“We’re still safety-conscious at heart”, he said.
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“Now, with a successful 2015 behind us, Volvo Cars will enter the next phase of its global transformation”.
VOLVO has announced that it will be the first auto manufacturer to introduce keyless vehicles that won’t require a fob to access and start.
Volvo Cars sold some 503,000 cars over the period to net 6.6 billion SEK (779 million USA dollars) in operating income compared to 2.1 billion SEK (248 million US dollars) in 2014, the company said in its yearly earnings report.
He said: “Battery life on phones is getting better and better already people are storing boarding passes on their phone, for example”. You don’t need to be in the same place to do this. Battery technology is gradually improving and consumers are more aware than ever that they sometimes need to charge up during the day, or carry a portable battery in their bag.
Volvo’s annual revenue shot up to 164 billion SEK, a 19-percent increase year on year.
Dad… could you message me the vehicle key, please? Just do not forget the USB cable.
Volvo is banking on a 75 billion crown investment programme in a string of new models and plants to secure it a firm foothold in a premium market dominated by German heavyweights such as Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Keys go missing in a way that other essentials like smartphones simply don’t.
“We had to make bold decisions in the last few years – that was a necessity – by investing to have new vehicles, new motors, new platforms”, chief executive Håkan Samuelsson told the AFP news agency on the margins of the automaker’s results presentation.
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The app communicates with “a Bluetooth installation” inside the auto, Mr Rosenqvist said, but acknowledged that extra security would be required. After that, we will start to see the app being made available to all consumers. The Gothenburg-based company’s previous year achievement, mostly boosted in the later stages of 2015, was mainly due to the launch of the new XC90 SUV.
