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Byline: Jerry Hirsch While electric trucks are poised to take over hauling cargo locally and regionally, the industry is looking at hydrogen fuel cell rigs for longer distances. Nikola, Freightliner, [...]

Byline: Richard Truett Traditionally, automakers didn't install anything on a vehicle that they couldn't charge for. While it might simplify manufacturing somewhat to build each vehicle with the same set [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria Volvo's next flagship crossover will be all-electric and could pay homage to the Swedish automaker's lineage. Volvo filed for trademark protection in October for the name Embla, [...]

Byline: Urvaksh Karkaria * The plan: Volvo will become an all-electric brand by 2030. The transformation will usher in a new approach to retailing, with Volvo moving to an online-only, [...]

Is this what the next generation of 8x4 tippers will look like? CM tries Volvo's new FMX, laden with 20 tonnes of Swedish stone and all the latest technology YOU'RE [...]

The S80 saloon was used by Volvo as a platform for development of the XC90 as a part of the project to enter the field of sports utility vehicles. The details of the project are discussed.

Volvo has developed the Four-C or Continuously Controlled Chassis Concept for suspension control.

Gothenburg, Sweden-based Volvo AB, which is owned by Ford Motor Co., is developing the new Safety Concept Car for its parent company. The Volvo EyeCar, which includes electronic sensors that adjust the driver's position for safety, will be introduced at the NAIAS trade show in Detroit, Michigan.

Byline: Paul McVeigh Thomas Ingenlath's first auto show concept since taking over as Volvo's chief designer last year is expected to be a preview of the brand's new styling direction. [...]

A prototype Volvo truck with a 13-litre engine that runs on the alternative fuel dimethylether (DME) is to be tested by a number of companies on public roads in Sweden [...]

Byline: Jason Stein, Wim Oude Weernink Saab and Volvo are developing cars that could help them grab a piece of one of Europe's hottest segments. Volvo is readying a production [...]

Type of vehicle: Three-door hatchback concept What's cool: 260-hp turbocharged five-cylinder engine delivers 0-60 in under 6 seconds. Production possibility: It's a go. The European edition launches in late 2006; [...]

Brian Weatherley sees a revolutionary automated braking system in action. Volvo is actively working on an automatic braking system that could prevent a truck from ploughing into a queue of [...]

Lyons: Topping the Titan took just one day How well is the Nissan Titan full-sized pickup doing? Here's how Ford Division President Steve Lyons answers that question: 'On the last [...]

Keep it simple Many automakers want more female buyers, but often are uncertain exactly what women want. Volvo took a new approach: Let women design the car. Volvo will unveil [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle How much does the new Volvo S40 sedan have in common with the Ford Focus C-Max? A little or a lot, says S40 project manager Peter Ewerstrand. [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Volvo is the telematics center of excellence for Ford's Premier Automotive Group, which also includes Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover. Niklas Wahlberg, PAG telematics director, says [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz Volvo will show five scale models at the New York auto show of different exterior designs that the automaker is considering for a new small car. ``Concept [...]

Byline: Bradford Wernle Automotive News Europe When Ford and Volvo engineers were designing common components and technologies for their next-generation lower-medium cars in Cologne, they quickly realized systems had to [...]

* Launch new S40 this fall * Develop new large platform for S60, V70 and S80 replacements with Ford of Europe; also for use by Jaguar and Land Rover * [...]

Byline: Wim Oude Weernink Volvo ``most likely'' will launch a new small car, says CEO Hans-Olov Olsson. While Volvo still is considering a car smaller than the S40, it has [...]

The Geneva auto show will once again be a showcase for crossover vehicles - cars such as the new Opel Signum. But there is much more going on at the [...]

MERCEDES-BENZ smart: The redesigned minicar may be sold here as early as 2004. If imported, the smart probably would be marketed only in select markets, such as New York, Los [...]

Bosch sees growth of modules Telematics will be used in new ways, said Siegfried Dais, management board member responsible for car multimedia and automotive electronics at Robert Bosch GmbH, at [...]

Byline: Compiled by the staff of: WARD'S AUTOMOTIVE REPORTS Ford Motor Co.'s Ford, Jaguar and Volvo engineers are developing a new 6-speed manual transmission to meet the need for a [...]

Volvo is developing a new small car that would fit below the S40/V40 in its lineup. The new Volvo would challenge 'segment-busting' vehicles such as the Mercedes-Benz A class, Audi [...]

Ford Motor Co. has given AB Volvo the go-ahead to develop a proposed new family of Safe, Light, Inline, Multivalve (SLIM) engines that allow cars to be more ecologically friendly. [...]

Price: $37,475-$46,875 Volvo's S80 luxury car, the first of the round Volvos, has only a few equipment changes for 2001. Leather seating is now standard for both the 2.9 and [...]

The Volvo safety concept car (SCC) acts as a showcase for new features that give drivers a better view of the road and more overall 'survivability.' It sets the driver [...]

The new SecureCar technology inside the Volvo S80, was developed from a security system used by a national laboratory to protect nuclear power plants, says Volvo. The system uses an [...]

New A35D and the A40D target new levels of productivity, drivetrain efficiency, safety and comfort In the world of construction machinery, articulated haulers occupy a special place. For moving large [...]

Volvo has revealed a high-performance version of the S60 sedan with what it terms a 'continuously controlled chassis.' The system has been developed in cooperation with damper specialist Ohlins Racing [...]

Volvo believes the blurred line that separates cars and trucks can stand some more smudging. This summer the Swedish automaker is launching the second generation of the Cross Country, the [...]

WASHINGTON - Volvo Cars of North America Inc. will alter the airbags on the 2001 Volvo S80 because the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found fault with the 2000 model [...]

New European regulations that mandate lower sound levels from mobile construction equipment are generating several new design approaches. Swede's Volvo, for example, now offers wheel loaders with the engine compartment [...]

LONDON - Ford Motor Co. has big plans for the Volvo P2X platform, the flexible chassis used on the Swedish company's flagship S80 sedan. The S80 could be a ``donor [...]

EXTRA, EXTRA: Volvo has developed an enhanced version of its l-Shift automated transmission, which adds one or two crawler ratios to the regular number of gears. By adding an extra [...]

Most car companies are proud to state that their new sedan was designed from the outset to be evolved into a station wagon version. Volvo has taken the opposite tack. [...]

VOLVO'S REVISED FM will make its debut at next month's CV Show, featuring Euro-6 engines, new suspension, innovative multi-axle configurations and a new dashboard. FM rigids and tractor units will [...]

It's not every day that a 70-year-old company decides to reinvent itself, so watching Volvo over the next few years should be instructive. At the very least, it promises to [...]

Volvo's new Environmental Concept Car (ECC) is one of the most interesting of the latest batch of forward-looking designs. Shown at the Paris and British Motor Shows, it is an [...]

Engineers at Volvo Group are working hard to develop heavy trucks that weigh less but still carry the same payload. It is believed that lighter vehicles could lead to a reduction in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The need to use more expensive materials of higher strength is also discussed.

Engineers from Volvo, Mazda, and Ford worked upon the new S40 with the intention to give the car the same high safety level of Volvo's large models. The varied features of the compact car are discussed.

'Safety is tattooed on our brains,' says Kari-Johan Ekman, chief vehicle engineer at Volvo, 'But a sporty driving experience is higher on Volvo's agenda now than it was a few [...]

Autodesk AB has provided its expertise in design to help Claes Blomquist and his team (the Inventor Racing Team) to redesign a Volvo V70 Cross Country vehicle for the Dakar 2003 motor race.

The new 'VN' range of trucks not only hits U.S. EPA's low emissions standards for nitrogen oxides (NOx) and hydrocarbons (HC), but also slashes some 680 kilograms of weight, thus [...]

Volvo's VN 770 technology demo truck, which recently completed a nationwide tour, was equipped with a prototype auxiliary air-conditioning system that can provide climate control even when the truck's engine [...]