Volvo’s newest cars now have Google Android-powered infotainment, so Volvo is adding Google Assitant and YouTube streaming to its offerings. Car makers are busy turning their cars in to mobile infotainment centres, spending gazillions to develop their own custom software and systems. But Volvo has taken a more pragmatic view than most, declaring that they […]
Electric Polestar 2 gets Vivaldi browser so you can shop and browse on the go
Polestar rolls out the Vivaldi web browser on the Polestar 2, allowing owners to access a full-scale web browser on the go. Cars are rapidly changing into mobile computers, with buyers seemingly more interested in what technology is available than the ‘drive’. And, it seems, despite having a mobile phone in their pockets – or […]
Polestar 2 gets 66bhp OTA Performance BOOST – but at a cost
Polestar has released an over-the-air performance upgrade for the Polestar 2 offering an additional 66bhp for 0-62mph in 4.4 seconds. As we move into a new world of electric cars more like electronic mobile boxes than cars as we’ve known them for a century or more, we’re going to get used to them being regularly […]
THIS is the electric Polestar 3 – Polestar’s take on the upcoming Volvo XC90 (Volvo Embla)
Polestar is back to tease the Polestar 3, a Polestar SUV with next-gen Volvo XC90 underpinnings, ahead of a debut expected next year (2022). Just this week we reported that it’s starting to look like the replacement for the Volvo XC90 is going to be the Volvo Embla, offering a more ‘Estate’ take on an […]
Is the new Volvo XC90 going to be the Volvo Embla?
The next-generation Volvo XC90 is due to be revealed next year, and it looks like it could be Volvo Embla following trademark applications. It’s been half a century since a Volvo had a name – the Volvo Amazon – because it’s really much easier to market a car across the globe using letters and numbers, […]
Polestar 5 CONFIRMED as the production version of the Polestar Precept
The Polestar Precept Concept will be the Polestar 5 when it arrives as a production model in 2024 to rival EV saloons like the Tesla Model S. It’s getting on for two years since the Polestar Precept Concept arrived as another instalment in Polestar’s EV ambitions, a four-door saloon aiming at the same bit of […]
Volvo’s IPO now values the Swedish car maker at LESS than its Polestar offspring
Volvo has cut the size of its stock market listing to the bottom of the price range, valuing Volvo at less than the SPAC for Polestar. No one can doubt how well Volvo has done since Geely grabbed the ailing Swedish car maker from Ford, with a great range of cars and rising sales, even […]
Volvo EV Range Assistant will ‘Optimise’ range of electric XC40 and C40 Recharge
Volvo is rolling out a new Range Assistant App via OTA for its electric XC40 Recharge to help optimise the electric range. Just as the economy on an ICE car is impacted by temperature, use of accessories and driving style, so is the range of an electric car, although all can have a much bigger […]
Production of Volvo’s electric C40 Recharge – a ‘Lifestyle’ XC40 Recharge – begins
Production of the new Volvo C40 Recharge, the ‘coupe’ take on the XC40 Recharge, starts in Belgium ahead of UK deliveries starting in January. Volvo are in the process of moving their entire production over to electric powertrains – and planning an IPO on the back of, and to pay for, that transition – but […]
Volvo’s Polestar going public via SPAC – three new Polestar models by 2024
Volvo’s Polestar is going public via SPAC – with a valuation of around £14.5bn – as it plans three new electric models in the next three years. It’s only four years since Polestar was hived off from Volvo to create an independent company to deliver performance electric cars, despite which it’s going public before its […]
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