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Ford, BMW, VW, Honda, Volvo back California emissions authority in legal challenge

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Five automakers have filed a motion to intervene on the side of the EPA, against a legal challenge to California's ability to set its own stricter emissions standards.

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Next generation electric Volvo flagship SUV to come standard with Luminar LiDAR and NVIDIA DRIVE Orin

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Volvo Cars’ forthcoming fully electric flagship SUV will have industry-leading safety technology as standard. Volvo Cars is and always has been a leader in safety. With the new safety package, Volvo Cars aims to reduce collisions and the reduction rate is anticipated to accelerate over time via over-the-air software updates.

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Used Car of the Day: 1992 Volvo 940 GL Sedan

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Hit the jump to see this 1992 Volvo 940 GL sedan. The A/C works (it's 134), the seats are leather, and the car is original save for the sway bars, legal window tint, undercoating, and a pin stripe. You can pick up this Volvo for $3,700. There's no rust and its been garaged. This ride has a mileage is 201K.

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TRATON GROUP, Daimler Truck and Volvo Group kick off European charging infrastructure JV

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The TRATON GROUP, Daimler Truck, and the Volvo Group completed the final step in forming the previously announced joint venture for charging infrastructure in Europe. It will be a self-standing legal entity, operating under its own corporate identity and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Earlier post.)

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Volvo Car Corp. demonstrates autonomous driving in traffic jams; traffic jam assistance system ready for production in 2014

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As another step toward autonomous driving systems, Volvo Car Corporation is demonstrating a new traffic jam assistance system. The traffic jam assistance function is an evolution of the current Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping Aid technology, which was introduced in the all-new Volvo V40 earlier in 2012. Earlier post.).

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Volvo Trucks introduces Collision Warning with Emergency Brake on new FH

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In order to address this problem, Volvo Trucks has developed Collision Warning with Emergency Brake— an advanced emergency braking system which also includes early collision warning. —Carl Johan Almqvist, Traffic & Product Safety Director, Volvo Trucks. The answer is inattention. —Carl Johan Almqvist.

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Volvo Cars calls for US national framework for regulation and testing of autonomous driving

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In a speech to be delivered Thursday at a seminar on self-driving cars organized by Volvo Cars and the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC, HĂĄkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo Cars, will urge the US to adopt a national framework for regulation and testing of autonomous driving (AD).

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