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Volvo's first electric driverless bus swings into action in Singapore

Nick Lavars March 5, 2019

Singapore is intent on positioning itself at the vanguard of self-driving technologies. Now it is looking to ramp things up even further, rolling what it claims to be the world’s first full size, autonomous electric bus onto a university campus in partnership with Volvo.

With autonomous truck, car, taxi and shuttle bus trials already underway on the island state, Singapore ...

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Safety first: Volvo plans to limit top speed on all its cars by 2020

Paul Ridden March 4, 2019

For a while, Volvo has been developing technologies that will help towards its aim that no one will die or be seriously injured in a new Volvo by 2020. But technology can only go so far, and the firm is now broadening the scope of its safety initiative by imposing a speed limit on all its vehicles.

As part of Volvo's Vision 2020 initiative, the company plans to limit the top speed for ...

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Polestar 2 aims to take on the Tesla Model 3 with Android-based UI

Loz Blain January 25, 2019

Volvo's Tesla-hunting electric offshoot Polestar has opened up a demonstration website for the user interface it plans to run on the upcoming Polestar 2. Based on Android, it'll include the Google Assistant, Google Play Store and whatever apps you like. Plus, it seems to want to be fun, too.

The Polestar 2, sized and priced to compete with Tesla's Model 3

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Review: 2019 Volvo XC40 looks to set a new standard in compact luxury

Aaron Turpen December 14, 2018

After spending a week with the new 2019 XC40, we came away impressed with Volvo’s attention to detail on this compact luxury crossover. The XC40 builds on the excellence of the larger XC60 and XC90 models, without downsizing their ergonomics for the compact market.

Power and performance are not exactly the expected high points of the compact crossover classes, but ...

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Volvo's self-driving trucks get hired to cart limestone around a Norwegian mine

Nick Lavars November 26, 2018

Volvo’s self-driving truck program has already opened up some interesting possibilities. And now the Swedish automaker is set to see how its robo-trucks fare in real-world scenarios, after inking its first commercial deal with a Norwegian resource company to cart limestone away from its mine.

Test runs with human supervisors were completed at the Norwegian mine, before the keys were handed ...

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Polestar crumples its carbon-fiber car body in first ever crash tests

Nick Lavars November 1, 2018

Those closely following the progress of Volvo’s electric vehicle spinoff Polestar may know it is the first time the Swedish automaker has explored carbon fiber construction. And part of that exploration is smashing cars to bits in crash tests.

Polestar shuttled its verification prototype head-on in to a stationary barrier at 56 km/h (35 mph) ...

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Polestar kicks off production of its first verification prototypes

Nick Lavars October 4, 2018

After revealing its luxury hybrid grand tourer in October last year, Polestar is now starting to put the first pieces in place. The company announced today that it has kicked off production of the very first Polestar 1 verification prototypes, with customer models expected sometime in 2019.

The Polestar 1 is expected to hit to streets in 2019

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Volvo's V60 estate gets dirty with Cross Country off-road package

C.C. Weiss September 25, 2018

Ever since Volvo revealed the V60 mid-size estate earlier this year, we've been eagerly awaiting the Cross Country version. Volvo made that muddy leap today, injecting a little more adventure into the 60 Series with the lifted, all-wheel-drive wagon.

You don't have to drive your V60 Cross Country off-road, but if you do, you might ...

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Volvo's self-driving Vera concept keeps on truckin' without a cabin

Nick Lavars September 12, 2018

Volvo has just announced a new electric vehicle concept built to tow loads around ports and factories all on its lonesome, so much so they it hasn't even bothered with a cabin.

Volvo has just announced a new electric vehicle concept built to tow loads around ports all ...

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Volvo imagines its autonomous 360c concept car taking over for short-haul flights

C.C. Weiss September 5, 2018

Volvo introduced the 360c concept on Wednesday, opening up a new exploration of the autonomous driving future. More than just a concept, Volvo is exploring a new travel paradigm in which autonomous vehicles replace short-distance flights for a quicker, more relaxing means of jumping from A to B.