News By Topic: Volvo

Volvo XC60 and its City Safety Technology Awarded at Drive Car of the Year

Nov 27, 2009

The Volvo XC60 D5 has been voted the best SUV over $40,000 ahead of the Audi Q5 TFSI and Lexus RX 350 Sports Luxury with its standard City Safety feature taking out the Safety Innovation award. ... Continue reading

Volvo Group is Launching an Online Service for Green Commuting - VIDEO ENHANCED

Nov 24, 2009

The Volvo Group is launching Commute Greener, a new online service which helps commuters become more environmentally aware. The service is accessed through a mobile phone or a web site on the internet, enabling a commuter quickly to see by how much carbon dioxide emissions are reduced, for example by car pooling. Volvo ... Continue reading

WAKE UP AMERICA: New Plant for 2nd Generation of Straw-Based Bioethanol Inaugurated in Denmark

Nov 22, 2009

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's feared that at next month's environmental conference in Copenhagen that Barak Obama will sign away America's sovereignty and embroil us in a "new world order" from which we will never extract ourselves. This may be true, and we must certainly make it known to the commies and pabulum-puking knee-jerk ... Continue reading

Volvo and Mack Engines First to Be Certified for Near-Zero Emissions of EPA 2010

Nov 20, 2009

STOCKHOLM--Regulatory News: Volvo (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards, the most stringent in the world. Volvo and Mack are ... Continue reading

IIHS 2010 Top Safety Picks - VIDEO ENHANCED

Nov 18, 2009

27 winners of 2010 Top Safety Pick award; new requirement to win is good rating for protection in rollovers ARLINGTON, VA — Nineteen cars and 8 SUVs earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2010 For the first time, good performance in a roof strength test to measure protection in ... Continue reading

Volvo's Apprentices Graduate With a Secure Future

Nov 17, 2009

On Thursday 19 November, the five apprentices of Volvo Car Australia's inaugural Apprenticeship Program will graduate as technicians securing ongoing employment within the Volvo dealer network. ... Continue reading

Geely will get right to use Volvo licensed technology

Nov 17, 2009

Geely will get right to use Volvo licensed technology http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1012990/Geely-will-get-right-to-us e-Vol vo-licensed-technology.html Shanghai, November 17 (Gasgoo.com) Ford Motor's Volvo car division will retain the rights for its licensed technologies, and its Chinese bidder Geely will get t ... Continue reading

Volvo Group Has Entered Into an Agreement With China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co, Ltd to Sell Its Equity Interest in Jinan Huawo Truck Corporation

Nov 17, 2009

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DRIVe Around the World - Challenging Peoples Connections

Nov 16, 2009

Volvo Cars is launching an innovative online contest challenging people to virtually drive a Volvo C30 DRIVe around the world in 80 days, using only their Facebook friends. Volvo Cars will donate 15,000 Euros in the winning team's name to a carbon offset project promoted by "myclimate". ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars of North America Renews as Sponsor of National Youth Film Festival

Nov 13, 2009

Volvo Commits Support to Major Emerging Talent Showcase SEATTLE, Nov. 12 -- Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) has announced it will once again partner with NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth) - this time as both a Premier Sponsor and as Exclusive Presenting Sponsor of the Opening Night Gala. This is VCNA ... Continue reading

Sculpted to Move You: The All-New Volvo S60

Nov 10, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation today issued the first official pictures of the all-new Volvo S60, which promises to be sportier and more dynamic than any Volvo sedan to date. ... Continue reading

Sculpted to Move You - First Pictures of the All-New Volvo S60

Nov 10, 2009

Here are the first official pictures of the all-new Volvo S60 - sportier and more dynamic than any previous Volvo model. ... Continue reading

Volvo Sharpens up for 2010 Model Year

Nov 9, 2009

Volvo is in the starting blocks for 2010 with changes across its model range that further raise the stakes on technological advancement, customer appeal and value for money. ... Continue reading

Sophisticated Diesel Power for 2010 Volvo Range

Nov 9, 2009

Two new turbodiesels - an all-new twin-turbo D5 and an ultra-efficient four-cylinder 2.0D - head Volvo's diesel range for 2010 ... Continue reading

Ford Confirms Geely as its Preferred Bidder for Volvo Cars

Oct 28, 2009

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 28 -- Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] announced today that a consortium led by Zhejiang Geely Group Holding Co. Ltd. is its preferred bidder in the ongoing discussions concerning the possible sale of Volvo Car Corporation. Ford said that while it will be engaging in more detailed and focused negotiat ... Continue reading