BorgWarner has announced that the company’s turbocharging technology is being used by Volvo to power its new range of four-cylinder gasoline engines. BorgWarner highlighted that its turbochargers feature integrated sheet-metal ...
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3D printing and additive manufacturing solution maker Stratasys has announced that Volvo Trucks is using its additive manufacturing technology at Volvo’s facility in Lyon, France. According to Stratasys, the technology has helped ...
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Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
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Volvo Cars has announced at the 2015 Mobile World Congress that it is exploring to use connected car technologies using in-car data and the Volvo Cloud. The Swedish automaker has developed Road Status technology, which is being piloted ...
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Toy sales in the sector’s five largest European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) grew by 4% in 2014, according to market research company the NPD Group. Toy Industries of Europe’s (TIE) Director General, ...
Volvo Cars introduced a system designed to integrate self-driving cars into real traffic, with ordinary people behind the wheels. Volvo's new production-viable autonomous driving system uses cloud-based positioning systems, intelligent ...
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Geely is leading Chinese automakers in terms of innovative capacity, according to a report unveiled in late January by the intellectual property and science business of information provider Thomson Reuters. The report examined recent ...
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For the second consecutive year Volvo Trucks has received Europe’s prestigious Quality Innovation of the Year Award. Volvo Trucks received the award for its new transmission, I-Shift Dual Clutch, whose main benefit is that it makes ...
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Venezuela has hit an all time low in vehicle production, which fell to a 19,759 units representing a drop of 72.5%. Government's currency control has tied auto makers from importing essential components for the production of vehicles. ...
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Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced the launch of its new Automotive Insights Laboratory, as part of its new AutomotiveConnect offer. The new digital virtual ...
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Volvo unveiled Volvo S60 Inscription and the Volvo S60 Cross Country sedans at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. S60 Inscription will be manufactured at the Chengdu plant in China. Volvo has increased the rear space ...
Volvo has introduced S60 Cross Country, its first premium sedan, which is expected to be unveiled at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. S60 Cross Country will be offered in two engine variants, a T5 All-Wheel Drive gasoline powertrain capable ...
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Used to be that a car's bragging rights had everything to do with horsepower. Now, it's computing power, as automakers vie for consumer dollars with the latest in tech gadgetry. That pitched battle is in full view here at the 2015 ...
Thanks to chassis unique 3D drawings, the chassis and bodywork for several Volvo Trucks truck models can now be designed in parallel. This means that the bodybuilding process - and thus the customer lead time in some cases – can be ...
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The Volvo FH and Volvo FH16 are now available in a version with an extra-low roof, designed specifically for mining operations with high demands on productivity, and for applications with a crane operating above the cab roof. "Certain ...
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