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SWEDEN: Geely's Volvo Cars creates new joint purchasing and manufacturing unit
24 May 2013
Geely's Volvo Car Cars will establish a new global purchasing and manufacturing organisation to reduce complexity and costs.
SWEDEN: Visser moves up at Volvo Cars
24 May 2013
Geely's Volvo Cars has named former GM marketing executive Alain Visser, who joined last year, as its new senior vice president marketing, sales and customer service, replacing Doug Speck who is leaving for a new job in the US.
SWEDEN: Volvo group’s truck sales decline 2% in April
22 May 2013
Deliveries from the Volvo group's truck operations in April 2013 amounted to 16,572 vehicles. This was a decrease of 2% compared with the year-earlier month.
SWEDEN: Volvo to increase plug-in hybrid production
16 May 2013
Geely Group's Volvo Cars is ramping up production of its V60 plug-in diesel hybrid by 90% to cope with strong demand across Europe, particularly in Holland, Belgium and Italy.
SWEDEN: Volvo to trial plug-in hybrid buses in Gothenburg
16 May 2013
Volvo Buses' new plug-in hybrids will hit the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden this month as part of a field test. The technology will facilitate a reduction in fuel consumption by 75% compared with current diesel buses.
Q&A with Thatcham: Autonomous Emergency Braking
13 May 2013
An autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system uses sensors tucked behind the rearview mirror to work out if you are about to have a crash and apply the brakes automatically to either prevent the crash at lower speeds or reduce its severity at higher speeds. Although some luxury segment cars are already equipped with an AEB system, we are seeing some volume producers fitting it as standard on certain models. That seems hardly surprising given that from next year automakers hoping to get a five star NCAP rating will have to put in an AEB system. Matthew Beecham asked Matthew Avery, Head of Research at the UK-based Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre (Thatcham) for his views on AEB. Thatcham has been a member of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) since 2004.
SWEDEN: Volvo’s new engine family rolls off the line
13 May 2013
Geely's Volvo Car Group today (Monday 13 May, 2013) began production of a new family of four cylinder petrol and diesel engines at its revamped Skövde engine plant.
FRANKFURT PREVIEW: Global debuts list [Peugeot 308 & Volvo VEA engine family added]
13 May 2013
The media days for the Frankfurt motor show are 10 & 11 September. Each time a vehicle or concept world premiere is confirmed for this biennial event, our preview list is updated.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: The numbers are (still coming) in
10 May 2013
Quarterly/fiscal full year results continued to roll in this week with a healthy uptick at Suzuki in 2012/3, the latest Japanese automaker to finally shrug off the combined effects of the double whammy Japanese earthquake and Thai floods - and also benefit from the recent downward movement of the yen.
GERMANY: Porsche announces regional management re-shuffle
10 May 2013
After leading the successful expansion of Porsche in China since 2007, Helmut Bröker is to take over as head of the region covering the Middle East, Africa, India, South-East Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Japan and Latin America from 1 July.
SWEDEN: Volvo breaks even despite challenging year
7 May 2013
Volvo Cars has reported a break-even result for 2012 with a full-year operating income of SEK18m (US$2.8m) despite economic uncertainty in Europe which significantly impacted sales and earnings. This compared with SEK2.2bn in 2011. Revenue of SEK124.5bn last year compared with SEK125.7bn in 2011.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Once more to the toy shop, brothers!
3 May 2013
Those three of you who peruse every bit of just-auto's home page every day will probably already know The Editorial Team had our annual Fun Day Out this week, courtesy of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Test Day. I've been going, on and off, sice 1987 and the agenda follows a refreshingly familar, welll-proven and immensely popular programme which I believe is unique to the UK auto industry. After earlier using other venues, the SMMT nowadays books Millbrook, the former Vauxhall Proving Ground (founded 1968), almost every importer/manufacturer shows up with the allocated six cars, caterers lay out a fine breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea - and we show up and go nuts.
US APRIL SALES: Detroit grows market share
3 May 2013
US light vehicle sales continued their upward swing in April, finishing up 8.5% year on year at 1.29m for the month. Year to date (YTD) results were 6.9% ahead of the first four months of 2012.
SWEDEN: Volvo Cars tests kinetic flywheel technology on public roads
30 April 2013
Volvo Car Group has completed extensive testing of kinetic flywheel technology on public roads - and the results, it claims, confirm that this is a light, cheap and eco-efficient solution.
EXCLUSIVE: VCC confirms imminent closure of Uddevalla
29 April 2013
A spokesperson for VCC in Gothenburg has confirmed to just-auto that plans to close the Uddevalla plant are on track for May 2013. The former Pininfarina Sverige AB joint venture plant builds the Volvo C70.
CHINA: Detroit Electric strikes deal with Geely
29 April 2013
Detroit Electric, the start-up electric car maker is to partner with China's Geely Automobile to develop EVs for the Chinese market.
NETHERLANDS: Inalfa opens two factories in China
26 April 2013
Inalfa has opened new factories in Chongqing and Langfang in China.
SWEDEN: Volvo’s Q1 operating income falls 92.3% to US$72.68m
26 April 2013
The Volvo group's first quarter of 2013 was characterised by low sales volumes and low capacity utilisation. Net sales for the first quarter declined 25% to SEK58.3bn (US$8.79bn), primarily because of the weak order intake in late 2012.
SWEDEN: Volvo C30 electric car upgraded with 'powerful motor and fast charger'
25 April 2013
The first electric cars emerging from the strategic partnership of Volvo Cars and Siemens are delivering a claimed 0-70 km/h in 5.9 seconds and a full recharge in only 1.5 hours.
COLOMBIA: Sales fell 23% YTD in Q1 but recovery is expected
24 April 2013
The government announcement about reducing credit interest rates came as Colombian new car sales fell 23% YTD though month on month sales in March rose 2.9% to 22,888 units, the best month in 2013 so far.
SHANGHAI: Global debuts list [Final version with additional cars & updated descriptions]
22 April 2013
Details of concepts and new models which made their global debuts on Saturday 20 April at Auto Shanghai's media preview day.
MALAYSIA: SAIC to re-launch MG?
22 April 2013
China’s SAIC and Malaysia’s MBM Resources are considering assembling MG passenger cars in Malaysia for sale across south-east Asia.
SWEDEN: New plant impacts Volvo’s balance sheet in China
19 April 2013
Volvo will likely report a big operating loss in China for 2012 as slow sales and a costly new factory weighed on results, Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported.
MALAYSIA: SAIC and Federal Auto sign MOU as first step towards reviving MG brand
18 April 2013
Federal Auto Holdings (FAHB) and SAIC Motor have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as a first step towards reviving the iconic MG brand in Malaysia.
RUSSIA: Kaluga region creates 12,000 new posts as auto clusters thrive
17 April 2013
Russia's influential Kaluga region says it has created 12,000 new jobs in its automotive cluster facilities, which are rapidly becoming a part of the country's employment landscape.
CHINA: IAC opens new plant in Chongqing
17 April 2013
International Automotive Components (IAC) has celebrated the opening of its 10th and newest manufacturing facility in China, in the southwest city of Chongqing, supplying cockpit and interior components.
INDIA: Volvo plans to boost sales
9 April 2013
Geely's Volvo is looking to increase its presence by introducing new models and increasing its sales network in India.
NEW YORK SHOW: Global debuts list [Final version]
2 April 2013
Multiple concepts and new models are making their global debuts at the New York auto show. Public days are 29 March to 7 April.
NEW YORK: New Geely-Volvo coming in 2014
27 March 2013
Volvo Car will introduce its first completely new vehicle as a unit of Geely Automotive Holdings in late 2014, chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson said.
CHINA: Volvo ‘on track for summer production’
25 March 2013
Volvo, whose Chinese operation has been embroiled in a row over misreporting sales figures, is expected to win full government approval to produce cars in the country from June, according to news reports.
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