Volvo

Don't Miss:

08/05/2024 Digital content exporters open foreign offices to avoid tax ( General )
06/05/2024 WhatsApp’s new status update tray with previews is rolling out more widely in beta ( General )
02/05/2024 A Deep Dive into Grade A Buildings in Hong Kong ( General )
02/05/2024 Shopee races past other e-commerce rivals ( E-Tailing )
30/04/2024 TikTok, Facebook, and other foreign service providers pay $575M in taxes ( General )
29/04/2024 Sacombank assures no loss on $141M loan to Bamboo Airways ( General )
29/04/2024 Skype rolls out update with new features for both Android and iOS ( General )
26/04/2024 Changi Airport Group awards OUE tender for lease and development of new hotel at Changi Airport Terminal 2 ( General )
26/04/2024 Korean Air to launch new route to Macau ( General )
26/04/2024 WhatsApp is working on an option to stop notifications when someone reacts to your status updates ( General )
24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )

Retail Asia08/03/2021

Volvo Cars’ global sales performance remained strong in February after the company posted a 29.1 percent growth for the first two months of the year, compared with the same period last year. Total sales during the period amounted to 110,383 cars as US, Europe and China reported a growth in volumes. The sales increase was […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia03/03/2021

Chinese-owned Swedish automaker Volvo said Tuesday it will produce only electric vehicles by 2030 and sell them all exclusively online. Volvo is among a growing crop of companies planning to ditch fossil fuel vehicles in the next few years, as demand for zero-emission cars rises and governments put pressure on firms to cut pollution. Indian-owned […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia01/03/2021

Volvo Cars is rolling out its first ever over-the-air (OTA) software update on the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car. Starting soon, XC40 Recharge drivers in Europe will receive a range of updates, including new features, bug fixes and stability improvements to the car’s infotainment and propulsion systems. The introduction of OTA updates […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia12/02/2021

Like many others in his industry, Geely Chairman Li Shufu has been irked by skyrocketing valuations for electric car manufacturers such as Tesla Inc and Nio Inc, sources at the Chinese automaker say. Getting Geely, which owns Volvo Cars and 9.7% of Daimler AG, to a place where it too may claim a sizeable chunk […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia22/12/2020

Volvo Cars will assemble electric motors at its powertrain plant in Skovde, Sweden, and plans to establish complete in-house e-motor production by 2025. It will invest 700 million SEK to this end in the coming years. The company is committed to becoming a premium electric car company and aims for its global sales to consist […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia23/11/2020

The new-generation Volvo S60 sedan will be unveiled in India on November 27, 2020. Of course, given the current situation with the pandemic, the car will be revealed via a digital event, while the official launch will take place in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021. While the car was supposed to be launched this […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia17/11/2020

Volvo Cars, in what can only be described as the most extreme crash test yet, is dropping all-new cars from a height of 30 meters. It’s all research though and this extreme test will allow rescue services to prepare for any possible crash scenario and to simulate the forces that erupt in the most extreme […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia10/11/2020

Volvo Cars is recalling 54,000 U.S. vehicles for an airbag defect after one crash death tied to the issue, according to a filing with U.S. regulators. The unit of Geely Automotive is recalling 2001-2003 model S80 and S60 vehicles sold or registered in high humidity U.S. states because the driver side frontal air bag inflator […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia06/11/2020

Volvo Cars Thailand officially launches an exciting and innovative new dedicated Volvo warehouse for the first time in Thailand. The “VOLVO CAR THAILAND CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION & TRAINING CENTER” (VCT CDTC) on Bangna-Trad Road Km 23, Samut Prakan Province, spread over an area of 23,331 square meters, is set to become Volvo’s one-stop hub in ASEAN […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia11/08/2020

Chinese carmaker Geely plans to use a platform developed with input from Volvo to build new models in Malaysia for its partly owned Proton brand, a strategy that shows how it aims to accelerate its push to become China’s first global auto giant. The yet-to-be-finalized plans for Proton are just one strand of a Geely […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia23/07/2020

Volvo Cars said it expects its business to recover in the second half of the year after reporting on Tuesday an operating loss for the first six months as coronavirus lockdowns strained supply chains and forced plant closures. The Swedish-based carmaker also said that its planned merger with Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd had been temporarily […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia06/05/2020

Following the footsteps of many of its rivals in India, Swedish luxury carmaker, Volvo, has introduced an online program for selling its cars as well as for service bookings. The company that has always been known to come out with path-breaking safety innovations has introduced the ‘Volvo Contactless Program’ for its customers and also for […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia06/04/2020

Geely-owned Volvo Cars and auto tech supplier Veoneer will split their jointly owned software venture Zenuity as the Swedish carmaker focuses on developing autonomous driving software, the companies said on Thursday. Volvo and Veoneer said last year they were conducting a strategic review of Zenuity, which develops software for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia12/03/2020

Volvo Cars inaugurated a brand new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The inauguration of the assembly line is in line with the company’s ambitious electrification strategy and its climate action plan. Ghent is […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia29/10/2019

Volvo Cars aims to reduce its lifecycle carbon footprint per car by 40 per cent between 2018 and 2025. This is in line with the company becoming a climate neutral company by 2040. The plan represents concrete actions in line with the global Paris climate agreement of 2015, which seeks to limit global warming to […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia18/10/2019

Volvo Cars will merge its engine development and manufacturing assets with those of parent Geely, creating a division to supply in-house brands Lotus, LEVC, Lynk and Proton, and also potential rivals with next-generation combustion and hybrid engines. It marks the latest example of consolidation in the engine manufacturing sector as tighter emissions rules hike development […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia15/10/2019

Volvo is all set to reveal the all-electric XC40 on October 16, 2019. This will be the company’s first fully electric car and the company has teased the car ahead of its official reveal. But this time around the company gives us a glimpse into what the car will look like. For the first time […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia25/09/2019

Volvo has launched the plug-in hybrid variant of its XC40 compact SUV and with that, it has become the first automotive manufacturer to offer an electrified variant for each of its car models. The new T5 Twin Engine petrol-electric hybrid powertrain made its debut in UK and will be launched in other European markets soon. The Volvo […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia11/09/2019

Volvo Auto India is all set to launch the XC90 Excellence variant in India on September 3, 2019. The Excellence option is only on offer in select markets and India gets to be one of them. The regular XC90 Inscription trim cabin is already pretty upscale, but the Excellence adds to that. So there’s a lot […]

CONTINUE READING

Retail Asia01/08/2019

Volvo Auto India has finally pulled the plug two of its oldest models in the domestic line-up. The Volvo S60 sedan and the V40 hatchback have been discontinued in India, along with their cross country versions. The cars have also been de-listed from the company’s website. The Swedish automaker has confirmed the development. With both the cars already […]

CONTINUE READING

About Retail News Asia

Retail News Asia is committed to providing local and global retailers with the latest news from the Asian retail market on a daily basis.

We have resources for everyone from independently owned business owners to online-only retailers and major chains expanding their reach throughout the Asian market. Retail News is “the news source” with over 50 weekly posts and 13,6 million readers.

CALL US ANYTIME

Most read

Retail updates

Stay up to date of the lates updates and retail news from Asia.

X