Volvo XC90 News

Kinetic energy recovery system improves fuel economy up to 15 percent

Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks are separate companies, and have been for almost 20 years. The separation occurred in 1999, when Volvo Group sold its car manufacturing business to Ford, which in turn sold Volvo Cars to Geely in 2010. But despite being separate, the vehicle makers share a name, and now they will also share data between their products to prevent accidents.

Here's what's next as Geely looks to Volvo trucks, reportedly buys a stake in Daimler.

An $11-billion gamble paid off – for awhile.

The tip-off is the high-mounted ballast.

Uber and Volvo have turned a number of XC90s into self-driving SUVs in the City by the Bay. It's an extension of the program the two companies tested in Pittsburgh earlier this year.

What's Swedish for 'taxi!'?

Volvo is planning to dispatch 100 autonomous vehicles on Chinese roads to look at how its latest technology impacts heavy congestion and pollution.

Volvo is charging a big premium for the top version of its flagship model, stepping into the growing field of six-figure SUVs coming out of Europe with the arrival of the XC90 Excellence.

Volvo started selling its crossover SUV last year, and priced it at $68,000 here in the US.

Think of Volvo's Sensus infotainment system as taking a tablet experience and planting it right into the center console.

Polestar is offering some mild performance upgrades for the new Volvo XC90 in both T6 and D5 specs, focused on throttle response and transmission performance.

The performance experts at Polestar are reportedly prepping a hotter Volvo XC90 with 350 horsepower or more, and the division also has a tuned plug-in hybrid in the works.

Volvo is telling its dealers to stop delivering the seven-passenger 2016 XC90. There's a problem with the inflatable curtain airbag that might not offer proper protection for folks in the third row.

Volvo imagines what it would be like if were to gear its XC90 luxury crossover specifically toward babies with the XC90 Excellence Child Seat Concept.

Columnist Gary Witzenburg takes another look at plug-in hybrid technology after driving the new Hyundai Sonata PHEV and the Volvo XC90 PHEV.

The simple, minimalist approach to Volvo's interior layout is set to become a focal point for the brand, according to its CEO, Hakan Samuelsson.

Volvo presents the XC90 Excellence at the Shanghai Motor Show with the Lounge Console concept, packing even more luxury for customers who prefer to be driven than drive themselves.

The new XC90 plug-in is way, way more popular than Volvo expected. Rather than accounting for a 3-5 percent take rate, UK preorders are sitting closer to 20 percent.

Volvo is teasing an even more opulent version of the XC90 for the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show. It appears to go beyond even the Excellence version and replaces the front passenger seat with something called the Lounge Console.

Volvo announces pricing for the new XC90 T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid, starting at $68,100 before delivery and any tax credits are taken into account.