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Get smart: New Smart #1 and #3 SUVs to beat BMW iX1 and Volvo EX30 on price

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When Smart returns to Australia this September, the brand’s Smart #1 and Smart #3 vehicles will be priced below both the BMW iX1 and Volvo EX30 with which it has much in common. Smart retreated from Australian shores in 2015, but is back as an EV-only brand, now owned 50-50 by Mercedes-Benz and Geely.

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Volvo Cars, POC and Ericsson to demo connected car and bike helmet prototype at International CES 2015

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Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and Ericsson will present an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists at the International CES in Las Vegas next month. —Klas Bendrik, VP and Group CIO at Volvo Cars. Since spring 2013, all new Volvo cars are equipped with Auto brake for cyclists.

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First China-built Volvo S90 sedans arrive in Europe via rail link

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Volvo Cars has become the first automaker in the world to export China-made cars to Europe by train via China’s new “One Belt, One Road” trade initiative. The first S90 premium sedans, built at Volvo’s Daqing plant in China, will arrive at a distribution centre in Zeebrugge, Belgium this week.

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Volvo Ending Sedan/Wagon Sales in UK, Could North America Be Next?

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Volvo Cars is suspending sedan sales in the United Kingdom and it looks like North America could be next if we consider the brand’s rationale. But Volvo expressed its intention to further consolidate its lineup as a way to boost profitability and appears to be taking steps toward that goal. is now absent the S60, V60, and V90.

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The Volvo Group studies potential for dynamic charging for city buses with test electric road

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The Volvo Group, in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Administration, will study the potential for building electrified roads on which city buses can be charged inductively at the same time as the bus is in operation (dynamic charging).

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Volvo Cars raises US$533M via issuance of preference shares to Swedish investors

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Volvo Cars has raised SEK5 billion (US$533 million) from the sale of newly-issued preference shares to a group of Swedish institutional investors. The issuance has been conducted to further diversify Volvo Cars’ long-term funding sources. billion (US$821 billion) compared to a full year operating profit for the whole of 2015 of SEK6.6

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Volvo Car outlines plans for strategic expansion in China, its 2nd home market; RD support for hybrids and EVs

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Volvo Car Corporation, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, outlined its plans for strategic expansion in China, which President and CEO Stefan Jacoby called the company’s second home market. Also as part of the plan, Shanghai will serve as Volvo Car China headquarters and center for product development, design and sourcing.

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