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66 Years Ago, Volvo Invented the 3-Point Seat Belt. Now, They're Reinventing It
Three-point seat belts were first introduced by the automaker, back in 1959; rear-facing child seats arrived in 1972; ...
Volvo launches the first smart seatbelt that uses sensors to provide the perfect tension
Volvo can claim to be part of the very history of the humble seatbelt, considering Swedish engineer and Volvo employee Nils Bohlin perfected his three-point harness with the company way back in the ...
Volvo's Latest Seatbelts Customize Their Protection Based On Crash Severity And Occupant Size And Weight
The upcoming EX60's multi-adaptive seatbelts will get better over time thanks to over-the-air updates and crash data that ...
After 66 Years of the Same Old Seatbelt, Volvo Tries Something New
Volvo EX60 will feature multi-adaptive safety belts, designed to optimize themselves for different crash conditions, body ...
Why Did Ford Sell Volvo? (And Who Else Has Owned The Company?)
The Ford Motor Company sold Volvo in 2010 to Geely, a Chinese company, because Volvo wasn't selling as well as expected ...
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Volvo to Cut 3,000 Jobs, Mainly in Sweden
Sweden's Volvo said Monday it would cut 3,000 jobs, or around 15 percent of its office-based workforce, as part of a $1.9 ...
Volvo Cars cutting 3,000 jobs to reduce costs
Sweden-based Volvo Cars is eliminating 3,000 positions as part of a cost-cutting program as the automotive industry faces ...
Volvo Cars Sales Fall 12% in May
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Volvo Cars sold 59,822 cars in May, down 12% from a year earlier, the Sweden-based company said on ...
Volvo’s little-used U.S. assembly plant is $1.4 billion migraine
Volvo's 150,000-vehicle assembly plant near Charleston, S.C., produced about 20,000 vehicles last year, just 13 percent of ...