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Volvo Cars, Zoox, SAIC and More Join Growing Range of Autonomous Vehicle Makers Using New NVIDIA DRIVE Solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GTC — Volvo, Zoox and SAIC are among the growing ranks of leading transportation companies using the newest NVIDIA DRIVE™ solutions to power their next-generation AI-based autonomous vehicles, NVIDIA announced today. NVIDIA’s design-win pipeline for NVIDIA DRIVE now totals more than $8 billion over the next six… Continue reading Volvo Cars, Zoox, SAIC and More Join Growing Range of Autonomous Vehicle Makers Using New NVIDIA DRIVE Solutions

Toyota president Akio Toyoda is 2021 World Car Person of the Year

Ninety-three distinguished international journalists on the World Car Awards jury panel have voted Akio Toyoda, President and CEO, Toyota Motor Corporation, as the 2021 World Car Person of the Year. Akio Toyoda is the charismatic President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation, where he has spent years successfully remaking his company. In 2020, under his… Continue reading Toyota president Akio Toyoda is 2021 World Car Person of the Year

Volvo Group and SSAB to collaborate on the world’s first vehicles of fossil-free steel

GÖTEBORG, Sweden, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Group and SSAB have signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of the world’s first vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel. Volvo plans already this year to start the production of concept vehicles and components from steel made by SSAB using hydrogen.… Continue reading Volvo Group and SSAB to collaborate on the world’s first vehicles of fossil-free steel

Polestar ‘will have to question everything’ in order to build the first climate-neutral EV

Polestar, the Swedish electric vehicle brand spun out of Volvo Car Group, set on Wednesday a “moonshot goal” of creating the first climate neutral car by 2030. But instead of getting there through more widely-practiced offsetting measures, such as planting trees, the company said it’s going to fundamentally change the way the new EV is… Continue reading Polestar ‘will have to question everything’ in order to build the first climate-neutral EV

Polestar is building a zero-emissions car without ‘cop-out’ carbon offsets

Swedish electric performance automaker Polestar says it will build the world’s first truly zero-emissions vehicle without relying on carbon offsets, which it described as a “cop-out.” The company, which was spun out of Volvo and Volvo’s parent company Geely, framed its effort to cut carbon emissions by changing the way its cars are made as… Continue reading Polestar is building a zero-emissions car without ‘cop-out’ carbon offsets

The 2030 milestone: the supply of cars becomes 100 percent electric

3 ‘of reading There are less than 10 years to a real revolution in the offer of car manufacturers. From 2030, in fact, brands such as Volvo and Ford will definitively say goodbye to the presence of thermal models in their price lists. No petrol or diesel version in hybrid version but only electric cars.… Continue reading The 2030 milestone: the supply of cars becomes 100 percent electric

Mercedes launches megaplan for software and sustainability

3 ‘of reading Electrification and in-house developed technical solutions, especially on the software front, are at the heart of Mercedes’ strategy to tackle the energy and technological transition. The plan, named Ambition 2039, provides for many new features over the next few years that will revolutionize the Star’s offer. The operation is supported by the… Continue reading Mercedes launches megaplan for software and sustainability

Volvo Cars to review options including IPO, Geely says

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on a production line for Polestar, Volvo and Lynk&Co vehicles at a Geely plant in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China July 29, 2020. Picture taken July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yilei Sun/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Wednesday its Volvo Cars… Continue reading Volvo Cars to review options including IPO, Geely says