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We loaded up our Volvo at Atlanta's only Certified Organic Farmer's Market!

A Volvo Filled with Organic Produce is a Happy Volvo

 

What are you doing Saturday morning?

We love spending Saturday mornings at Morningside Farmers’ Market browsing, sampling, and ultimately filling up the back of our Volvo with a nourishing haul of food for the week. Vising the market gives us an opportunity to connect with neighbors, keep our money in the local economy, and feel good about the values we are sharing with our families.
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Drive Ethically: Drive a Volvo

How Volvo's Commitment to ethics is keeping you and your family safe on the roads

 

Volvo drivers have always been grounded in strong values related to family, safety and the environment. Customers who purchase from us use their purchasing power to make a strong statement about their values and commitments. Those commitments were recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, which named Volvo Car Group to its 2017 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®.
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Volvo Has Electrifying Plans for 2019

Volvo Cars says that every vehicle it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor under its hood, signaling the end of cars that only house an internal combustion engine for the brand.

President and chief executive, Håkan Samuelsson, said in a press release that the change is for the customer because there is an increasing demand for electrified vehicles.

"You can now pick and choose whichever electrified Volvo you wish," he said.

Volvo Cars plans to introduce a collection of electrified cruisers across its model range and...

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From Body Panels to Batteries with Volvo

A lot of great technology is in the works these days, folks. Improving on hybrid and all-electric technology is a given, alternative fuels like hydrogen fuel cells are being developed, and autonomous driving is nearly a reality; we truly have a lot to look forward to in the coming years. But there's a technology that many tend to overlook as being so well-established, it's not worth changing: the car battery. Well, Volvo has…

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Exploring the KERS from Volvo

It's small, powerful, efficient, and partially electric. We're not describing a car but, in fact, an engine technology that is being implemented for new Volvo vehicles. It's being called KERS, which is short for Kinetic Energy Recovery System, and it's looking to revolutionize the way engines work for the automaker in the foreseeable future.


Combined with a new four-cylinder turbo engine, the KERS generates energy that reduces the need for the…

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New Injection Technology and Gearbox Coming to Volvo

Our favorite automaker has been dedicated to bringing you great style, incredible performance, and as much money-saving fuel efficiency possible in all new Volvo models. Now, they've made us aware of a new technology that could take the fuel-saving even further without sacrificing power or performance in any sense, all by the end of this year. We haven't seen anything in action just yet but we have all the details given to us…

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