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30Mar/21

Volvo Cars Family Bond gives all employees 24 weeks paid parental leave

March 30, 2021FamilyAutomotive industry, Companies, Family law, Motor vehicles, Parental leave, Premier Automotive Group, Volvo, Volvo Business Units, Volvo Cars, Volvo Halifax Assemblysmbale

Volvo Cars is opting in its 40,000+ employees around the globe, in all plants and offices, into a new all-gender, paid parental leave policy as of April 1, 2021. Continue reading

02Mar/21

Volvo Cars to be fully electric by 2030

March 2, 2021MediaArticles, Car, electric car, Electric vehicle conversion, Electric vehicles, Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles, Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway, Premier Automotive Group, Transport, Volvo, Volvo Carssmbale

Volvo Cars is committed to becoming a leader in the fast-growing premium electric car market and plans to become a fully electric car company by 2030.
By then, the company intends to only sell fully electric cars and phase out any car in its global portfolio with an internal combustion engine, including hybrids. Continue reading

22Dec/20

Volvo Cars imagines the future of autonomous drive by tapping into origins of human communication

December 22, 2020TransportAutomation, Automotive industry, Cars, Collision avoidance system, Emerging technologies, Gothenburg, Mats Moberg, Mikael Ljung, Mikael Ljung Aust, Motor vehicles, Premier Automotive Group, Self-driving car, Sweden, Traffic collision, Volvo, Volvo C30, Volvo Carssmbale

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Cars has established itself as one of the leaders in autonomous drive development, following its announcement earlier this year that its next generation of cars will be available as hardware ready for the technology from production start. Continue reading →

26Jul/17

UK to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040

July 26, 2017EnvironmentAir pollution in the United Kingdom, Automotive industry, BMW, Business/Finance, Chemical substances, Country: United Kingdom, David Doyle, Diesel fuel, Diesel locomotive, Electric vehicles, Environment, French government, Gasoline, Hatchbacks, JASPER LAWLER, Land transport, London, London; the British capital, Michael Gove, Motor vehicles, Off-road vehicles, Oxford, Private transport, Transport, United Kingdom, Volkswagen emissions scandal, Volvosmbale

Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars from 2040 as part of a plan to get them off the roads altogether 10 years later, according to the UK government, in a move that follows a similar announcement by the French government. David Doyle reports. Continue reading →

05Jul/17

Geely’s Volvo to go all electric with new models from 2019

July 5, 2017TransportAutomotive industry, BMW, Business/Finance, Cars, Company: Geely Automobile, Company: Volvo Car AB, Company: ZJ Geely Hldg, Daimler, Economy of Sweden, Environment, Ford Motor Co., Ford Motor Company, Geely, Gothenburg, Mercedes-Benz, Motor vehicles, Musk, Plug-in hybrid, Polestar, Sedans, Station wagons, Tesla Motors, Transport, Volvo, Volvo Car Group, Volvo Cars, Zhejiang Geely Holding Groupsmbale

VOLVO ADVERTISEMENT (VOLVO HANDOUT) – Geely-owned Volvo Car Group said on Wednesday (July 5) that all new models launched from 2019 will be fully electric or hybrids, spelling the eventual end to nearly a century of Volvos powered solely by the internal combustion engine. Continue reading →

13Mar/17

Intel to buy Israeli driverless car-tech firm Mobileye for $15 bln

March 13, 2017FinanceAmnon Shashua, Asia, Crowdsourcing, Fisher, Ford, General Motors, Geography of Asia, Google, Intel, Israel, Israel Fisher, Jerusalem, Mobileye, Uber, United States, Volvo, Warning systems, Waze, Western Asiasmbale

U.S. chip giant Intel has agreed to buy Israeli driverless technology firm Mobileye, Israeli media reported on Monday.

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