Unspeakably Elegant Volvo V90 Debuts

Ever since the latest Volvo design language was shown off in concept form, we've learned that the best things come in threes. First, it was the Coupe, Estate, and XC Coupe. Now, it's taken the form of the XC90 SUV, the S90 sedan, and at long last, the V90 wagon, which was unveiled in Sweden just today.

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XC90 T8 Twin Engine Earns Luxury Green Car of the Year Honors

Today, Green Car Journal announced that Volvo's world-first seven passenger plug-in hybrid SUV, the XC90 T8 Twin Engine, was the winner of its 2016 "Luxury Green Car of the Year" award.

"The new Volvo XC90 T8 is a milestone luxury SUV offering the important features most desired by buyers who want it all,” said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and CarsOfChange.com. "Its attractive new styling...

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Volvo Partnering with Ericsson to Develop Streaming for Self-Driving Cars

This morning, we came across some news from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), that has us pretty excited about the future of Volvo and autonomous vehicles.

In an effort to ensure that passengers can experience interruption-free media in their self-driving Volvo vehicles, the automaker is partnering with Ericsson to develop intelligent, high-bandwidth streaming capabilities...

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XC90 Among only Three NACTOY Finalists

Ever since its debut, the XC90 has been turning heads of customers and critics alike, with sales exceeding projections by more than 50 percent. This morning we were happy to read that the luxurious SUV was one of only three finalists to make the cut for the North American Truck/Utility of the Year (NACTOY) award.

The NACTOY award is unique, because instead of coming from a single media outlet, it is awarded by an group of 53 independent journalists from the United States and Canada. The award is designed to recognize the best new truck/SUV of the year…

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Elegant 2017 S90 Sedan is Volvo, Evolved

When a brand seeks to evolve its image, it's best to take "evolution" with the strictest sense of the word. That's just what Volvo has done with its recent product rehash--foretelling the design language with concepts before updating the top models in its range. First, it was the XC90, and now it’s the all-new S90.

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Motor Trend Deems Volvo XC90 "SUV of the Year"

"The first thing many of us noticed about the new XC90 is how it reminds us of the Volvos of our collective 1970s and 1980s youths: a perfect box, far more concerned with utility than sexiness, yet so exquisitely crafted that it screams expensive."

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Volvo Cares... About Kangaroos

Volvo is developing technology that can help Australian drivers avoid kangaroos. "Detection and avoidance technology already exists for other animals such as deer, moose and cows. But kangaroos pose a unique problem," reads the NBC News article about the matter.

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Volvo Cares... About Kangaroos

Volvo is developing technology that can help Australian drivers avoid kangaroos. "Detection and avoidance technology already exists for other animals such as deer, moose and cows. But kangaroos pose a unique problem," reads the NBC News article about the matter."

"Kangaroos are smaller than these animals and their behaviour is more erratic," Martin Magnusson, senior safety engineer at Volvo Cars, is quoted as saying. "This is why it's important that we test and

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Volvo Will Take Full Repsonsibility for Vehicles in Self-Driving Mode

In our last post here at Smothers European Volvo, we told you about the Drive Me project; a research initiative from Volvo, and Autoliv, that will put 100 families in self-driving cars on the streets of Gothenburg by 2017.

In an effort to alleviate hesitation of law makers and insurance companies, in regards to self-driving vehicles, Volvo CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, made a courageous statement...

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