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Volvo, taking aim at Lexus, BMW and Audi, packs XC40 with firsts
Sept. 21Volvo breaks new ground with the XC40, its first model in the fast-growing premium compact crossover segment that will challenge the Lexus NX, BMW X3 and Audi Q3. It's Volvo's first model with inductive charging for mobile phones and the first to offer a car-sharing option.
First Shift: Volvo enters hot segment with XC40
Sept. 21Volvo enters hot segment with XC40; Report: Daimler to make EV in Ala.; Strike at Equinox plant may idle 2nd GM factory, union says; FCA recalls Pacifica; Dodge, Ram future product.
Volvo plans U.S. plant expansion, doubling original investment, reports say
Sept. 19Volvo is doubling investment in its first plant in the United States, which is under construction, to add a second production line at a total cost of $1 billion.
AutoNews Now: Volvo said to double S.C. plant investment
Sept. 19Volvo reportedly doubling S.C. plant investment; Ford plans downtime at five N.A. factories; Ram's heavy-duty recall; 80 mpg by 2050?; Making it safer for humans to work with robots.
For Volvo stories, different is good
Sept. 18Ad agency Grey Group is taking advantage of Volvo's brand transformation to introduce ad campaigns built around unconventional storytelling. Matt O'Rourke, who leads the Volvo account at ad agency Grey Group, explains this new direction.
Polestar EVs were always the plan
Sept. 11From the time it bought Polestar in 2015, Volvo planned for it to be an EV specialist.
Volvo Cars to buy Luxe assets to boost digital services
Sept. 8Geely-owned Volvo said it would buy some assets of Luxe, a U.S. based premium valet and concierge service, to boost the development of its digital services.
'Retail man' Gustafsson takes over Volvo U.S.
Sept. 4Anders Gustafsson, the man who will take over as CEO of Volvo Cars of North America this month, traces his history with the brand to age 14.
Volvo names 'retail man' Gustafsson to succeed Kerssemakers in U.S.
Aug. 29Lex Kerssemakers, who steered Volvo's rebirth in the U.S. over the past 32 months, is moving on to lead the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He will be replaced by that region's current head, Anders Gustafsson.
Volvo plans to change thinking about EVs
Aug. 28After overcoming doubts that engine size dramatically affected vehicle power, the automaker sees its next challenge as showing consumers that batteries don't drastically change their driving experience.
Volvo, take the wheel
Aug. 28News Editor Sharon Silke Carty was amazed at her driving skill while at the wheel of a 2018 Volvo XC60. But who was really in control?
Geely says it has no plan to buy FCA
Aug. 16Chinese carmaker Geely Automobile Holdings denied that it planned to make a takeover bid for Fiat Chrysler, following an Automotive News report this week that it was a potential suitor for the Italian company.
