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Altium has been recognized with Automotive SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination) Level 2 certification for its TASKING VX Compiler Toolset. This achievement signifies the standard of product development process that TASKING applies to provide quality, reliable products and continues the commitment to customers to help them produce high quality results in safety-related projects.

MTA SpA has recently announced the beginning of a collaboration with Volvo. This regards the supply of a display for the 4-seater Excellence variant of Volvo XC90 SUV, the first car born from the common development platform called SPA (Scalable Product Architecture).

Feeling like a winner at this year’s Truckfest Northwest, Jannine Burt, Regional Fleet & Sales Manager for JOST UK saw her long-term client James Richardson, of Richardson Transport mark his return to the show ring with a three trophy win. It felt more of a triumph as fifth wheels don’t usually make it into the limelight, but this year was different.

With the introduction of a family of four at the Detroit Motor Show,Volvo Cars has revealed its distinctive approach to developing autonomous cars.The Hain family, from Gothenburg in Sweden, are the first people chosen to take part in a real-life autonomous drive research program using real cars, in real traffic.

Before self-driving cars can become reality, we have to be able to guarantee that they are safe. Tocreate a vital common safety methodology, the Swedish automotive industry is working alongside academia and specialists in a comprehensive research project called ESPLANADE. Semcon’s contribution to the project focuses on communication between drivers and vehicles.

Microsoft’s collaborative productivity app,Skype for Business, will be introduced to Volvo Cars' new 90 Series cars. Volvo Cars is the first carmaker to launch such an in-car productivity tool.

The not-for-profit organisation that partners with the automotive industry to provide support for life to its people and their families, Ben, has announced that circa £10,000 has been raised so far from its first ever national fundraising event – Hats on 4 Mental Health Day.

The International Cycling Safety Conference in Bologna, Italy, last month saw Volvo Trucks launch its global traffic safety campaign ‘See and Be Seen’ - a new initiative to improve safety awareness among unprotected, vulnerable road-users.

A paraglider and a Volvo FH are about to go on a breath-taking journey in Volvo Trucks’ Live Test - ‘The Flying Passenger’. The truck needs to keep the paraglider in the air while giving it a lift uphill, on winding mountain roads, so to succeed the truck must maintain speed.‘The Flying Passenger’ will premiere on November 29thon Volvo Trucks’ digital platforms.

A research project is currently being undertaken by the Volvo Group which involves replacing the cables in trucks with wireless sensors. The result will be a dramatic reduction in the amount of copper and plastic used. Every year the company should be able to dispense with around 5,000km of cabling, which is the equivalent of 18 tonnes of copper and 33 tonnes of plastic.