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- 2010 Volvo XC60
- Photo gallery:2010 Volvo XC60Volvo's emphasis on safety goes back deep into the last century, with innovations such as safety cages, child door locks, and the three-point seatbelt. That emphasis hasn't changed in the digital era--the 2010 Volvo XC60 takes advantage of electronics for high-tech safety solutions. Although it incorporates past...
- Tags: Leadership, Volvo, Volvo XC60, navigation system
- Product reviews 2009-07-28
- 2010 Volvo XC60 photos
- Volvo's newest model is a crossover, and it incorporates a new safety feature designed to prevent accidents at low speeds. The cabin includes many tech treats, but working out how to use them is the hard part. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Volvo, Photograph, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-07-28
- European publication picks greenest car
- Surprise! It's a European car brand. What Car? magazine chose the little Volvo diesel S40 as its greenest car of the year. Also getting category awards were Vauxhall's electric Amphera and the American-made Tesla. Not only does the S40 get Prius-type gas efficiency, it has...
- Tags: Car, Volvo, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- The non-Ford plan for first plug-in diesel hybrid
- Volvo is about to esacape the deathn grip of Ford Motor and return to being a Scandanavian auto maker. And they've announced a plan for a 2012 model hybrid diesel plug-in The only other announced hybrid diesel is promised by Peugeot-Citroen and that one is not going to...
- Tags: Volvo, Plug-in, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Volvo Trucks Speeds Problem Resolution Time, Improves Customer Satisfaction Rate to 93%
- Volvo Trucks wanted to install a customer service system to improve satisfaction rates and record all service requests and feedback to build a complete history of customer transactions. The challenge was to develop a systematic way of managing customer information and shorten problem resolution time and ensure truck repairs are...
- Tags: Problem Resolution, Volvo, Oracle Corp., Customer Satisfaction, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- (Photos: Volvo S60 concept)
- (Photos: Volvo S60 concept)Cute kid seats in back no headroomI'll stick with a BMW. Even the 3 series has descent headroom.RE: (Photos: Volvo S60 concept)And of course it is a hybrid? It is not????!!!
- Tags: Volvo S60 concept, Volvo S60, Volvo, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- Photos: Volvo S60 concept
- Volvo released photos and details of a new concept version of its S60 sedan. This concept shows the model's, and Volvo's, future design and technology direction, which includes advanced safety systems and impressive interior materials. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Volvo, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-12-16
- 2008 Volvo S80 T6 AWD
- Photo gallery:2008 Volvo S80When we took delivery of the 2008 Volvo S80, we immediately opened the boxes, pulled the various panels out, and tried to match up the bag of fasteners with the pictures in the assembly directions. Actually, new Volvos look nothing like flat-pack Ikea furniture, trading in their...
- Tags: Volvo, Volvo S80, driver-alert system, lane-departure
- Product reviews 2008-07-01
- Volvo recall due to airbag software problems
- Volvo recall due to airbag software problemsInteresting FactoidFord Motor Company owns Volvo.Of course the airbags are almost certainly made by a supplier, so the question is: Who else has bad ones?Look up AutolivHere is a link to get you going:http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:bEEJ5ln-1G4J:www.patentgenius.comI believe (not certain, however) they worked with Mercedes and...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, Volvo
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Volvo recall due to airbag software problems
- Swedish automaker, Volvo, recalled 65,000 cars due a software problem related to side impact airbags. I spoke with Volvo spokesperson, Maria Bohlin, who told me the problem was discovered by Euro NCAP, a European automotive testing agency, which found the "inflatable curtain deployed milliseconds too late." She added that Volvo...
- Tags: Software, Volvo, Tools & Techniques, Semiconductors, Management, Hardware, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- 2008 Volvo XC70
- Photo gallery:2008 Volvo XC70Right on the heels of our 2008 Volvo V70 review comes the 2008 Volvo XC70, basically the same car but with some off-road gear. The V70 impressed us with its performance and considerable high-tech safety options, and the XC70 has similar attributes, but where the V70 was...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Digital music, Processors, Volvo XC70, Volvo V70, Volvo
- Product reviews 2008-02-26
- 2008 Volvo V70
- Photo gallery:2008 Volvo V70The Volvo V70 embarks on its third incarnation for the 2008 model year with a number of external modifications and interior upgrades. A glance at the new V70 body style shows that the blocky, boxy Volvo DNA of old is almost completely gone, replaced by rounded edges...
- Tags: Volvo V70, Volvo, speaker
- Product reviews 2008-02-22
- Volvo Expects Conferencing Costs to Fall Up to 50 Percent With Collaboration Solution
- Based in Sweden, Volvo IT builds trucks and buses and also manufactures construction equipment, boat systems, and aircraft engines. Personnel who work with colleagues in different countries or with suppliers have regular Web and audio conferences. Volvo Group wanted to unify its real-time communication environment, while reducing audio conferencing bills....
- Tags: Volvo, Collaboration, Audioconferencing, Microsoft Corp.
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- 2008 Volvo C30
- Photo gallery:2008 Volvo C30Volvo, looking to offer an affordable car to the U.S. market, rejuvenates a model from the past with the 2008 Volvo C30. This new small car borrows much from the Volvo P1800ES, produced from 1972 to 1973, down to the shape of the back glass. Similar to...
- Tags: Volvo C30, Volvo
- Product reviews 2007-09-10
- 2007 Volvo S80
- Photo gallery:2007 Volvo S80With unique electronic accident-avoidance equipment in the 2007 Volvo S80, the Swedish car maker maintains its focus on safety. Ford's stewardship of the Volvo brand has kept a steady stream of quality cars coming out of northern Europe. Both the Volvo C70 and the Volvo XC90 seemed...
- Tags: Volvo S80, Volvo
- Product reviews 2007-04-06
- Volvo Aero Harnesses Knowledge to Gain a Commanding Advantage
- Volvo Aero produces highly specialized components for aircraft and rocket engines. Volvo Aero wanted to shrink bidding and development cycles and respond faster to OEM's design changes. The challenge was to support corporate commitment to quality. The company incorporated design rules into modeling environment using NX Knowledge Fusion software. The...
- Tags: Volvo, Siemens AG, Knowledge, Modeling, Volvo Aero, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- 2007 Volvo XC90 3.2 4dr SUV (3.2L 6cyl 6A)
- Photo gallery:2007 Volvo XC90 The 2007 Volvo XC90 doesn't look rugged or tough, like GM's Yukon or Ford's Explorer. Instead, it goes for a more refined look, similar to the Volkswagen Touareg we reviewed recently. Although our XC90 came with the optional all-wheel drive (standard on the V-8...
- Tags: SUV, Volvo XC90, Volvo, Volvo C70
- Product reviews 2006-11-21
- 2006 Volvo C70
- Photo gallery: 2006 Volvo C70With its complicated-looking retractable hardtop in motion, we weren't sure if the 2006 Volvo C70 was going to turn itself into a convertible or a giant robot. The C70 may not be a Transformer, but it has about as much tech. Its nav system is very...
- Tags: Volvo C70, Volvo
- Product reviews 2006-11-02
- Volvo invests in green R&D
- Volvo invests in green R&DWith gas prices thatare soaring and auto sales are starting to take a hit because of poor economy they start. Too bad they didn't do this back in the 1970's. Imagine where we would be today with automotive technology...
- Tags: Research & Development, Volvo, R&D
- Discussion threads 2006-07-02
- Middle Management
- Middle ManagementExactlyYou are using TSM - Tivoli Storage Management. I am of the opinion that this is not the greatest backup solution. One full dump and many, many incremental dumps makes recovery dog slow. I also wonder if it is fine-grained enough - it seems that you can only backup...
- Tags: Strategy, S60, Ford Motor Co., FORD IT, Volvo, information technology, middle management
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
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