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Battery electric

Volvo CE Unveils its Future: Concept machines reveal bets on automation, electrification

During its 2016 Xploration Forum Volvo offered intriguing glimpses of where it was headed.

September 16, 2016

Vocational

Volvo demos FMX autonomous truck in a dark mine by placing CTO in its path

The safety debate over autonomous truck driving just got a lot more interesting thanks to a new video from Volvo which shows one of the company’s top executives daring to stand in the path of one its autonomous FMX truck.   During the roughly two-minute long video, the FMX cab-over concept truck is shown traversing […]

September 12, 2016

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February 28, 2026

Roadbuilding

NHTSA will soon post autonomous vehicle guidelines for manufacturers

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plans to release guidelines for autonomous vehicles in a few months, focusing on performance standards, policy guidelines for state regulation consistency and the agency’s governance desires for the vehicles. According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind wants the guidelines available as soon as […]

August 8, 2016