Volvo has updated its XC90 crossover for 2020 with a kinetic energy recovery braking system (KERS) that promises to improve fuel economy by 15 per cent. The 2020 XC90 will mark Volvo’s first production application of KERS technology, whose use…
Volvo went to four-wheel disc brakes long before most of the rest of the industry, with every Volvo 140 coming with a high-performance safety-enhancing disc stopper at each corner going back to 1966. By 1974, most Detroit cars still had…
Collision Warning with Emergency Brake is the result of Volvo Trucks’ pioneering work with active safety systems. Here we take a look at the technology behind Emergency Brake, how it protects the driver and makes traffic environments safer. Accidents where…