All volvo articles
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FeatureSubscription services are slow to take off in US market, but players say growth will come
By some accounts, subscription is on the verge of doing for the whole economy what Netflix and Spotify have done to DVDs and CDs — supplant ownership with access to an ever-refreshing supply for a fee. The auto industry is not immune to the trend, but so far the traditional ...
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ArticleVolkswagen Group takes over WirelessCar from Volvo in SEK 1.1billion agreement
Image: Volkswagen The Volkswagen Group is to take over WirelessCar, a Swedish telematics specialist, from Volvo, buying a 75.1pc stake to support its connected vehicle ecosystem. WirelessCar, founded in 1999 and based in Gothenburg, has developed a series of in-car services such as billing and concierge, safety and ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars and Ericsson sign further five-year deal for Connected Vehicle Cloud
Image: Volvo Cars The Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform will be provided to Volvo Cars worldwide in a five-year deal which extends the two firms’ existing agreement. This is Ericsson’s largest supply contract for the CVC yet, and will form the basis for Volvo’s provision of in-car ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars and Luminar demonstrate LiDAR for autonomy in LA
Image: Volvo Cars Volvo Cars is showing no actual cars at the Los Angeles auto show (now known as Automobility LA) this week – it has instead elected to “demonstrate its vision” for the future of mobility – but it is exhibiting the LiDAR sensor and perception technology ...
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ArticleVolkswagen announces self-driving MaaS venture in Israel, joins Baidu Apollo consortium in China; Volvo also to collaborate with Baidu
Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen Group is to establish a self-driving Mobility as a Service (MaaS) venture in Israel with partners Mobileye and Champion Motors. It will provide a fleet of electric vehicles for the New Mobility in Israel operation; Mobileye will provide its Level 4 AV hardware, map data, ...
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ArticleNvidia CEO sees “gigantic opportunities" for auto industry
Nvidia CEO Huang says current level 2 vehicle technology is “not very good” (Photo: Nvidia) MUNICH – Jensen Huang isn’t bothered by the differences between the five levels of autonomy that the US-based Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has defined for driverless cars. “As long as it works,” ...
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ArticleVolvo to adopt Nvidia technology to usher in Level 2+ automated driving features in next generation models
Nvidia’s Drive AGX Xavier technology will provide the Swedish premium car group with a computing platform that offers more power for advanced driver assistance systems and the flexibility to upgrade the car’s functions if and when needed. Nvidia’s technology will deliver “Level 2+” automated driving features, indicating it will offer ...
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ArticleVolvo invests in Luminar for autonomous vehicle sensors
Luminar says its technology offers more range and a higher resolution (Image: Luminar)The newly-founded Volvo Cars Tech Fund has invested in Luminar, which develops lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles. The move by the Swedish carmaker builds on an existing collaboration with the start-up, which has facilities in Palo Alto, ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars to embed Google services into next-gen infotainment
Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks sharing live data Image: Volvo CarsVolvo Cars is to embed Google Assistant voice controls, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services into its next-generation Android-based Sensus infotainment system.The Swedish carmaker also said its vehicle would in future start sharing data with trucks ...
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ArticleAmazon Key unlocks Volvo and GM vehicles for parcel deliveries
Amazon Prime in-car delivery (Image: Volvo)Both Volvo Cars and General Motors have announced the addition of the Amazon Key app to their respective connected services in the USA. This will be available to customers in 37 US cities and their surrounding areas, with more locations to follow.For Volvo customers, ...
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ArticleBMW, Daimler, Audi and Volvo integrate Alibaba Tmall Genie voice assistant
Tmall Genie device and BMW Connected app(Image: BMW)BMW, Daimler, Audi and Volvo have all announced that Tmall Genie, Alibaba AI Labs’ smart voice assistant, will be integrated into their digital ecosystems for Chinese consumers.Users with Tmall Genie-equipped devices at home will be able to remotely access information or data ...
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ArticleLynk & Co plans online retail, subscription model
The Lynk & Co 02 crossover was unveiled in Amsterdam (Photo: Bongard)AMSTERDAM -- Lynk & Co, which unveiled a new, smaller car model here last week, will also launch a new approach to car retailing in Europe.The Chinese brand, which, like its sister company Volvo Cars, is part of ...
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ArticleMercedes, Porsche join other brands in testing flat-rate subscription models
Mercedes will let customers drive 12 vehicles at a flat rate (Photo: Mercedes)Mercedes-Benz will offer a flat rate to customers wanting to switch cars during the year, in a pilot project with two German dealer groups, Lueg and Beresa.The German premium car brand said the rate, which includes insurance, ...
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ArticleGeely acquires 8.2 pc of Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks and Volvo Cars once were part of the same company (Photo: AB Volvo)Geely Holding said it had reached agreement to acquire 8.2 pc of Volvo Trucks, strengthening the Chinese automotive group's international operations and raising the possibility that the two separate Swedish companies bearing the Volvo name ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars to add electric motors to all models
Volvo's mild hybrid is one of three types of EVs the company plans to roll out (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars, in a move aimed at distinguishing itself from its big premium-segment competitors, said it will equip all cars it launches from 2019 onwards with electric motors.The decision doesn't mean Volvo ...
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ArticleChina's Geely to acquire stakes in Lotus, Proton
Lotus makes sports cars and racing cars (Photo: Lotus)Geely Automobile said its parent company, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, has agreed in principle to buy significant equity stakes in Malaysian carmaker Proton and Proton-owned British specialty race car company Lotus.In a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where Geely ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars: Traffic data should be shared
Volvo's Samuelsson says Level 3 autonomous vehicles are unsafe (Photo: Volvo Cars)Governments and carmakers should share traffic data to improve global traffic safety, Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson said Monday.Speaking at a European Union conference on connected and automated driving, the Volvo chief said the Swedish carmaker has, for ...
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ArticleNew Volvos to feature Skype for Business
Volvo may also add Cortana voice software to its connectivity platform (Photo: Volvo Cars)Volvo Cars said its new 90 Series cars will offer the Skype for Business communication tool. The option marks a further addition to the auto industry's growing range of connected services.The Swedish premium car group said ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars appoints new R&D boss
Green joined Volvo in 1996 and has held several management positions in Sweden and China (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars has appointed Henrik Green senior vice president research & development, moving a company insider into a key management position.Green, 43, is currently in charge of sales and production planning and customer ...
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ArticleVolvo's Mertens to be next Audi R&D chief
Peter Mertens (Photo: Audi)Audi looked to Volvo Cars for a senior development executive for the second time this year, announcing Thursday that Peter Mertens will become its next head of research and development.Mertens is Volvo's senior vice president R&D. He succeeds Stefan Knirsch, who left Audi in September amid ...
