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Volvo reports good operating profits for 2010 and Q1 2011 and we look forward to the future with a very positive outlook.
S60 Fleet launch has been held in Portugal at the end of June.
It has become trendy to drive Volvo cars economically. The company's many DRIVe models are being used in a variety of challenges and driver expectations are continuously being surpassed.
Volvo Cars has now undercut the magical 100 grams carbon dioxide limit for the first time ever.
V² Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Partnership is the name of the company that Volvo Cars and Vattenfall are jointly setting up for the development and series production of plug-in hybrids in 2012. Anders Björnberg, who currently works at Volvo Cars’ Hybrid Centre, has been appointed President of the new company.
Volvo Cars continues to focus heavily on advanced green technology and is now taking yet another major step forward in keeping with the company's over-riding vision - DRIVe Towards Zero. A unique joint project together with Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall is prompting the production of battery-powered Volvos featuring plug-in hybrid technology as early as 2012.
At the Geneva motor show, Volvo Cars is presenting no less than seven fuel-efficient DRIVe models. All with best-in-class CO2 emission levels. The extremely low figures for the C30, S40 and V50 have been achieved thanks to an advanced Start/Stop system. • Volvo C30, 3.9 l/100km, 104g CO2/km • Volvo S40, 3.9 l/100km, 104g, CO2/km • Volvo V50, 3.9 l/100km, 104g, CO2/km • Volvo V70, 4.9 l/100km, 129g, CO2/km • Volvo S80, 4.9 l/100km, 129g CO2/km • Volvo XC60, 6.0 l/100km, 159g CO2/km • Volvo XC70, 6.0 l/100km, 159g CO2/km
The Volvo S60 Concept gives the car world a glimpse of what the all-new Volvo S60 is going to look like when it arrives in 2010.
Saving a life can be so simple: grab, stretch, click! If you are wearing a safety belt, your chances of surviving a collision improve by 50 percent. The three-point belt is and will remain the car's most vital safety detail. However, even more lives could be saved if belt usage increased.
EuroNCAP has instituted a new assessment protocol for evaluating the degree of whiplash protection offered by passenger cars in rear-end collisions. The Volvo XC60 was one of the few models to receive the highest rating.