Volvo is starting to roll out a new ‘Flat’ logo as it updates its ‘Iron’ symbol to make it more compatible with the digital age. It’s easy to extract the Michael out of large corporations when they spend a gazillion pounds on a new logo, with everyone and his dog claiming they could have done […]
Volvo decides to DUMP leather from its electric cars – starting with the C40 Recharge
Volvo is getting rid of leather in its electric cars – replacing it with sustainable materials – starting with the electric Volvo C40 Recharge. The ultimate luxury in a car has always been the best of leather – even if it can be a bit of a nuisance in hot weather – but as the […]
Electric Polestar 3 SUV will have MORE power than the next-gen electric Volvo XC90
The electric Polestar 3 SUV – due in 2022 – will have more power than the next-generation Volvo XC90 and just two rows of seats. We know Polestar – now independent from Volvo – is planning to reveal the Polestar 3 electric SUV in 2022 because they’ve already started teasing it. We also know it […]
Polestar Precept (Polestar 4) top priority for Polestar’s expanding UK R&D
Volvo’s Polestar brand is expanding its UK R&D with the top priority being the development of the Polestar Precept into the Polestar 4. Polestar arrived as a spin-off brand from Volvo with the limited-run hybrid Polestar 1 a halo offering, followed by the Polestar 2, an EV aimed directly at Tesla’s Model 3. In the […]
Volvo’s 90 and 60 series Recharge PHEVs get more power and MUCH greater range
Volvo upgrades the plug-in hybrid Recharge powertrain with a bigger battery and more powerful motors for the 60 and 90 series models. EV evangelists will tell you a plug-in hybrid is complete nonsense, and the only way to go is full BEV. But, for most car buyers, that’s just not right. The idea of an […]
Volvo’s ‘Care by Volvo’ car subscription has a GOOD first year in the UK
Care by Volvo, Volvo’s new car subscription plan, has had a good first year in the UK, accounting for 15% of Volvo’s UK new car retail business. It’s exactly a year ago today that Volvo launched ‘Care by Volvo’ UK-wide as a new ‘sales’ channel for new cars – and it’s done quite well. Of […]
Volvo to NAME their new cars – but will it be the IKEA route or Norse Gods?
Volvo boss Hakan Samuelsson says that Volvo’s new generation of EVs will get “a name, like a child”, but what names will Volvo choose. Carmakers tend to use number and letter monikers for their cars because it’s much easier to sell them around the world without linguistic clashes. Like Mitsubishi discovering their Pajero means ‘Wanker’ […]
New Electric Volvo XC40 Recharge with single electric motor at lower prices
Volvo is extending the electric XC40 Recharge range once more, with a single motor version on the way at lower prices. The electric Volvo XC40 Recharge is an appealing EV, but it’s not exactly cheap, with prices starting at £50k even after lower-spec XC40 Recharge models were added recently – but there is going to […]
Experimental Polestar 2: Volvo’s Polestar takes tweaked ‘2’ to Goodwood Hillclimb
The Experimental Polestar 2, a Polestar 2 fettled for the Goodwood Hillclimb, heads for the Festival of Speed with more power and improved handling. Polestar may be a ‘Volvo’ car business, but it’s a step aside from the corporate constraints of Volvo, and that leaves it with the freedom to play. That freedom to play […]
Volvo Concept Recharge – a first look at the new electric Volvo XC90?
The Volvo Concept Recharge is delivered as a first look at Volvo’s EV-specific design and appears to preview the new electric Volvo XC90. The Volvo XC90 has been a mainstay of Volvo’s range for two decades, and although the current XC90 is very different to the original XC90, it is clearly an evolution of all […]
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