environment project (SARTRE), an endeavor backed and financed by the Europea...
Volvo S80L T4 Heading for China
25 Nov 2010, 13:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Volvo S80L T4, equipped with the Swedish automaker's new 2.0-liter GTDi turbocharged, direct injection, four-cylinder engine, will hit the Chinese market in December. The car is expected to...
Volvo Self-Driving Cars Ready for Testing
24 Nov 2010, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the Pikes Peak climb achieved by the Autonomous Audi TTS in mind, we can now safely say the self-driving car era is upon us. But don't go thinking Audi is the only carmaker working on such...
Volvo Will Be Even More Volvo Than Ever Before
18 Nov 2010, 13:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This were the exact words of Stefan Jacoby, president and chief executive office of Volvo Cars, when talking about the influence that the Chinese ownership might have on the Swedish iconic brand. Ta...
Volvo Air Motion: A Race Car for the Future
17 Nov 2010, 15:53 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / During the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volvo will enter in the Design Challenge Competition with an ultra light concept car called Volvo Air Motion. A scale model of the car will be on display at the eve...
Geely Disagrees With Volvo's Vision
17 Nov 2010, 11:58 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Only three months have passed since Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. President Li Shufu took ownership of the Swedish car brand Volvo and disagreements arose already. Li said he does not agree with ...
Volvo Ocean Race Trophy Unveiled
17 Nov 2010, 06:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An extraordinary challenge needs a trophy to match... Volvo, the Swedish carmaker which for quite some time has gotten us used to what they call the Volvo Ocean Race presented today in Alicante, Spa...
Volvo XC60 Now Has Pedestrian Detection
16 Nov 2010, 09:18 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Keeping to its traditional image of being the brand to bring the safest cars on the road, Volvo announced that it will introduce the Pedestrian Detection function to its XC60 model. Complete with Fu...
Heico Sportiv Volvo V60 Is Ready for the World
15 Nov 2010, 19:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo is one of the companies that currently sits at the top of the automotive industry in terms of business development acceleration. Under the new Geely management, the Swedish automaker is making...
Volvo S60 Seizes 2010 'Scottish Executive Car of the Year' Award
8 Nov 2010, 15:51 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Volvo's new S60 saloon was awarded the prestigious 'Scottish Executive Car of the Year' distinction at the Scottish Car of The Year Awards 2010, judged and hosted by the Association o...
Volvo Mean Green Truck to Attempt Speed Record
4 Nov 2010, 10:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This November the 'Mean Green' hybrid truck will undergo testing and finetuning at the Volvo Hallered test track. Come spring next year, it will try to set a new FIA approved world record ...
Volvo Reports Profit for Q3
29 Oct 2010, 18:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things seem to be moving in the right direction for the Chinese-owned Swedish manufacturer Volvo, who posted today its financial results for the third quarter of the year. Being at the same time the...
Volvo Working on Extended Range EVs through Fuel Cell Use
27 Oct 2010, 10:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish automaker Volvo is currently making high efforts in developing next-generation electric car technology. The company announced it has initiated a fuel cell that can extend the electric car&rs...
2011 Volvo S60 Naughty Tour Comes to the US
27 Oct 2010, 06:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After crashing parties across Europe this summer, visiting cities like Berlin, London, Paris, Milan and Madrid, the all-new Volvo S60 is about to show its naughtier side in the US as well. The North...
Volvo Introducing New Winter Tire Programme
22 Oct 2010, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo’s UK arm announced that it is introducing a new Winter Tire Programme that is aimed at allowing drivers to stay mobile during the cold season. The automaker is offering drivers the op...
Volvo Celebrating Emissions Equality Campaign Victory
21 Oct 2010, 13:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo’s UK division is celebrating a landmark victory in its Emissions Equality campaign, following the recent decision by the Mayor of London to allow sub-100 grams of CO2 per km and Euro 5 c...