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The Sweden House is a smart, clean-looking building in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown district that serves as that country's embassy in the United States. On a hot June morning last week, the House opened its doors to Volvo, Sweden's biggest automaker, for a morning seminar titled Innovation ...

In January, we wrote about the Lindell family as they embarked on their 'One Tonne Life' challenge outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Now, a little over three months into the project, the family has reduced its carbon emissions by a whopping 64 percent, dropping from 7.29 tons of CO2 emissions per ...

At this year's Detroit Auto Show, the Volvo C30 Electric hit the stage sporting battle scars from a standard offset collision crash test. The damaged C30, though not the most eye-catching car on display, did prove ...

From a safety engineering perspective, there are major differences between an electric car and a traditional car. That's what Volvo's senior manager for safety strategy & requirements, Jan Ivarsson, ...

At last year's Detroit Auto Show, Volvo brought along a road-ready C30 Electric. In the intervening months, we've driven the great little car, but we're glad we were not behind the wheel when one crashed at 40 miles ...

The first thing we noticed about the Volvo C30 Electric – the automaker's most serious contender in the electric car space that will enter production in 2011 – is that it's a great platform to turn into an electric ...

Volvo unleashed some big news at the Paris Motor Show. In case you missed it, that's when the automaker confirmed that the C30 battery electric vehicle (BEV) concept was ready to get its production groove on. Shortly ...

Says they aren't always ready to compete in the automotive industry

Volvo's big news at the Paris Motor Show was the confirmation that the C30 battery electric vehicle (BEV) concept would be put into production. We saw the ...

During a live press conference at the Paris Motor Show, Volvo's newly appointed chief executive officer, Stefan Jacoby, stated that the company's future lies in electric cars. Jacoby proudly proclaimed, "we will set the standard in the ...

Watching a vehicle undergo a crash test is a real eye-opener. Not only do these destructive demonstrations show us how well vehicles can handle collisions (or not), but they also remind us that driving can be ...