Volvo Video BLOG

Somewhere, there's a room full of Volvo engineers laughing. Today, Volvo released its "Highway Robbery" video, a promo for its new T8 twin-engine XC90. Designed as a seven-seat SUV powered by both gasoline and electricity, Volvo was faced with the task of showing off this uniquely capable SUV. And they did so in the cheekiest way possible.

All the power of our competitors, taken from right underneath them. See it to believe it.https://t.co/EoYECxFlEn

— Volvo Car USA (@VolvoCarUSA) April 6, 2016

In case you missed it, a couple weeks ago, Volvo announced that, beginning this spring, it will begin testing a new digital alternative to physical keys. The new Volvo smartphone app will offer drivers more flexibility in the way they operate, share, and rent vehicles...

Backseat driving is becoming a lot more high-tech these days. Many new Volvo models can come equipped with some sort of feature or system that eliminates the need for your passengers to gasp, yell, wave frantically, or whatever it is they do to try to mitigate what they've concluded to be an impending collision.

Well, Volvo thinks we should leave the accident detection to the professionals -- namely Volvo IntelliSafe. This suite of safety systems includes driver assistance technologies like blind spot alert and a lane keeping aid, keep an extra set of

Safety is important to everyone; that's why Volvo is constantly working on ways to improve the safety of its vehicles. The next step in their safety plan is vehicles that drive themselves to reduce the risk of accidents. You can hear all about it in this video.

The autonomous vehicles use a variety of technology like GPS, cameras, lasers, radar and ultrasonic sensors to monitor what's happening on the road and respond safely…

We know Volvo is really into safety. It's sort of our thing. To that end, Volvo conducts hundreds of crash tests for every new car it makes.

Yet, it's impractical to crash a car every single time a safety engineer thinks up a new feature. That's why Volvo helped create a giant robot arm that can simulate the conditions of an off-road crash.

By going through the same movements, at the same…

Hard to believe, but there was once a time when space travel and the thought of a human being walking on the moon was unbelievable. Thanks to technology, "what if?" questions are being answered with solutions. Volvo Cars is an example of this commitment to technology, asking, "what if?" with its recent press conference where it was revealed the Volvo brand plans to put 100 people behind the wheels of 100 Volvo cars in 2017…

Politicians have their platform, writers have their muse and automotive brands have their mission.  Some strive to create faster cars; others place efficiency first and foremost.  But for Volvo, its people they keep in mind when designing all aspects of their latest models. We say people because if we were to just say Volvo's specialty was safety that wouldn't even begin to describe all Volvo is striving to accomplish.  What makes Volvo special…

Roads are not just for cars. They are also filled with pedestrians and cyclists. Cyclists tend to be the most vulnerable, since they ride along in the same lanes with cars, but without the same protection. Volvo is working on a way to keep these cyclists safer.

Here at Volvo Marin we know how dangerous the road can be for cyclists, and we're glad that Volvo is striving to change that. They already have…

The development of eco-friendly vehicles has been the common goal for a number of automaker's over the last few years. With this comes the development of efficient charging technology as well. This is why Volvo has recently conducted a study to try out a new wireless charging system, and we are excited to share with you the successful results.

By using inductive charging, the automaker performed the experiment on the electric version of its...