Tag: Volvo

  • Russia imprisons more and more – Gangster fashion for girls – The NATO debate that failed

    Russia imprisons more and more – Gangster fashion for girls – The NATO debate that failed

    Hour 1 *Russia imprisons more and more *The NATO debate that did not take place *Gangster fashion for girls *Chronicle Ulrika Knutson *The panel Hour 2 *Netanyahu's position in Israel and the desperation in Gaza *Satire with Public Service *Senegal's non-election *Actor Johan Rabeus as Oedipus in Sara Stridsberg's new play *Volvo's “Eagle's nest” becomes…

  • The father's grief after the revenge murder in Tullinge: “You die a little every day”

    The father's grief after the revenge murder in Tullinge: “You die a little every day”

    On Thursday evening, March 2, the TV program Efterlyst is broadcast on TV3. The name and picture of a 26-year-old man is published, he is suspected of shooting at a residence outside Uppsala and the prosecutor is now hoping for tips from the public. A relative of Rawa Majid lives in the house that was…

  • Charlotte Gyllenhammar – up and down the world

    Charlotte Gyllenhammar – up and down the world

    Charlotte Gyllenhammar is one of Sweden's most prominent artists, with notable sculptures and installations. Several of them can be seen in the public space. Like the Child and Mother fountains in Malmö or the memorials to Raoul Wallenberg and Dag Hammarskjöld in Gothenburg and Uppsala. In autumn 2023, she returned to her big breakthrough, the…

  • Volvo EM90 Electric Minivan debuts – Luxurious office on wheels

    Volvo EM90 Electric Minivan debuts – Luxurious office on wheels

    Debuter – Luxurious office on wheels The typical Swedish brand has presented a new electric minivan after the EX90 and EX30. This is called the Volvo EM90 and is the brand’s first all-electric minivan. As of now, the Volvo EM90 is exclusive to China, but there may be export intentions for various markets where luxury…

  • Swedish Northvolt is to build a battery factory for 5.2 billion dollars in Canada

    Swedish Northvolt is to build a battery factory for 5.2 billion dollars in Canada

    STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt announced this week that it would build a $5.2 billion gigafactory in the Canadian province of Quebec. Officials confirmed this would be the largest investment ever in the province. Construction of the Northvolt Six plant will be outside Montreal this year. According to the plans, the factory will…

  • The boy, the crash and the girl in the backseat

    The boy, the crash and the girl in the backseat

    In January 1980, on Värmland’s winter roads, Peter’s mother gets a short circuit on her car. She crashes into the front of an oncoming Volvo and dies instantly. Peter’s grandmother dies in the aftermath of the accident a few days later and his aunt is badly injured but survives. In the other car, all passengers…

  • Electric vehicle demand plateaus while used car sales surge

    Electric vehicle demand plateaus while used car sales surge

    New Car Registrations and Used Car Sales According to the Autoalan Tiedotuskeskus, new car registrations in July saw a remarkable 16.2% increase compared to the same period last year, with a total of 6,397 new passenger cars registered. This growth can be attributed to the backlog of orders due to component shortages. Despite the positive…

  • Proton X50 Spied Near Nashik – Creta, Selto’s Rival From Geely

    Proton X50 Spied Near Nashik – Creta, Selto’s Rival From Geely

    The Indian car market is among the largest in the world. India even surpassed Japan in car sales a few times to become the third largest car market in the world. In this market, it’s the compact SUV space that’s getting massive action. If there is a new manufacturer trying to enter the Indian market,…

  • Volvo Cars reports global sales growth of 17 percent in 6 months

    Volvo Cars reports global sales growth of 17 percent in 6 months

    © Provided by Xinhua The increased sales were driven by fully electric cars, of which 59,260 were sold, an increase of 167 percent, says Volvo Cars in a press release. STOCKHOLM, July 5 (Xinhua) — Volvo Cars said Wednesday that its global sales in the first six months of 2023 rose 17 percent year-on-year to…

  • Rising interest rates on car loans in Finland burden car buyers and stimulate the used car market

    Rising interest rates on car loans in Finland burden car buyers and stimulate the used car market

    In addition, the general price level of cars has risen. This trend has led to a decline in new car registrations, especially for used cars. In 2018, car dealerships offered installment contracts with a predetermined interest rate of 0.99 percent. Today, the realistic agreed interest rate for car installment contracts varies between 5.99 and 7.99…

  • New: Putin’s Swedish agent and the spy scandal at Scania

    New: Putin’s Swedish agent and the spy scandal at Scania

    They suspect that engineer “Alexander” has just sold classified information to a Russian intelligence officer. For several years, Säpo has had its eye on a well-known intelligence officer from Russia. Yevgenij Umerenko is here as a diplomat, but his job is to recruit spies in Sweden. The target he aims at is a middle-aged man…

  • The low-key love’s revenge

    The low-key love’s revenge

    Sometimes the very idea of ​​the dizzying, conflict-filled and even depressive love can cause it for us. — When I was asked to write a text about love in the present day, I thought, what can I say that no one has already said about love? I took down all novels, books, music about love,…

  • Volvo XC90 modified by DC2 The design looks unique

    Volvo XC90 modified by DC2 The design looks unique

    Looks unique DC2, formerly DC Design made the car in the movie “Tarzan: The Wonder Car” and India’s first indigenous mid-engined sports car, the DC Avanti. The DC2 has spawned several new designs and mod jobs and the latest of them all is based on a Volvo XC90. When we compare this to the sensible,…

  • Internationalization awards of the President of the Republic to Kempower, K. Hartwall, Andritz and Kasvuryhmä Suomi

    Internationalization awards of the President of the Republic to Kempower, K. Hartwall, Andritz and Kasvuryhmä Suomi

    The Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic is awarded annually in recognition of internationally successful companies or organizations. The candidates were proposed by several business organizations. “In addition to international success, this year’s evaluation emphasized sustainable development and the ethics of operations, as well as the effects on Finnish know-how, innovation, employment development…

  • The climate meeting in Egypt: “chaotic” and “Sweden has lost as a leading country”.  The globe directly from COP27

    The climate meeting in Egypt: “chaotic” and “Sweden has lost as a leading country”. The globe directly from COP27

    The world is heading for a temperature increase of at least 2.5 degrees Celsius unless emissions are reduced quickly. According to the Paris Agreement, for example, Sweden must reduce its emissions by 63 percent from the 1990 level by 2030. With the current budget, the Swedish government will not reach the emission reduction targets. Climate…

  • China’s secret influence in Sweden

    China’s secret influence in Sweden

    Activities such as influence operations and espionage on the part of China have been increasingly noticed in recent years. And at the recent party congress, Xi Jinping emphasized “national security” more than before. One strategy for gaining influence in the West is corporate investment and investment in infrastructure. Chinese Geely’s purchase of Volvo Cars is…

  • Chip shortage forces Volvo Cars to pause production in Sweden

    STOCKHOLM, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Volvo Cars will temporarily halt production at its Gothenburg plant in Sweden starting next Monday due to a shortage of semiconductors, the company was quoted by local media on Tuesday. Production will be stopped for at least a week, reported Göteborgs-Posten. The supply problems have persisted since they first appeared…

  • This is how the all-new Volvo EX90 interior will combine luxury with durability

    This is how the all-new Volvo EX90 interior will combine luxury with durability

    Yes, I want to see an all-electric Barracuda raise the bar for today’s high-performance vehicles I don’t care one way or the other if Plymouth vehicles ever come back No, an electric Barracuda or Road Runner is heresy and should remain unadulterated

  • Supreme Court allows police to confiscate vehicles of reckless drivers

    Supreme Court allows police to confiscate vehicles of reckless drivers

    A Supreme Court case decided last week on October 12 confirmed the police’s power to seize cars owned by private individuals or leasing companies if the person behind the wheel is found to be driving recklessly. New rulesLast year, stricter rules were introduced, expanding the police’s power to confiscate vehicles from reckless drivers. The rule…

  • Business Round-Up: House prices will fall

    Business Round-Up: House prices will fall

    Reject across the board?For areas such as northern Jutland and Bornholm, the picture is a little less dramatic. House prices will fall by 3.3 percent and 3.7 percent respectively in 2023. Last week, Danmarks Nationalbank also predicted “significant price drops” in the Danish housing market with almost identical figures to Nykredit. Last week, Handelsbanken also…

  • Cars with touch screen vs. cars with buttons – who performs better-

    Cars with touch screen vs. cars with buttons – who performs better-

    This is a never-ending debate, isn’t it? Digital displays are among the hottest and trendiest features in a car right now. There was a time when ‘kitna deti hai’ used to be the deciding factor for car buyers in India. But is it slowly turning into ‘kitna bada screen hai’? Heck, even the Alto K10…

  • NCC is the first construction machine in the world to be made of fossil-free steel

    NCC is the first construction machine in the world to be made of fossil-free steel

    The president of Volvo CE handed over the construction machine, the articulated tractor Melker JernbergTo the President of the NCC Tomas Carlsson at a ceremony in the context of the UN Environment Conference in Stockholm +50. Other participants were the Swedish Minister for Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll and the U.S. Climate Ambassador John Kerrywhose…

  • Tackling high inflation in Denmark: Why a Volvo 850 is a better option than a DMC DeLorean

    Tackling high inflation in Denmark: Why a Volvo 850 is a better option than a DMC DeLorean

    It is hard to believe that Denmark was a hotbed of stagflation in the 1970s and 80s. Like most countries plagued by economic problems, it was OPEC’s surprising decision to limit its members’ supply of oil in 1973 that started the rotten. And so for the next 15 years, Danish governments applied, mostly without success,…

  • The hunt for the oligarchs’ money is escalating

    The hunt for the oligarchs’ money is escalating

    Host:Claes Aronsson Participants and votes:Martin Nordh, CEO of AcuminorKristian Åström, financial commentator EkotUrsula von der Leyen, Chair of the European CommissionClaes Eliassson, Press Manager AB VolvoMikael Damberg, Minister of FinanceElisabeth Svantesson, economic-political spokesperson for the ModeratesJohan Torgeby, CEO of SEBKristin Magnusson Bernard, CEO of Första AP-fondenTomas Tuchel, coach of ChelseaTorbjörn Becker, head of the Östekonomiska…

  • Volvo’s trucks leave Russia

    Volvo’s trucks leave Russia

    The Swedish car manufacturer says that the measure is not a boycott of the country Swedish truck manufacturer AB Volvo has stopped all production and sales in Russia due to sanctions against Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, the company announced on Monday. Press spokesman Klaas Eliasson told SVT that the company does not “have conditions…

  • Nokian Tires reveals the members of the large jury of the innovation challenge of sustainable development

    Nokian Tires reveals the members of the large jury of the innovation challenge of sustainable development

    Anke Blume (Prof. Dr.) is the Director of Elastomer Technology and Engineering at Universiteit Twente, the Netherlands. Thiemo Fleck is the managing director of auto motor und sport professional, a well-known German car magazine with extensive international distribution. Inka Mero is the CEO and founder of the deep technology private equity fund Voima Ventures I…

  • The Swedish stock market is collapsing under global uncertainty

    STOCKHOLM, January 24 (Xinhua) – Nasdaq Stockholm AB, formerly known as the Stockholm Stock Exchange, collapsed on Monday with the OMX Stockholm 30 (OMXS30) index down more than five percent sometimes and eventually closed at minus 3.9 percent. It was the largest decline since the early days of the pandemic. The OMX Stockholm All-Share (OMXSPI)…

  • Right now: You are convicted of espionage by the Court of Appeal

    Right now: You are convicted of espionage by the Court of Appeal

    A man in his 40s is sentenced by the Western Sweden Court of Appeal to three years in prison for spying on behalf of Russia. The Court of Appeal thus upholds the previous district court ruling. According to the verdict, the man, who worked as a consultant at Scania and Volvo, must have given trade…

  • Gingerbread – build houses, history, all recipes, old men and pigs

    Gingerbread – build houses, history, all recipes, old men and pigs

    The brothers Sverker and André Högbom builds everything possible in gingerbread dough. A planet with small houses, a Volvo PV with a caravan, a carousel, a UFO … – It will be boring to always make ordinary gingerbread houses, they say. They started taking the turns just over 20 years ago. – It is absolutely…

  • The Volvo share rises after the listing

    STOCKHOLM, October 29 (Xinhua) – Shares in Volvo Cars rose more than 20 percent at the end of trading hours after the Chinese-owned carmaker’s stock market debut here last Friday. Priced at 53 Swedish kronor (6.17 US dollars) per share, the IPO was “significantly oversubscribed because it aroused great interest from institutional investors in Sweden…

  • Colin Powell loved Volvo, Abba and Anna Lindh

    Colin Powell loved Volvo, Abba and Anna Lindh

    – The other favorite was Abba. He loved their music. And the third was Anna Lindh, he says, referring to the former Swedish foreign minister, who in 2003 was stabbed and killed in a department store in Stockholm. Eliasson and Powell became good friends when Eliasson became Sweden’s ambassador to the United States shortly before…

  • Danish News Round-Up: MP was abused racistly when he left parliament after the reopening

    Danish News Round-Up: MP was abused racistly when he left parliament after the reopening

    MP Sikandar Siddique, the leader of the Free Green Party, was subjected to racism when he left parliament on the day of reopening on Tuesday with his parents. He shared a link to the abuse it his Facebook page. He later wrote: “Today my old parents paid too high a price for me to be…

  • Airbags considered dangerous results in Volvo recalling 460,000 cars

    Airbags considered dangerous results in Volvo recalling 460,000 cars

    OSLO, Sweden: Swedish carmaker Volvo is recalling more than 460,000 vehicles worldwide due to a hazard caused by defective airbags. Officials said the airbags could cause pieces of metal to slide through the car’s interior when inflated. A personal injury caused by the airbag has been reported. Volvo has so far confirmed the recall of…