Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Among a wide range of updates for model year 2017, Volvo Cars will introduce its latest semi-autonomous drive technology, Pilot Assist II, as standard on the XC90 in selected markets. Volvo Cars is the only car maker currently using such technology in production cars. The 60 Series cars will receive significant updates for 2016.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Volvo unveiled its new Volvo V90 wagon in Stockholm, Sweden. The Volvo S90 and V90 eight-speed planetary automatic transmission is a key part of Volvo’s Drive-E powertrain technology. Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Cars. In 2010, Volvo Cars was acquired by Geely Holding.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
ABB has received an order for a further 12 bus charging systems from Volvo Buses to power the largest single network. The order will include installation sites in Charleroi, Belgium, providing 15 ABB charging stations in total by 2018, to power 101 Volvo electric hybrid buses in the Wallonia public transport system, operated by TEC Group.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2010
The V70 plug-in hybrid demonstrator highlights Volvo’s current PHEV architecture: front-wheel drive combustion engine, electric motor on the rear axle. Volvo concept of a range-extended architecture. Gustavsson said that in the medium- to long-term, Volvo would consider a series hybrid architecture—i.e.,
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2016
A research team from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and the University of Applied Sciences Bern, Laboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, reports that ethanol blending appeared to reduce genotoxic emissions from a flex-fuel Euro-5 gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicle (a Volvo V60 with a 1.6
Green Car Congress
MARCH 18, 2016
Chaired by Martin Lundstedt, Chairman of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association’s (ACEA) Commercial Vehicle Board, President and CEO of Volvo Group, this was the chief executives’ thirteenth meeting to discuss global issues facing commercial vehicle manufacturers and recommend solutions to these critical challenges.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Broader commitments to climate change are spurring some countries, like Norway and Holland, or companies, like Volvo, to set their own targets. Health and safety concerns, like the impact of diesel particulate exhaust emissions on construction worker health, and noise, could be equally important drivers. Electric Trucks - 4.3
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