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Volvo Financial Services (VFS) has launched ‘iLabX’, an accelerator program that will provide entrepreneurial companies from around the world in fintech and other fields with the opportunity to collaborate with VFS to develop and implement new innovative solutions and technologies.
iLabX will be run in collaboration with L Marks, a corporate innovation specialist. The program accepts entries in four categories:
The Volvo Group continues its drive to develop next-generation transport solutions. The latest examples include a system in which autonomous electric vehicles are coordinated to ensure as efficient, and safe goods transport as possible, as well as a new electric compact wheel loader concept.
On September 12, the new goods transport solution was unveiled for the first time in connection with the Volvo Group’s Innovation Summit in Berlin. It consists of autonomous electric vehicles that are wirelessly connected to a transport control centre.
The control centre monitors parameters such as each vehicle’s location, load and battery charge, using this data to ensure that the overall fleet logistics as well as goods and vehicle flow are as efficient as possible.
[Read more…] about Volvo unveils its latest innovations for future autonomous and electric transport
Volvo Trucks North America has carried out a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology.
The company has been working closely with FedEx and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) to expand on-highway operations of Volvo’s Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) in the United States on N.C. 540, the Triangle Expressway.
This marks the first public on-highway showcase of platooning technology between a major truck manufacturer and a transportation company in the U.S.
[Read more…] about Volvo Trucks and FedEx demonstrate truck ‘platooning’ in the USA
Throughout the Volvo Ocean Race competition in Gothenburg, Sweden, the pioneering autonomous Volvo bus will be shown to specially invited guests. The prototype is based on Volvo’s commercially produced electric city bus, which has been modified for autonomous operation.
At the demo event there will be presentations to show how this technology can contribute to safer and more comfortable travel as well as more efficient handling of vehicles in the depot.
“With low noise level and emission-free operation, electric bus systems provide an excellent alternative for attractive and sustainable public transport,” says Håkan Agnevall, President Volvo Buses.
[Read more…] about Volvo demonstrates autonomous bus in Sweden
Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50 per cent of its sales by 2025, the company has announced.
The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 industry-first announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery electric vehicle.
The company’s strategy to generate half of its sales from electric cars by 2025 positions it as a powerful player in China, the world’s leading market for electrified cars.
[Read more…] about Volvo Cars aims for 50 per cent of sales to be electric by 2025
Volvo has unveiled a new driverless truck which it says is an “innovative transport solution to drive safety and productivity”.
The company says that the self-driving truck, driving autonomously from one hub to another, is part of a development project exploring how automation can contribute to increased productivity, enhanced safety and lower environmental impact.
Volvo says that, in showing the truck, such aims and goals have for the first time been demonstrated to a broader audience. [Read more…] about Volvo unveils driverless truck aimed at ‘hub-to-hub’ intralogistics operations
Volvo Trucks is currently testing and researching how automated vehicles can contribute to safer, more efficient refuse handling and create a better working environment for drivers.
The company is partnering with Swedish waste management company Renova on the project.
The automated systems being tested are in principle the same as those fitted to the autonomous Volvo truck operating in the Kristineberg Mine in northern Sweden since autumn last year. [Read more…] about Volvo testing driverless refuse collection trucks
Volvo Trucks has developed a new self-steering truck that it says could become a significant productivity booster for Brazilian sugar-cane growers. (See video below.)
The truck, which is used to transport newly harvested sugar-cane, is steered with “great precision” through the fields in order to avoid damaging the young plants that will form the following year’s crop.
At present, about 4 per cent of the crop is lost as young plants are run over and the soil is compacted by moving vehicles. This can translate into tens of thousands of US dollars in lost revenue per truck per season. [Read more…] about Self-steering Volvo truck set to increase Brazil’s sugar-cane harvest
Autoliv, a provider of advanced driver assistance systems, and Volvo Cars, the car maker, have agreed to form a new jointly-owned company to develop next generation autonomous driving software.
The planned new company will have its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, and an initial workforce taken from both companies of around 200, increasing to over 600 in the medium term. The company is expected to start operations in early 2017.
Once finalized, the joint venture will be a new entrant in the growing global market for autonomous driving software systems. It will mark the first time a leading premium car maker has joined forces with a tier one supplier to develop new advanced driver assist systems and autonomous driving technologies. [Read more…] about Volvo and Autoliv to create joint venture to develop autonomous driving technology
Swedish automaker determined to take the lead in autonomous car technology
Volvo’s fully autonomous truck is the first in the world to be tested in operations deep underground in the Kristineberg Mine, in Sweden, according to the company.
The self-driving truck is part of a development project aimed at improving the transport flow and safety in the mine.
The truck will cover a distance of 7 kilometres, reaching 1,320 metres underground in the narrow mine tunnels. [Read more…] about Volvo claims to be ‘first in the world’ with self-driving truck in underground mine
