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Volvo launches Volvo Valet pick-up service and app
Volvo Cars today launches its new Volvo Valet maintenance pick-up and delivery service across selected European markets, including the UK, following its introduction in the United States. Reflecting the realities of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the premium Volvo Valet service offers customers a safe and contact-free option to have their car serviced or repaired, from…
Volvo and China Unicom partner on 5G for V2X
Volvo Cars and leading telecom provider China Unicom are joining forces to use 5G mobile network technology for communication between cars and infrastructure in China. The two companies have agreed to work together in researching, developing and testing automotive applications of 5G and emerging vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology. As the fifth generation of mobile network technology,…
Volvo to introduce in-car monitoring system targeting drunk and distracted drivers
Volvo Cars has announced it is planning to introduce in-car cameras and other sensors to both monitor and take action if it deems a driver is too intoxicated or distracted to drive. Apart from speeding, which the company aims to help combat with a top speed limit, intoxication and distraction are two other primary…
Volvo embeds Google Assistant, Google Play Store and Google Maps in next gen infotainment system
Scandinavian car company Volvo Cars is working with Google to embed the voice-controlled Google Assistant, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services into its next-generation Sensus infotainment system, based on Google’s Android operating system. It's hoped that Volvo Cars’ intended partnership with Google will further enhance the way Volvo customers engage with and…
Is this the sexiest electric car so far? Jaguar Land Rover unveils E-type Zero and pledges to go all electric by 2020
Forget the Nissan Leaf or even the Tesla Model 3. Jaguar Land Rover is launching an electric version of its classic 1960s E-type and we want one. Now. The electric Jaguar E-type called the E-type Zero Roadster is based on a 1968 Series 1.5 Roadster and features a cutting-edge electric powertrain for 0-60mph in just…
Swedish family chosen for Volvo’s real time, autonomous driving project
Most car manufacturers prefer to test out their self driving car technology behind closed doors, on a test track without any other cars on the road to get in the way. Not Volvo. It's taken a slightly different, perhaps more daring, approach. Unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show was a family of four who are…
Volvo and Microsoft announce voice activated control for your car
Using the Microsoft band, Volvo drivers can now speak to their car! It's over 30 years since our TV screens first showed David Hasselhoff talking to his car KITT in the popular TV show Knight Rider. Now you too could talk to your car (if you really want to) thanks to…