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Technological advances have now made it possible for a vehicle to run without a driver, but is a driverless future actually desirable ? Volvo Trucks says that making vehicles more autonomous is perhaps not a question of excluding drivers, but rather of emphasising their importance.

Volvo Car Corporation anticipates a continued strong demand thanks to successful models, such as the Volvo XC60, V60 and S60. Based on this the company has decided to increase its production capacity. Consequently, Volvo Car Corporation needs to recruit an additional 600 employees to the Swedish plants in Gothenburg, Olofström, Skövde and Floby, and also to the Ghent plant in Belgium.

Volvo has developed a system that aims at solving the problem of the truck driver’s blind spot on the passenger side and the results of the research will be demonstrated today (17th May) in the Intersafe 2 EU project in Wolfsburg, Germany.

As a result of the strong demand for I-Shift – Volvo’s innovative mechanical transmission with automated gearchanging function – Volvo Trucks today announced that the company will start assembly of I-Shift gearboxes in its production plant in the USA starting in the third quarter of 2012.

From 7th-9th June, Volvo Trucks have been taking part in the NGV Berlin 2011 Fair in order to present the Volvo FM Methane-Diesel. The participation in this show is also part of Volvo Trucks commitment to establish ‘blue corridors’ in Europe. These transport corridors are designed to increase the availability of gas on European roads to make it possible to cover longer transport distances with gas-powered trucks.

Volvo Car Corporation is now taking the next step in the company's electrification strategy by producing test cars with Range Extenders - electric cars that are fitted with a combustion engine to increase their effective range. The projects, supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU, encompass three potential technology combinations. Tests of the various concepts will get under way in the first quarter of 2012.

Citroën was the first major car brand to sign up to appear at this year’s EcoVelocity motor show on September 8-11.

London could be saved four thousand tonnes of CO2 pollution every week* if all of the Capital’s black cabs were 100% electric, according to the low carbon motor show, EcoVelocity (Sept 8-11).

An innovative electromagnetic simulation tool is speeding the commercialization of a breakthrough direct-drive technology for electric vehicles by Magnomatics. The Opera simulator has been used by Magnomatics - a company that was set up to develop new forms of magnetic power transmission - to design a novel direct drive system that integrates a permanent magnet motor with non-contact magnetic gearing.

Altair Engineering announced today that its HyperWorks CAE platform has been used by [AB]structures to structurally design and optimize the winning yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race, Groupama 4. The yacht, skippered by Franck Cammas, claimed victory in the Volvo Ocean Race on July 9 in Galway, Ireland, after nine months and more than 37,000 nautical miles sailed around the world under the harshest conditions.