Volvo Cars, a leader in automotive safety, and Uber, the leading ride-hailing firm, have presented a jointly-developed production car capable of driving by itself, the next step in the strategic collaboration between both companies. Uber and Volvo Cars entered a joint engineering agreement in 2016 and have since developed several …

Volvo Cars has teamed up with cycling helmet manufacturer POC to create the world’s first crash tests designed to see how bike helmets perform against cars. With the groundbreaking new research project, both companies hope to develop better safety measures to further protect cyclists from accidents on the road. The …

Volvo Philippines has launched its first-ever Fika Talks this May 4, 2019, at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. The Volvo Fika Talks will be a series of talks that will touch on various topics that will discuss relevant socio-political, cultural, and environmental issues. For this introductory session, Volvo Philippines has …

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) and Lego Technic give people a glimpse of what they think construction machines may soon look like in FutuRE:BUILD, an exclusive exhibit showcasing the partnership’s equipment concepts. The machines that are showcased at the show–which is at the London Transport Museum from May 10 to 16–is …

Volvo Cars has released the upgraded and newly-developed electrified powertrain options, to be made available across its entire model range going forward. In its statement, the Swedish carmaker has upgraded the current T8 and T6 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid powertrains. This as it confirmed that it will introduce plug-in options …

If you’re looking to buy a Volvo car soon, we’ll give you one good reason why you should do it now, or at the very least, this year in 2019.  That’s because as part of the company’s Vision 2020 program, “which aims for no one to be killed or seriously …

Volvo Cars has updated the Volvo XC90 midsize luxury crossover, led by and a newly-developed fuel-saving engine option that marks the next step in the company’s ambitious electrification strategy. For the first time, Volvo is offering an advanced kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) in its vehicles starting with the XC90. …

Here’s something we don’t SEE everyday: a 10-hour staring match just to get a free Volvo V60 for two years. According to LeftLane News, Volvo has recently announced the winners of its smartphone game during the Superbowl 53. The game, named the Longest Drive, used facial recognition to monitor how long …

Volvo Cars set a new global sales record in 2018, breaking the 600,000 sales milestone for the first time ever since the company was founded in 1927. The company’s sales rose 12.4 percent to 642,253 cars in 2018, compared with the same period the year before. This is the fifth …

Sixty jurors from Japan’s 40 most influential automotive publications have named a gaijin from Sweden as the 2018 Japan Car of the Year–the Volvo XC40 premium subcompact crossover. This is the second similar honor received by Volvo for the XC40 as it was also named the 2018 European Car of …

Volvo‘s newest baby, the smart and chic Volvo XC40, made a special appearance at the fabulous Lifestyle Asia Power Gala. Held at the magnificent Sofitel Manila last October 25, 2018, the evening saw the country’s young, powerful elite to promote joy and positivity in society. The fantastic fete featured influential …

Volvo Cars and Baidu is teaming up to jointly develop electric and fully autonomous cars for the Chinese market. The two companies entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the pace of mass producing electric and autonomous cars. Baidu, a Chinese internet search provider, will work together with Volvo to …

Volvo might be celebrating the anniversary of its very first model, the Volvo ÖV 4, every year–its 91st this year, incidentally–but little do people know how it’s all because of a shared love of crayfish and automobiles that started it all. Engineer Gustaf Larson–who would become the founder of Volvo–went …

N Dela Rosa Liner, Inc. has heeded the call of the Department of Transportation “to help alleviate the current traffic woes” in the metropolis by participating in the government agency’s Premium Point-to-Point (P2P) bus operations program, with the opening of the Alabang-Lawton (and vice-versa) route. A bus transport operator headquartered …

Volvo Cars maintains a strong sales momentum into the second half of 2018, with global sales up 15 percent in July, compared with the same month last year. The company sold a total of 50,931 cars in July, as sales grew in all main markets. In the first seven months …