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NICB's Hot Wheels: America's 10 Most Stolen Vehicles

NICB's Hot Wheels: America's 10 Most Stolen Vehicles

DES PLAINES, Ill., July 12, 2017 -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released its annual Hot Wheels report which identifies the 10 most stolen vehicles in the United States. The report examines vehicle theft data submitted by law enforcement to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and determines ... Continue reading

Volvo Trucks Unveils New VNL Series

Volvo Trucks Unveils New VNL Series

Volvo Trucks North America reveal the new Volvo VNL series, a ground-breaking tractor that meets the needs of today's long-haul trucking customers and professional drivers through cutting-edge innovations in efficiency, productivity, safety and uptime. Available in several configurations, including an all-new, 70-inch ... Continue reading

Cars.com Revs It Up in Luxury Sports Sedan Challenge

Cars.com Revs It Up in Luxury Sports Sedan Challenge

CHICAGO, July 10, 2017 -- Experts from Cars.com, Inc. tested model-year 2017 cars from the highly competitive luxury sports sedan segment in order to rank the options available to shoppers. After extensive road and track testing by three experts and one consumer in the market for a new car in the class, the Audi A4 cam ... Continue reading

North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Vehicles Named

North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year Vehicles Named

NACTOY jurors consider all the new or substantially changed vehicles and pick a dozen or so cars and trucks, from what is called the long list, that they think deserve additional consideration. This vote results in what is called the short list. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest July 3-9, 2017: Tesla Toast?, EV Road Tax?; France Sans Gasoline; MB PU; NACOTY; Volvo Gets HyEV's; June US New Auto Sales Down

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest July 3-9, 2017: Tesla Toast?, EV Road Tax?; France Sans Gasoline; MB PU; NACOTY; Volvo Gets HyEV's; June US New Auto Sales Down

Every Sunday Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with fellow senior editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau, give you TACH's "take" on this past week's automotive news in easy to digest mega-tweet sized nuggets. ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars To Go All Electric

Volvo Cars To Go All Electric

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business. The announcement represents one of the most significant ... Continue reading

Volvo's New XC60 Becomes Camera in the Hands of Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer +VIDEO

Volvo's New XC60 Becomes Camera in the Hands of Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer +VIDEO

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker best known for its leadership in safety, has teamed up with three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and artist Barbara Davidson for a world-first - using the on-board safety cameras of the new Volvo XC60 to create a special collection of photographs. This is the first time ever ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars Goes All In With Electric Strategy

Volvo Cars Goes All In With Electric Strategy

Every Volvo Launched From 2019 Will Have an Electric Motor GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 5, 2017- Volvo Cars has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its fut ... Continue reading

2017 Volvo S90 T6 AWD Inscription Review - By Carey Russ +VIDEO

2017 Volvo S90 T6 AWD Inscription Review - By Carey Russ +VIDEO

Volvo’s unique approach to efficient luxury DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS If, when you think of high-performance, high-tech European luxury cars and all seem to be German, expand your thinking a bit northward. To Gothenburg, Sweden, home of Volvo. ... Continue reading

Shortcutting New Car Research - Perfect New Car Match

Shortcutting New Car Research - Perfect New Car Match

Auto Central March 26, 2017; Congratulations. By being here you have taken the first step towards finding a TRUE LOVE relationship with your next vehicle, a car or truck you can fall and stay in love with. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Automotive News Summary June 19-25, 2017: Quality Up; Volvo Challenge; 280 MPH Bugatti Chiron; Most Appreciating In Value Vehicles; RIP "Akron" Arlen Vanke

Nutson's Automotive News Summary June 19-25, 2017: Quality Up; Volvo Challenge; 280 MPH Bugatti Chiron; Most Appreciating In Value Vehicles; RIP "Akron" Arlen Vanke

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J.D. Power On Electric Vehicles

J.D. Power On Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles: Interest Grows, but Consumer Understanding Doesn’t By Chris MalottThe Millennial generation has sometimes gotten a bad rap in recent years. Seriously, type in “millennials are killing” in the search bar of your browser. ... Continue reading

Volvo Buses: ElectriCity Readying for the Next Phase - Expanding Traffic With Electric Vehicles in Gothenburg

Volvo Buses: ElectriCity Readying for the Next Phase - Expanding Traffic With Electric Vehicles in Gothenburg

After two successful years with electric buses on route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the partners in the ElectriCity venture have decided to expand electric bus operations in the city. In June next year two electrically powered high-capacity buses will start operating on route 16. ... Continue reading

Self-steering Volvo Truck set to Increase Brazil's Sugar-cane Harvest

Self-steering Volvo Truck set to Increase Brazil's Sugar-cane Harvest

Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck that can become a significant productivity booster for Brazilian sugar-cane growers. The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered with great precision through the fields in order to avoid damaging the young plants that will form the fo ... Continue reading

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