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Torque News predicted self driving cars would kill off the valets. Here is how Volvo did it, and why car-nuts should rejoice.

It is a story for the record books and Volvo plays a central role, but perhaps the strangest aspect of the tale is the fact the man who drove 3 million miles in a single car lives on an island 118 miles long.

Volvo has issued a series of press releases announcing it is quitting V8s in it cars, moving to all 4 cylinder engines, and called the V8 names in the process. Today Volvo announced it is proud to join the Australian V8 Supercars series.

When Volvo began its Light Component Project in 1979, fuel efficiency and alternative fuels were not the watchwords of the day.

Volvo announced today it is moving ahead with only four cylinder engines as part of its strategy to regain brand independence. Will this bump Volvo out of the top tier it has so long been striving for?

The technology Volvo is testing for passenger cars has worked in race cars and now the group says it can make it affordable. Here is how they do it.

The Volvo C30 electric car is going into testing and evaluation by customers this summer, and features faster acceleration and faster charging.

The Volvo S60 Polestar performance concept unveiled in LA is headed for the production line. The limited production run will be exclusive as a pilot project.

Volvo VP calls V8's "dinosaurs" and claims new engines will be more powerful and fuel efficient. Bold words from company hoping to succeed against competitors that all offer both V8s and also smaller engines.

An exterior airbag that will surround the entire body of a vehicle in the event of an accident is under development by Volvo, exactly one year after the company announced the pedestrian airbag on the Volvo V40.

With worldwide sales nearing 65K in 2012, the Volvo V60 Sports Wagon will soon come to America to extend its global following.

The Volvo V60 has a powerful and unusual green car drive system. It may win a green car award, but if you can't have one, what is the point?

Despite the widely witnessed failure of the City Safe low-speed impact avoidance system in 2010, the technology really does work and the improved version now featured in the all-new 2014 Volvo S80 and XC70 will stop itself at speeds up to 31-mph to avoid an impact.

Volvo is the other come back kid from Europe, much as Ford has done over here in the US. The carmaker, once thought of as dead has come back nicely with a well diversified portfolio of cars, including a plug-in hybrid that will be presented at the Detroit Auto Show.

Beneath the bright lights of the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, Volvo will release the beast lurking within the Polestar S60 Concept, a sexy 508-horsepower, lightning-quick, glamorous beauty, built by Volvo's official performance partner.

The remarkable new Volvo V60 plug-in diesel hybrid was only introduced two months ago at the Paris Auto Show and has already sold out the 2013 model year’s 1,000 units before they even hit the showrooms and is rapidly taking orders for the 2014 models.

In an announcement we now hear regularly, Volvo claims its new technology allows for faster recharging of EVs, but sounds a little late to the party, and a little comic.

Volvo Car Corporation has paved the way for implementation of communication between cars by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.

The worlds first diesel plug-in hybrid, Volvo's V60 Plug-in Hybrid, is debuting at the Paris Motor Show, and Volvo has already sold out the first years production.

Volvo is launching the all-new 2013 V40 Cross Country that offers all-wheel-drive for rugged adventure.

Volvo is leaving is staid image in the dust. The new S60 design trend is continuing with the V40 and the new V40 R-Design will turn a lot of heads.

Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) has announced the launch of a new Pinterest-based promotion they’re calling the Volvo Joyride. This is reportedly the first social media platform campaign for the company while providing the official launch of their Pinterest channel.

The all-new 2013 Volvo V40 has received the top rating in the Euro NCAP collision test making the sedan the best ever recorded by the institute.

Both Hyundai, with its Hope On Wheels program, and Volvo, with its sponsorship of the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, are spearheading September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Volvo is the latest to dash in the pool of plug-in hybrid, toping this week’s list long on new entrant into this market segment. But what does it have to offer others don’t?

The year is barely mid way that accolades and awards are pouring in for the budding electric car market. Some will surprise you, others are obvious choices.

China again shows it political prowess in selecting the Volvo C30 Electric as its Green Car of the Year.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a new recall of 2011, 2012 and 2013 model year Volvo S80 sedans over a concern that the transmission may not properly downshift – increasing the likelihood of an accident should the Swedish sedan stall in traffic.

Volvo is developing several new safety systems they say will keep vehicle occupants from being killed or seriously hurt in a new Volvo car.

A report released this week by HLDI shows that some popular safety don’t work, while some simpler ones are very effective. Some systems actually showed an increase in accidents.