Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson opposes the rising push to discourage air travel to combat climate change. "I think you're on a very dangerous path when you say, ‘No, you should not fly.’ " he said.

Young customers could rebel against high-riding SUVs in favor of sleek sedans to avoid being like their parents, automakers say.

Young consumers, in an act of rebellion, are poised to abandon high-riding crossovers and SUVs in favor of sleek sedans to avoid being like their parents, some industry design experts believe. Nissan global design boss Alfonso Albaisa goes so far as to call the sedan "the middle finger of the future.”

Nissan's IMk concept at last week's Tokyo show signals that a big wave of technology is coming to the next generation of Japanese micro kei cars.

Volvo aims to be climate neutral by 2040 and to get there it will slash its life cycle carbon footprint by 40 percent to 31.8 tons of CO2 per car by 2025 from 53 tons in 2018.

Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson explains to Automotive News Europe how merging the automaker's engine operations with Geely's will reduce costs and protect jobs.

The new business will develop next-generation hybrid powertrains and internal combustion engines for Volvo, Lotus, Lynk & CO and Geely Auto as well as third parties.

The full-electric Volvo XC40 gains a 1.06-cubic foot storage compartment under the hood. The so-called frunk was created because the battery-powered variant of the compact utility vehicle no longer has an engine.

Volvo said the full-electric XC40 "will be one of the safest cars we have ever built."

The Volvo brand's chassis and development specialists are fine-tuning Polestar 1 before the plug-in hybrid reaches its first customer this year.

Solutions to make autonomous vehicles a reality will come from places like Switzerland and China as much as Germany and Silicon Valley.

Interiors giant Yanfeng has equipped its latest concept with a device that disinfects surfaces using ultraviolet light.

To turn the car into the so-called Third Living Space, megasupplier Yanfeng will combine the r&d activities of five divisions into a new unit called Yanfeng Technology.
 

The collaboration will focus on helping autonomous vehicles make predictions and decisions faster to improve safety and minimize energy consumption.