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Volvo Cars to show latest driving simulator in action

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Volvo Cars has used what it calls ”unconventional technology” to create a driving simulator to develop new safety, driver assistance, and autonomous features in its products. The simulator includes a ”mixed reality” headset, three-dimensional rendering powered by leading computer games technology, and a full-body haptic suit. When used together, the automaker says,… Continue reading Volvo Cars to show latest driving simulator in action

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Charmagne Mavudzi takes key role at Volvo Car SA

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Swedish automaker Volvo, as part of a global staff shuffle, has appointed South African Charmagne Mavudzi as Volvo Car SA’s customer experience director. She joined the company in 2018 as head of marketing and communications after studying at the Gordon Business Institute but began her career as a tech entrepreneur before… Continue reading Charmagne Mavudzi takes key role at Volvo Car SA

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Volvo wants tech to save Africans – but who will pay?

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LES STEPHENSON WHILE the world is howling about the Coronavirus Volvo Cars has called on governments and regulators around the world to address what it calls ”large inequality” between developed and developing economies. ”Official data, despite progress through recent decades, has shown a significant gap in the number of road deaths between both categories of… Continue reading Volvo wants tech to save Africans – but who will pay?

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Volvo Cars calls on UN for global road-safety enforcement

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Volvo Cars has called on governments and regulators around the world to address a large inequality in road safety between developed and developing economies. Despite progress made in recent decades, official data shows a significant gap in the number of traffic fatalities between both categories of countries. Each year an estimated 1.35-million… Continue reading Volvo Cars calls on UN for global road-safety enforcement

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Volvo goes mobile with app-based valet service

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LONDON, England – Volvo UK has claimed, in association with GoWashMyCar and Volvo On Call, to be the first automaker in Europe to provide an app-based mobile valet service called Volvo Car Mobile Wash. Volvo owners can choose the date, time, and location and need not be present – Volvo’s remote car unlocking will allow… Continue reading Volvo goes mobile with app-based valet service

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All-electric Volvo: There’ll be one in every model range

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LONDON, England – Volvo Cars has introduced the XC40 Recharge, the automaker’s first fully-electric car and the first model in the new Recharge concept. The Recharge is based on an XC40, a small SUV and the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. It’s also said to be a milestone for Volvo Cars as… Continue reading All-electric Volvo: There’ll be one in every model range

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Volvo goes live with ‘safest electric car on the road’

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MALMO, Sweden – Here it comes! Volvo’s first modern electric car has been announced, the details made available today with images of the chassis of the car as a development of the Volvo XC40 plug-in hybrid. The automaker is also presenting the XC40 as ”the safest electric car on the road” and says it joins… Continue reading Volvo goes live with ‘safest electric car on the road’

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Volvo driving forwards with battery-car crash protection

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MALMO, Sweden – The advance of electric cars, Swedish automaker Volvo believes, represents the biggest change in the history of the automobile as – for the first time in more than a century – cars move without a petrol or diesel engine and have a battery under their floor. (That statement, of course, doesn’t acknowledge… Continue reading Volvo driving forwards with battery-car crash protection

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Volvo to the rescue! Phone app magic on way for 2020

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Volvo On Call (VOC), an app-based cellphone service that can help drivers to communicate with their cars, is coming to South Africa. VOC can remotely lock/unlock a car, check the fuel level, and pre-cool/heat the car before its driver arrives, each through a smartphone, smart watch, tablet, or desktop. Greg Maruszewski,… Continue reading Volvo to the rescue! Phone app magic on way for 2020

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Pets in the car: Volvo study highlights the many dangers

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ROCKLEIGH, New Jersey – A study by Volvo USA and The Harris Poll has shown that unrestrained pets in a moving vehicle can lead to significantly less-safe driving and more distraction and stress not only on the driver but also the pet. Pets might be ”members of the family”, Volvo reports, but many owners don’t… Continue reading Pets in the car: Volvo study highlights the many dangers