The Truth About Cars

JULY 21, 2023

Volvo plans to do that with the upcoming EX90 EV, but it appears the advanced sensor array could be causing delays. Volvo said it delayed the EX90 to mid-2024 to sort out issues with the LiDAR system’s software. Volvo CEO Jim Rowan said the delay could extend to five or six months, thanks to the “complexity of the software code.” .&

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Volvo EX30 was on the list until yesterday when NACTOY President Jeff Gilbert notified the group that the automaker had requested its new electric SUV be removed from the running because it won’t arrive until deep into 2024. A Volvo spokesperson confirmed the move, saying that the company wants to be “fully transparent.”

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Ford and Volvo have partnered with Redwood Materials for pathways for end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. The program will start in Redwood’s home state of California, the company said in a blog. Ford and Volvo are the first two automakers to join the program.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earlier this year, Volvo teased the all-electric EM90 minivan. For a time, it looked like Volvo might try to make the EM90 a global product and see how it played on the North American market. Though the EM90 isn’t your average runabout. It’s a luxury-minded product catering to Chinese tastes. What are your thoughts?

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 27, 2023

Volvo has come up with some truly compelling EV designs, and that’s before we talk about anything from Polestar. It’s become so popular with prospective buyers that Volvo had to stop taking orders to catch up. The first scheduled production run has sold out, but Volvo noted it would be back open soon. The company’s U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Making good on its promise that the future will be electric, Volvo has readied the XC40 Recharge P8 compact crossover for a spring debut. The post Volvo XC40 Recharge Electric Pricing Announced at $54,985 appeared first on The Truth About Cars. Though it doesn’t seem to have secured an idyllic price tag.

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EV Club of CT

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo Is First Manufacturer to Bypass Dealers for EV Sales When we blogged about the EV Freedom Bill, SB 127, a short while back, one of the facts that we unearthed was that in Germany, Read more.

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Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2021

New data from the EV Sales Blog shows the Model 3 was the most popular electric car in the Netherlands, surpassing the Volvo XC40 PHEV, and the recently released Volkswagen ID.4. Tesla sold 341 units of the Model 3 in March, while Volvo’s XC40 was sold 257 times, and the VW crossover had 247 total units sold.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 18, 2022

In one of its blog posts this month, automotive business intelligence firm JATO Dynamics pointed out that Europe is seeing a surge of electric and electrified vehicle sales. This allowed the Model Y to beat popular rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz GLC, Volvo XC60, BMW X3, and the Audi Q5. Credit: JATO.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Volvo Car USA has teamed up with The Harris Poll to deepen insights into the American opinion across four core themes: design, safety, technology and environment. These insights are distilled into “Volvo Reports” and will feature a different topic each month. Volvo & Electrification ELECTRIFICATION COMMITMENT. Methodology.

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Teslarati

APRIL 28, 2021

EV Sales Blog broke down Tesla’s Model 3 sales numbers in certain European countries. . The Volvo XC40 PHEV, Renault Zoe, and Volkswagen ID.4 In March, there were 5,567 Volvo XC40 PHEV vehicle registrations in Europe. The Renault Zoe came close to Volvo’s numbers with 5,482 deliveries.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 6, 2023

Peter Horbury, the man credited with pushing Volvo from the brick-making OEM to one building flowing, curvy vehicles, has died. He had stints at Ford, Volvo, Chrysler, Rolls-Royce, and others. Later, he headed design for Ford when it owned Aston Martin, Volvo, and Jaguar. Horbury’s resume is the stuff of legend.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 28, 2024

The 2025 Kia EV9 is the World Car of the Year, with the BYD Seal and Volvo EX30 rounding out the top three. 7 Many of those names are familiar to Americans, but the list of candidates for awards is where things get really interesting.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 23, 2024

BYD will build a factory in Mexico to build its new hybrid pickup, and brands like Volvo and Lotus are owned by Chinese giant Geely. It is extremely easy for anyone to see what’s happening in other parts of the world, to see what products are available in other parts of the world.”

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2021

The Model 3 has been Europe’s most popular electric vehicle in 2021 , holding 7% of the market share in Europe on its own, with a commanding lead over the second-place Volvo XC40 PHEV, which has sold 12,715 units so far this year. Credit: EV Sales Blog. The regions include Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

These women also decided that the Volvo EX30 was the “Best Family Car,” the BMW 5 Series served as the “Best Large Car”, and that the Volkswagen Amarok ended up being the “Best 4x4 or Pick-up.” In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 8, 2024

Volvo will roll out the first Luminar sensors in the upcoming XC90, and criticisms of how vehicles read the world around them will only become more intense as time goes on. It’s more likely that the automaker will employ LiDAR in its upcoming Robotaxi initiative, which is expected to be revealed in August.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Volvo only produces 4 percent of its vehicles here, but the real shocker is that General Motors only built 54 percent of its vehicles in the United States. Hyundai, Kia, Volvo, and Volkswagen are just a few of the major automakers looking to bring EV production to the United States, and others are sure to jump in as time goes on.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 10, 2012

Had to replace the lower control arm on my Volvo V70xc. Also have to replace outer tie rod end on my Volvo XC90. I posted a question about this on the blog and turn out you can run these on DC. Hope to finish the Volvo this weekend and then start de-ICE ing the Saturn. What a pain that is?

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APRIL 21, 2023

Despite technically being a Swedish automotive brand tied to Volvo Cars, both companies are presently subsidiaries of China’s Geely and Polestar production takes place in Asia. seconds, a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph) and an estimated range of more than 480 km (300 miles), the automaker said.

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Drive Electric

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Well, Geely also happen to own Volvo and Polestar so there will be no doubt shared technology going back and forth between ZEEKR and Volvo. There’s also the promise of a driving range north of 300miles. So why are we covering the news?

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MARCH 18, 2024

The IIHS rated BlueCruise Poor in the new tests, where it is joined by the Tesla Model 3, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Genesis G90, and Volvo S90. A spokesperson for the IIHS said that while many drivers feel the features make their long drives easier, there’s very little evidence that they make the trip safer.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

A few years ago, Volvo announced that its vehicles would be limited to 112 mph for safety, and owners can set the governor even lower for inexperienced younger drivers. An alarming 4,400 people died in traffic accidents in 2022 in California, so parts of the bill could make a significant impact on safety in the state.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Volvo XC90, GMC Acadia AWD, and Tesla Model X rounded out the five least-stolen models, with six, seven, and eight claims, respectively.& & [Image: Dodge] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Tesla, Ford, General Motors, and most luxury brands offer broad product lines in the country, and that includes Volvo and Polestar, both owned by Chinese auto giant Geely. That relationship with China gives the automakers the ability to offer unique products there, and Polestar’s latest innovation is a great example.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 3, 2021

The EV Sales Blog reports that some 112,593 passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in January 2021 that represents 14 of the total market. The most popular model in the year was Volvo XC40 PHEV [ Reference ]. Volvo XC40 (3,543) Renault ZOE (3,420) Kia Niro EV (3,123) BMW 330e (3,058) VW ID.3

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve covered numerous such examples of such delays in the past year, including the Volvo EX90 and frustrations at General Motors. The latter is an easy target, especially for this website, but there can be no doubting the clustermug which could happen if vehicles of this sort are pushed out to market before they are fully baked.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

There's much I should be blogging these days and hopefully will shortly. Check out the blog Stuff White People Like on the Prius. Check out the blog Stuff White People Like on the Prius. Reminds me to blog about that Lexus ad campaign casting a spell around the letter h. In the 1980s it was the Saab and the Volvo.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Honda joins several other automakers in the transition to NACS, including Ford, Rivian, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Polestar. Honda’s Prologue will land before Acura’s first EV, the ZDX, and Kaihara acknowledged that the Acura EV relies entirely on GM, but both it and the Prologue will start with the currently common CCS1 plugs.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2024

We evaluated partial automation systems from BMW, Ford, General Motors, Genesis, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Tesla and Volvo,” IIHS President David Harkey said. The Ford Mustang Mach-E, Genesis G90, Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan, Tesla Model 3 and Volvo S90 also earn poor ratings, in some cases for more than one version of partial automation.

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Driivz

JULY 19, 2023

For further reading, see our blog post about EV Charging Industry Protocols and Standards Which EV manufacturers are adopting NACS? That announcement was followed by General Motors, Rivian , Volvo , Polestar and Mercedes-Benz.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Meanwhile, Volvo ended up at $9,285. Things start to balloon from there, with the priciest brands (in terms of maintenance) trending toward higher-end nameplates. Infiniti was the lowest, averaging $8,500 over 10 years. BMW and Audi both managed to squeak in under the $10,000 mark.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Polestar, Volvo’s former performance division (which parent company Geely insisted be spun off as its own electric car brand), announced its second automobile on Wednesday. Whereas the Polestar 1 was a 600-horsepower hybrid coupe, Polestar 2 adds a set of rear doors and does away with internal combustion altogether.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

Returning brands were said to include Ford, Lincoln, Volvo, Polestar, Porsche, Infiniti and Genesis. Campbell said at least seven brands that didn’t participate in the 2023 event are returning to CIAS as the industry continues its post-pandemic recovery.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 12, 2023

Volvo is dropping front-wheel drive for the XC40 and XC60 crossovers for 2024. Since Volvo plans on going all-electric in the years to come, further consolidation of its gasoline-powered vehicles makes a lot of sense. Volvo is broadly considered a luxury brand and its clientele has shown a predictable willingness to be upsold.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

Lastly, the UAW appears to have cut a deal with Mack Trucks (currently owned by Volvo Group). Those job cuts are also supposed to be related to complications stemming from the labor strike. While the contract agreement is said to be tentative, it’s further than the union has managed to get with Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors.

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