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Volvo’s first-ever all-electric truck mutes deliveries and trash collection

Volvo Trucks is seeking to make noisy trash collection and urban deliveries more quiet and environmentally friendly with its new, first-ever, all-electric truck. It's called the FL Electric and represents the company's latest all-electric offering for large scale, heavy-duty commercial applications.
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Affordable classics: 5 accessible classic cars that won’t break the bank

It’s still possible to find a brilliant classic cars for under $10k.
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Volvo’s electrified Polestar-badged sports appear certain to zap your senses

Volvo's Polestar-badged electrified hot rods will compete against similarly powerful offerings built by Mercedes-AMG and BMW M.
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Can the company that transformed Volvo finally make the flying car a reality?

Geely -- the company that owns Volvo -- could dig into its deep pockets to help Terrafugia build a flying car.
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Volvo plans to go all-electric, sets a goal to make 1 million electric cars by 2025

Volvo put dates and numbers to its electric car program. The Swedish car company plans two hybrid versions of each model and an all-electric car by 2019.
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Buy, lease, or … subscribe? Volvo takes a cue from Netflix with Care

Shopping for a car requires choosing whether to buy or lease. Volvo just added a third option called a subscription model. Here is how Care By Volvo works.
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With Care by Volvo, owning a car is as simple as owning a phone

Care by Volvo is a subscription service that bundles vehicle cost, insurance payments, and a suite of concierge services into one payment.
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Can’t see the upcoming total solar eclipse? Volvo has you covered

Volvo will use a fleet of its XC60 SUVs to record and broadcast August's total solar eclipse to the world.
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Volvo’s new self-driving truck follows trash collectors like a dog

Volvo announced last week that it has begun trials in Sweden with a self-driving garbage truck that follows garbage collectors around.
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Volvo’s next-gen XC60 will turn heads with its Swedish style at Geneva show

The next Volvo XC60 rides on the same SPA platform as the XC90, but features a look of its own and a much smaller footprint.
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New Volvo XC40 takes big-SUV style and stuffs it in a city-friendly package

Based on the modular CMA platform, the first-ever Volvo XC40 is a small SUV positioned directly below the XC60.
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We’re thankful someone dropped a V12 tank engine in a classic Volvo

With a 520-horsepower diesel V12 from a Swedish tank, this Volvo sits on a custom-made frame that's about 20 feet long.
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Uber returns to the self-driving game with plan to buy and convert 24,000 Volvos

Uber is renewing its commitment to self-driving technology with the purchase of 24,000 sport utilities from Volvo.
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Alexa-powered Sonos One speaker takes aim at hi-fi home hubs

Sonos One smart home hub is filled with hi-fi goodness, Amazon thinks Alexa-assisted video calls are the future, Volvo unveils a super hybrid.
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Volvo’s U.S. boss clears the air on electrification, self-driving cars, safety

Volvo’s Senior Vice President Lex Kerssemakers discusses plans for electrification, autonomous drive, and increased safety over the next 5 years.
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Ditch the glasses and hit CNN.com for a safe, 360-degree total solar eclipse stream

Are those glasses you bought for next week's total solar eclipse completely safe? If you have doubts, safely watch the show through CNN.
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Can cars create art? Volvo creates first gallery shot entirely on a car camera

A car camera may be more technical -- but does that mean they can't be artistic? Watch how this photographer shot a gallery with a Volvo.
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Volvo’s performance division gave this plug-in hybrid SUV a major upgrade

The Volvo XC60 T8 plug-in hybrid is now available with a Polestar tuning package that boosts output to 421 horsepower.
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Volvo: All of our new cars will be electric or hybrid by 2019

Also today: Samsung's digital assistant Bixby is delayed again, YouTubers pore over an iPhone 8 mockup.
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Charge on! Every new Volvo will have an electric motor starting in 2019

Starting in 2019, every new car Volvo introduces will be either a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, or a full electric car.
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Volvo and Nvidia team up to make self-driving cars smarter

Volvo is partnering with Nvidia to develop self-driving cars. Nvidia will provide a computing platform for Volvo autonomous vehicles.
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Volvo’s driverless-car engineers face a kangaroo conundrum

A self-driving car must make sense of everything in its path. But kangaroos are proving tricky for Volvo engineers.
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Volvo's S60 Polestar left its mark on Nurburgring history in complete silence

Opting for humility over pride, Volvo decided not to tell anyone about its Nurburgring lap record for over a year.
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Integration with Volvo, Audi cars is natural evolution of Android Auto

Google's in-car offerings are apparently not limited to Android Auto -- Volvo, Audi, and Google announced that they're building a new system.
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Volvo’s R&D chief sees EVs ahead, but says gas engines aren’t dead

Volvo's downsizing policy is going as planned, it's rolling out plug-in hybrid models, and it's preparing to launch a fully electric car. We caught up with R&D vice president Henrik Green to learn more about the tech his team is working on.
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Volvo’s U.S. boss hopes drivers “will wake up and start appreciating station wagons again”

After re-inventing all of its 90-series models, Volvo is turning its attention to the mid-range 60-series cars. Lex Kerssemakers, the head of the company's North American arm, speaks candidly on the future of performance, downsizing, and coupes.
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Volvo and UberEats want to bring you dinner in the backseat of an XC90

Volvo and UberEats will shuttle you around Tokyo to bring all the best restaurants to the backseat of an XC90
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Volvo plans to debut a 2019 all-electric vehicle with a 250-mile range

Without detail on body style or platform, Volvo USA CEO promises an all-electric 2019 model for U.S. market with a 250-mile range.
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See which companies hit a home run or struck out at the Geneva Auto Show

From supercars with a Cessna-like price to warmed-over concepts, here are the cars that stood out at the Geneva Auto Show.
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Volvo Trucks previews a heavy-duty model that’s up to 30 percent more efficient

A diesel-electric hybrid drivetrain and relatively minor aerodynamic tweaks make this Volvo Trucks prototype much greener.
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2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country first drive

For 20 years, Volvo's Cross Country wagon have been an alternative to SUVs and crossovers. The brand-new V90 is ready to take the torch.
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Volvo's plan to sell a million electrified cars by 2025 doesn't include diesels

Volvo explains the main hybrid markets in the world are the U.S. and China, where there is no need to sell diesel-powered cars.
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You could soon run Skype meetings in your Volvo at the touch of a button

Volvo has announced its 90 Series models will use Microsoft's Skype for Business to improve in-car conferencing and productivity.
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Bowers & Wilkins helped Volvo create a symphony orchestra that fits in your dashboard

Digital Trends goes behind the scenes to find out how Volvo and Bowers & Wilkins teamed up to design one of the best in-car sound systems on the market. It even features a symphony mode that turns the cabin into a concert hall.