Urban Mobility
INRIX will provide real-time and predictive traffic for routes, travel times, and alerts to accidents and incidents PRNewswire/ — INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, announced that INRIX Traffic will be integrated globally into the V40, V40 Cross Country, S60, V60 and XC60. INRIX real-time traffic is already available worldwide across the 90-series vehicle lineup.
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Lynk & Co: Challenging Auto Industry Conventions GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — LYNK & CO is a new brand with the ambition to challenge the conventions of the automobile industry, addressing the needs and preferences of the new global and connected generation A Geely Auto Group brand, designed and engineered in Sweden Every model will feature electrified powertrains
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Volvo (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) has received an order for four Volvo 7900 Electric buses from public transport operator Sales-Lentz in Luxembourg. The buses will operate in the city of Differdange. Sales-Lentz is a forerunner in the introduction of alternative drive technologies. It was the first company to buy Volvo Hybrids in Europe as early as in 2009. Today, they have 24
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Sweden’s Volvo Car Corp. and Autoliv Inc. are joining forces in the increasingly frenetic race to develop autonomous-driving technology, creating a new venture to develop software for sale to the industry at large. Volvo, the China-owned luxury car maker, and Autoliv, a supplier of air bags and safety belts, said on Tuesday that the new company would start operations early
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The Volkswagen Incident is making the huge popularity of German cars among Korean consumers ebbing away as market share of German vehicles decline in Korea. According to the Korea Automotive Importers & Dealers Association on August 16, German cars’ market share hit 57.6% in July, the lowest this year. By contrast, that of Japanese cars stood at 15.5%, up 3.2% from a
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Volvofinans Bank acquisition by Volvo Car Corp and AB Volverkinvest Swedish authorized retailers plays vital role provide financial services to customers in car ownership Volvo Car Corporation (“Volvo Cars”) and the sixth AP Fund signed an agreement on December 28th 2015 to acquire the Fund’s 40% stake in Volvofinans Bank AB (“Volvofinans”), the leading bank in Sweden in car financing. With
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Robust crossover demand is prompting Geely Automobile Holdings to raise its sales target for China this year to 660,000 vehicles, a 29 percent increase over its sales in 2015. Geely previously aimed to sell 600,000 vehicles in China this year. The company upgraded its forecast after two new crossovers, the Boyue and the Emgrand GS, enjoyed a strong launch. In
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Strong sales by Volvo and Jaguar are giving the luxury market in the U.S. a new look and challenging for the first time in a decade the dominance of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus. Mercedes-Benz is the top luxury brand in the U.S. and it increased its sales by 7% during July as the industry seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales
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Tesla made it into the history books last month, and for all the wrong reasons. It earned the dubious distinction of being the first automaker to record a fatality in a semi-autonomous car. A Tesla owner was killed when the car’s Autopilot system could not detect that a semi-truck was blocking the road and ran the car right into it.
Read moreToyota, Mitsubishi and Volvo had the largest improvements among brands with more than one nameplate in J.D. Power’s latest study of new-vehicle appeal, while Porsche paced the industry for the 12th consecutive year. Luxury brands again ruled the upper tier of J.D. Power’s 2016 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout Study. BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Lexus and Lincoln followed
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