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Volvo is one of the proponents of autonomous vehicles. On 20 November 2017, Uber announced that it planned to buy up to 24,000 Volvo cars designed to accept autonomous technology between 2019 and 2021. This non-binding intent includes a plan for Uber Advanced Technologies Group to design and build the self-driving system in the XC90 SUV. [44]
Volvo Car Gent (VCG) YV1: 2: Ghent, Belgium: 1965–present: Second Volvo Car plant outside Sweden: Assembly (1965–1972) Manufacturing (1972–present) XC40, V60, C40, EX30 (2025-) [5] Worldwide Debut model: Volvo Amazon: Previously named Volvo Cars Europe Industry (1965–2007) Halifax Plant Volvo Halifax Assembly (VHA) 3: Halifax, Nova ...
Volvo Trademark Holding AB is equally owned by AB Volvo and Volvo Car Corporation. [88] The main activity of the company is to own, maintain, protect and preserve the Volvo trademarks, including Volvo, the Volvo branding symbols (grille slash and iron mark), Volvo Penta, on behalf of its owners and to license these rights to its owners. The day ...
The Guardian reports that it's decided that when the first 100 self-driving 4x4s hit London's streets in 2018, they'll look no different to any other Volvo of the same model so that other road ...
MG is at 5% of the UK market, while Volvo and Polestar (both part of another Chinese giant, Geely) make up 3% and 2% respectively. ... The U.K. has its own problems for incumbent European ...
Polestar's showroom in Oslo, Norway. In October 2017, Volvo Cars and Geely Holding announced that Polestar would become a standalone brand focusing on electric cars. [27] The brand introduced the Polestar 1 on 17 October 2017, a 2+2 coupé inspired by Volvo's Concept Coupé introduced in 2013, which includes influences from the Volvo P1800.
In Colombia, a Volvo BZL built with Marcopolo bodywork was unveiled at a tech expo in the capital Bogotá in June 2023 for use on the city's TransMilenio bus rapid transit (BRT) system, the first bus from a European manufacturer to be delivered to the country; this BZL began trial operations in Curitiba in Brazil, with further trials in the ...
The Volvo XC90's front end is designed to absorb frontal impacts and also deflect any pedestrians up on to the hood of the vehicle rather than underneath the vehicle. Volvo has patented the unique frontal structure that features crumple zones, and predetermined positions for the engine and other ancillaries during a frontal impact. [citation ...