Volvo

Volvo is staging a repeat of its 2020 Super Bowl competition to win a whole fleet of cars, this year worth $2m, and it’s all in the name of safety.

A Volvo designer Instagram account has revealed the existence of a Vision Gran Turismo car which has never seen the light of day. The account, “wedesignvolvo“, is about as close to official as you can get, run by Volvo designers. While they are unable to head into work at the moment, the team is sharing its old work on social media.

Nobody loves safety quite like Volvo does. It’s a brand that’s been defined by safety ever since it invented the three-point seat belt and then gave away the patent to everyone.

Hot on the heels of announcing a worldwide hard speed limiter earlier in the month, Volvo Cars has revealed the next stage of its safety mission.

If you’re fond of a little bit of speed every now and then, you might be having second thoughts about a new Volvo right now.

Electric semi-trucks are not a new concept. Tesla, Nikola, and Thor all have concepts they’re working on. However, Volvo Trucks is taking things a step further with its latest concept called Vera.

Volvo took the wraps off its latest S60 today along with christening its new plant near Charleston, South Carolina.

Volvo showed off its newest SUV — the XC40 — at the LA Auto Show 2017 to much praise from the automotive world. However, it also debuted its newest ownership scheme: a subscription method known as Care by Volvo.

Winter is coming, F1 is coming to a close and we’ve got a motor show around the corner. Anywhere else, this would be a good week to kick back and relax, but not in the motor industry.

We first told you about the Polestar spinoff from Volvo back in June. Back then we knew the company planned to bring out several electrified models including a sports car. We just didn’t expect it to get going so quickly, or for the car to be a rocket ship.

The UK government is expected to announce a proposal today to ban the sale of all cars powered by gasoline and diesel after the year 2040.

Volvo has announced plans to phase electric powertrains into all of its future models.

Volvo Cars will split off its performance arm Polestar into a standalone brand, specializing in electric power.

Turn 10’s Forza Motorsport 6 has picked up another series, in addition to the entire Formula E grid that was announced at the beginning of summer: the ever-popular V8 Supercar series from Australia. Today, straight from the official series website, the ten cars that will be present in the game come launch day were detailed, with cars from each of the five current manufacturers. With Mount Panorama returning from Forza 5, players will be able to live out the series in ways that haven’t been possible before on a console racer.

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Last week, Turn 10 began its weekly Garage reveal, announcing the entire Formula E grid as well as 30 other cars, bringing the total of announced vehicles for the upcoming game to 174. This week, the slow tease is continued.