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Volvo Car Corporation, is a Swedish premium automobile manufacturer, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China.
Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group. Geely Holding Group then acquired Volvo Cars from Ford in 2010.
Production plants in Belgium, Sweden and China.
Production in 2013: 430.000 cars
Volvo cars have long been marketed and stressed their historic reputation for solidity and reliability. Volvo is in the forefront of safety engineering.
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2023
8 Dec 2023
Volvo CE
Volvo is a leader in construction machines. It has also been a frontrunner in the industry's transition to electric. This profile looks at Volvo's electric construction machines and activity so far.
Included are:
5 Dec 2023
Caterpillar: Electric Construction Equipment
28 Nov 2023
Radar Modules for In-Cabin Sensing
This premium article discusses radar modules for in-cabin sensing.
27 Nov 2023
Electric and Fuel Cell Trucks 2024-2044: Markets, Technologies, and Forecasts
IDTechEx Report: Shazan Siddiqi and Dr James Edmondson
24 Nov 2023
Evolution of the Automotive Industry and Electrification Beyond Cars
2023 has proven another momentous year for the electric vehicle (EV) market. 2022 saw electric car sales rise by 62% compared with 2021, and IDTechEx estimates that 2023 will see global sales rise by another 16%. But what can we expect for the future of EVs? In this article, Dr James Edmondson and Shazan Siddiqi from IDTechEx discuss what can be learned about the future of electrification, not only for vehicles on land, but also for marine sectors and aerial vehicles.
24 Nov 2023
In-Cabin Sensing 2024-2034: Technologies, Opportunities and Markets
IDTechEx Report: Yulin Wang and Dr James Jeffs
23 Nov 2023
XCMG: Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
IDTechEx believes that out of the leading manufacturers, XCMG has the biggest selection of EV construction machines.
Innovative dual gun charging to deal with recharging of very large batteries.
Largest production electric excavator.
15 Nov 2023
Battery Technology Across Diverse Vehicle Segments
The electrification of cars has undeniably been at the forefront of the transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) and the growth in demand for Li-ion batteries, but the electric revolution extends far beyond passenger cars. Huge opportunities exist in other transport applications, which play a vital role in ongoing decarbonization efforts.9 Nov 2023
Kognic
Kognic provides a platform of machine learning (ML) based tools to accelerate the development of data-programmed models for autonomous technologies. Its main application and customers thus far have been in the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) space. It is also looking at wider applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and ML for other autonomous applications, such as robotics.6 Nov 2023
Electrification Outside Automotive: A Trillion Dollar Market
The automotive sector is rapidly electrifying, with electric car sales totaling over 5.8 million units in the first half of 2023 across China, Europe, and the US. While automotive electrification is at the forefront of the public eye, other vehicle sectors also present huge opportunities, with IDTechEx predicting the global market of electric vehicles for land, sea, and air to be worth over US$1 trillion in 2044 (excl. automotive).30 Oct 2023
Komatsu: Electrification of Construction Machines
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
The PC210 has an exceptionally large battery and should be able to comfortably deliver 8-hour duty cycles.
The PC33R-6 is currently available in Europe.
Komatsu is already working with electric linear actuators which bring benefits such as increased precision and further reduced maintenance.
12 Oct 2023
Megawatt Charging Could Outshine Hydrogen in Semis
A new high-power charging solution is required to meet the market need of the truck and bus industry to charge electric heavy-duty vehicles in an acceptable amount of time. As a result, the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a charging system for large battery electric vehicles, is now being developed.3 Oct 2023
Varjo
Varjo is a Finnish-headquartered producer of extended reality headsets and software solutions, primarily for high-end enterprise applications. Its flagship XR-3 headset has extremely strong passthrough mixed reality capabilities.25 Sep 2023
Seeing Machines
22 Sep 2023
Environmental Gas Sensor Market 2024-2034: Technology, Trends, Forecasts, Players
IDTechEx Report: Dr Tess Skyrme
14 Sep 2023
Niron Magnetics: Rare Earth Free Permanent Magnets
Niron Magnetics is a US-based company working on eliminating rare earths from permanent magnets. Niron is looking to replace rare earths with iron nitride magnets, which it aims to make competitive on performance with rare earth magnets, but at a fraction of the price.
6 Sep 2023
Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea, and Air 2024-2044
IDTechEx Report: Dr James Edmondson, Shazan Siddiqi, Dr James Jeffs and Dr Alex Holland
30 Aug 2023
Mobile Robotics in Logistics, Warehousing and Delivery 2024-2044
IDTechEx Report: Yulin Wang and Dr James Jeffs
21 Aug 2023
Li-ion Batteries and Battery Management Systems for Electric Vehicles 2024-2034
IDTechEx Report: Dr Alex Holland, Dr James Edmondson and Dr James Jeffs
31 Jul 2023
Autonomous Cars, Robotaxis and Sensors 2024-2044
IDTechEx Report: Dr James Jeffs and Dr Xiaoxi He
