Volvo Cars has dropped several new models from a height of 30m in a crash test first designed to help rescue services save lives. Volvo says the test helps to simulate forces that erupt in the most extreme crashes, beyond what can be simulated with traditional crash tests in controlled environments. Watch it here … … [Read more...] about Volvo crash tests – from the air …
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Volvo engine plant is the first to officially go ‘green’
Volvo has put its money where its mouth is – its engine factory (above) in Sweden is now officially carbon-neutral. The carmaker switched to renewable heating on January 1, 10 years after it turned to renewable sources for the plant’s electricity. All heating supplied to the facility is now generated from waste incineration, biomass and recycled bio-fuels. The … [Read more...] about Volvo engine plant is the first to officially go ‘green’
Volvo keeps quiet about record lap in S60 Polestar
Lap records at Germany’s Nurburgring circuit are usually shouted from the rooftops. But Volvo kept its time in the S60 Polestar sedan quiet for a year or so. “Being Swedish, we didn’t want to shout about the record,” the narrator in this video says. What happened was that Cyan Racing, the Volvo racing team, was at the Nurburgring last year for a round of the WTCC. After the … [Read more...] about Volvo keeps quiet about record lap in S60 Polestar
Volvo to drop diesel engines as emissions laws get tougher
Volvo Cars NZ general manager Coby Duggan was officially first made aware of the company’s proposed shift away from diesel engines at a recent conference of Asia-Pacific distributors. “When it was tabled, some markets voiced concern at the approach, whereas others were more relaxed,” Duggan said. “We are yet to see confirmation of timing, but what we do know is that a … [Read more...] about Volvo to drop diesel engines as emissions laws get tougher
Future CO2 limits will spell end of diesel engine, says Volvo boss
The cost of continuing to meet ever-tightening exhaust emission rules in Europe is likely to rule out diesel beyond 2020 as a mainstream fuel for passenger cars, says Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson. Using current technology to get CO2 emissions down to the legally required 95 grams per kilometer by 2020 can be done, he said, but future limits for combustion engines will need the … [Read more...] about Future CO2 limits will spell end of diesel engine, says Volvo boss