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  Volvo Adventure - young environmentalists to "invade" Göteborg

  On 5 June the Swedish west coast city Göteborg will be hosting about 75 young students along with 25 teachers from ten different countries. All of them invited as they are finalists in the worldwide environmental competition Volvo Adventure. Their environmental projects will all be presented on 8 June, when also media is invited.

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  2009-06-04

  • Environment
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  Volvo Cars aims to be market leader in plug-in hybrid technology

  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

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  2009-06-01

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  Volvo Car Corporation and Vattenfall start up a Joint Venture to put Plug-in hybrids on the market in 2012

  A Volvo that can be fuelled with electricity from a standard wall socket will be a reality in 2012. Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce Plug-in hybrids on the market. The ground-breaking technology will considerably lower the environmental impact from traffic. In addition, owning a Plug-in hybrid vehicle will be convenient since you can fuel up at home and fuel costs are significantly lower.

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  2009-06-01

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  Volvo Cars aims to be market leader in plug-in hybrid technology

  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.

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  2009-06-01

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  • Environment
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  Soon time for the finals in Volvo's environmental competition for youngsters

  Last year's winners of the Volvo Adventure, Green Sail from Russia, saved an entire park from being turned into a shopping centre in their home town of Nizhny Novgorod. On June 5-10, it is time for this year's finals in the global environmental competition. Will the consequences of the ten finalists' projects be equally dramatic?

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  2009-05-07

  • Environment
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  Focus on the future of Volvo Car Corporation in the 2008/09 Corporate Report

  In this year's Corporate Report a comprehensive description of Volvo Cars' operations is combined with sustainability reporting. The approach to sustainable business is illustrated using three focus areas - Safety, Environmental Care and Profitability - where each section includes key figures and results from the past year as well as describes the vision for the future.

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  2009-05-06

  • Safety
  • Environment
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  "Don't mix" best contender in campaign to prevent younger people from drunk driving

  It was the "Don't mix" campaign from the Beckman College of Design in Stockholm that won the Communication for Life competition. The jury felt that the campaign dealt in a playful way with a serious subject - how to prevent young people from driving under the influence of alcohol. The winning students received their 50,000 kronor award at the Volvo Showroom in Stockholm.  

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  2009-04-17

  • Safety
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  Volvo Cars launches three new child restraints for children of all ages

  Volvo Car Corporation now launches three new child restraints, covering the range of newborn infants to children aged up to about ten. The child restraints have been thoroughly tested and meet Volvo Cars' exceedingly high demands on safety. The three child restraints are comfortable, easy to use and of a smart dark design with the Volvo iron mark on the headrest.
  "With our new rearward facing child restraints, children can travel rearward facing far longer than before, something that may save many lives," says Jessika Andréasson, Product Manager at Volvo Cars.

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  2009-04-16

  • Safety
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  Volvo's City Safety named "Genius" innovation of the year by Allianz

  Volvo Car Corporation has received the prestigous award "Genius 2009" by the insurance company Allianz. The Allianz Centre for Technology has been testing cars for traffic safety purposes since 1971. And the "Genius"award was given to Volvo Cars for the development and implementation of the Volvo City Safety system.

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  2009-04-02

  • Safety
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  Volvo City Safety named All-Wheel Drive Innovation of the Year

  Volvo cars' low speed collision prevention system, City Safety, has been awarded "innovation of the Year" by the German based magazine "Auto Bild Allrad" - Volvo is hereby the first car manufacturer to win the award twice.

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  2009-03-27

  • Safety