All Volvo Cars articles – Page 4
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ArticleVolvo extends electrification strategy
Sweden – The OEM has announced that plug-in hybrids will be introduced across its entire range, in the expectation that electric vehicles will make up 10% of total car sales in the medium term. Volvo will also develop an entirely new range of electrified smaller cars, plus a fully electric ...
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ArticleVolvo breaks ground in South Carolina
USA – The Swedish OEM has begun construction of its new car manufacturing facility in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The company is investing $500m in the new facility which will produce the next-generation Volvo S60 sedan, based on the new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) and will have an initial capacity ...
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ArticleInterview: Håkan Ivarsson, Volvo
The new XC90 is the Swedish vehicle-maker's most important model yet, introducing the latest SPA architecture. The technical director for this big SUV tells the story behind its developmentAMS: As technical director, are you head of engineering for just the V526 [the new XC90] or all other future big Volvos?Håkan ...
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ArticleVolvo goes global
Now in the hands of Geely, the Swedish OEM is expanding its manufacturing footprint in China and the USVolvo, one of the most iconic and best-known Swedish brands, is also the last Swedish car company, following the demise of Saab. Now owned by Chinese OEM Geely, Volvo is a small ...
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ArticleGKN’s expertise used for Volvo XC90
UK – The company worked with Volvo Cars in the development of the front-wheel drive (FWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) drivelines for the new model, which will hit British roads this month. The collaboration aimed to find technical solutions to maximise efficiency, rear interior space, durability and performance.“The system created ...
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ArticleVolvo formalises SC plant development
US – The signing of the agreement with local officials in Charleston, South Carolina (SC) opens the way for ground-breaking to take place this autumn. The first units are due to roll off the line in late 2018.“Today we formalise an important milestone in Volvo Cars’ global transformation in the ...
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ArticleVolvo picks South Carolina for new plant
US – The factory in Berkeley County will cost $500m and have a capacity of 100,000 units per year. It will make latest-generation Volvo models for the US and export markets, with the first vehicles set to roll off the line in 2018.Construction of the plant will begin in early ...
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ArticleVolvo restructures senior management
Sweden – The OEM has created three new business regions, each led by a senior vice-president (SVP) and member of the executive management team. Each of the three SVPs will have total operational responsibility for his region. Volvo Cars has also established an SVP role for its chief information officer.Encompassing ...
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ArticleVolvo Torslanda shifts up a gear
Sweden – The plant in Gothenburg will add a third shift and 1,300 personnel in the first quarter of 2015 to coincide with the production launch of Volvo’s new XC90 SUV. The move follows the opening of a new bodyshop in April this year which has raised the annual production ...
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ArticleVolvo Gent to cut CO2 emissions by 40%
Belgium – Volvo Car Group and Stora Enso, the global paper products group, have joined forces to reduce carbon emissions at Volvo's plant at Gent by over 40%. Stora Enso will install an underground hot water pipeline, from its biomass fuelled paper mill, to transport compressed water at a temperature ...
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ArticleVolvo builds first vehicle on SPA
Sweden – The Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) has been developed by the OEM in-house over the past four years as a mainstay of its $11 billion transformation plan. Following its debut with the XC90, the modular chassis technology will be rolled out across the Volvo product range.According to the OEM, ...
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ArticleVolvo ends domestic XC90 production
Sweden – After 12 years and more than 636,000 units, the OEM today stopped manufacturing a model which it claims “revolutionised the global SUV sector”. The last vehicle made at Torslanda will join the Volvo Museum collection in Gothenburg.The XC90 was launched with a range of five and six-cylinder engines, ...
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ArticleVolvo’s first Polestars are born at Torslanda
Sweden – The OEM plans to produce a total of 750 of the S60 and V60 models not only for the domestic market but for Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, Canada and Japan.The Polestar marks Volvo’s first introduction of an independent partner to the Torslanda production operation. “It ...
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Volvo Trucks unveils automated transmission, dual clutch
Sweden – Claiming an industry first, the OEM says its product uses power-shift gear changes to enable torque to be maintained without any disruption in power delivery or loss of speed. I-Shift Dual Clutch can therefore deliver more comfortable and efficient progress on the road.I-Shift Dual Clutch is based on ...
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ArticleVolvo opens new bodyshop at Torslanda
Sweden – The manufacturing facility, inaugurated on the OEM’s 50th anniversary at the location, covers 24,000 sq. ft and will boost its annual capacity from 200,000 to 300,000 units. The move will bring Volvo closer to achieving its long-term goal of selling 800,000 cars per year.The bodyshop will be used ...
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Tech Mahindra to provide Volvo’s IT
Sweden – The provider of connected solutions will supply end-to-end IT infrastructure support and services for the carmaker not only in its domestic market but in China and Belgium, covering factories, R&D facilities, offices, dealerships and a global data centre. This will include 4,000 factory devices, 2,800 servers and 30,000 ...
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ArticleVolvo lays out its plans for 2014
Sweden – In line with its €11 billion four-year transformation plan, the OEM has said it will introduce new technologies and a series of “industry-leading” innovations, plus the XC90. The XC90 will be the first model built on the company’s new SPA vehicle architecture as well as the first to ...
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ArticlePermanova celebrates Volvo award
Sweden – The Volvo Cars Quality Excellence (VQE) award was presented to Ulf Sandström, managing director of Permanova Lasersystem, at a ceremony in Gothenburg in mid-December. Sandström welcomed the award as “proof that our work is being appreciated by our customers”.www.permanova.com
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ArticlePermanova delivers laser station to Volvo in Chengdu
China – The laser station for the welding and cutting of car bodies is operated in full automatic mode and includes seam-tracking technology in the welding tool. A small robot-carried xy stage with a cutting tool is used for laser cutting of shocktowers, plus reference plates in the side and ...
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ArticleVolvo receives approval for manufacturing in China
China – Government authorities have approved Volvo Cars’ bid to establish manufacturing plants in Daqing and Zhangjiakou meaning that Volvo Cars’ full Chinese industrial footprint (including Chengdu) has now been approved.The assembly plant in Daqing is under construction and the first pre-series cars will be built in late 2013 for ...