Tag: Volvo cars
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter Blue Tick move backfires
Twitter's new verification model appears to have backfired after a number of distasteful posts from the seemingly official accounts of famous figures. Previously, the blue tick symbol was reserved for accounts Twitter had vetted and determined to be genuine. But following his takeover, Elon Musk announced that anyone would be able to purchase a tick for…
Volvo brings electric motor development in-house
Volvo has opened a brand-new electric motor lab in Shanghai, China, the latest addition to its global network of facilities for the development and testing of electric car components. The lab comes in addition to ongoing e-motor development in Gothenburg, Sweden, and state-of-the-art battery labs in China and Sweden. Bringing the development of electric motors…
Volvo cars to warn each other of slippery roads, thanks to new connected technology
Volvo Cars is introducing technology which will allows its cars to communicate with one other and alert drivers of nearby slippery road conditions and hazards via a cloud-based network. Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert were first introduced in 2016 on Volvo’s 90 series cars in Sweden and Norway. However, next week the features…
