Volvo Recalls Nearly 10,000 Vehicles Due to Faulty Driver Airbag
21 Oct 2010, 10:27 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Volvo is responsible for a recall affecting nearly 10,000, the NHTSA announced recently, with the problem concerning potential driver airbag issues.According to a noti...
Volvo Preparing Five-Door Hatchback for 2012
19 Oct 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last month, we reported that Volvo is currently rethinking its global product strategy, as the company is making efforts to re-establish itself on the market. Now, new information regarding the S...
Volvo Works on Electric Car Crash Safety
19 Oct 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Swedish automaker Volvo is currently taking up safety-related challenges involving electric vehicles, as it aims at making its battery-powered vehicle as safe as any other new car. In fuel-powered c...
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Could Come to the US
18 Oct 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In the US, the 2011 Volvo S60 is currently offered exclusively with a turbocharged straight-six engine developing 300 horsepower and 325 pound-feet (440 Nm) of torque, but that could soon become the...
Volvo V60 Pricing Released
11 Oct 2010, 12:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo’s UK division has announced the prices for the new V60 sports wagon, which was recently introduced at the Paris Auto Show. The vehicle is offered is four equipment levels: ES, SE, SE ...
Volvo Exec to Lead Chinese Manufacturing Operations
8 Oct 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The mixing of Scandinavian and Chinese cultures continues at Volvo after Geely took over the now former Ford unit. After earlier this week Volvo announced the appointment of Chinese Freeman Shen as ...
Volvo Hybrid Buses Reach Brazil and Mexico
6 Oct 2010, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having already deployed its hybrid buses in countries around Europe for testing, Swedish manufacturer Volvo is planning to bring them to the Americas as well, with Brazil and Mexico to be the first ...
Volvo Appoints New Head for Chinese Operations
5 Oct 2010, 12:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the passing of Swedish manufacturer Volvo under Chinese management, the carmaker devised an audacious plan for its expansion on what is today the fastest growing automotive market in the ...
Volvo iPhone App Shows Car Impact on Air Quality
4 Oct 2010, 14:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Swedish automaker Volvo announced today the launch of a new iPhone application that reveals the toxic emissions of the four pollutants which impact local air quality and huma...
Volvo City Safety Awarded by Euro NCAP
4 Oct 2010, 12:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems that Volvo is on its way to leaving the recent safety demonstration fail behind, as the company’s City Safety active braking system has received an Euro NCAP Advance rating, an assess...
2010 Paris Auto Show: Volvo V60 · Live Photos
30 Sep 2010, 18:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After unveiling the new S60 earlier this year, the Chinese-owned carmaker Volvo brought to the 2010 Paris Auto Show the V60 sports wagon, or the estate flavor of the sports sedan. The V60 will be...
Volvo Future Plans Revealed
29 Sep 2010, 07:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo is planning to reshape its future model line-up as part of the rebirth process the company is going through. This means that some of the models will be discontinued as the range changes its st...
Polestar to Enter 2011 WTCC with Volvo C30 DRIVe
28 Sep 2010, 12:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volvo's preferred team for the World Touring Car Championship, Polestar, has received the permission of the Swedish manufacturer to enter in the 2011 season of the competition a Volvo C30 DRIVe...
Volvo Pedestrian Protection Fail
28 Sep 2010, 04:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Some of you might remember a little disturbing video we brought to you back in May this year, you, know, the one showing how the mighty crash-avoidance system fitted into the new S60 failed before t...
Volvo Ocean Race Game Gets Ready for New Season
27 Sep 2010, 14:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After it recorded quite an amazing audience in the 2008-2009 season, with some 220,000 players signing up, the Swedish manufacturer is preparing to achieve at least the same feat with the 2011-2012...
Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric Included in One Tonne Life Project
27 Sep 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In a partnership with A-hus and Vattenfall, Swedish automaker Volvo has revealed a new project aimed at showing families how to live clime-smart. Dubbed ‘One Tonne Life,” the project off...
Volvo Ready to Ship C30 DRIVe Electric
27 Sep 2010, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo announced today it is ready to ship the first ten units of their C30 DRIVe Electric to energy company Goteborg Energi. This is only the first step in the deployment of el...
Volvo Launches Updated DRIVe Models
27 Sep 2010, 07:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo announced that it has upgraded its eco line of models. Dubbed DRIVe, the automaker’s green range has received a modified 1.6 liter diesel powerplant for the C30, S40 and V50 models. T...
Composite Material Battery Explained
25 Sep 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world of the electric vehicles is currently evolving at a very rapid pace, with more and more models being released or announced as scheduled for production on a nearly daily basis. There are ho...
Volvo Working on Revolutionary Battery
24 Sep 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The battery... The current nemesis of the really successful, dependable, electric vehicle and a major obstacle in the reduction of the retail price for any given EV. But that is today, because tomor...