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Volvo shows off the Polestar 3’s sweet new Android Automotive interface

By Betty C. Morrow 2 weeks ago
The full Polestar 3 design isn't revealed yet, but Volvo released this camouflaged photo.
Enlarge / The full Polestar 3 design isn’t revealed yet, but Volvo released this camouflaged photo.

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Volvo, Qualcomm, Google are teaming up to make car infotainment even more smartphone-like than ever. If Wintel (Windows plus Intel) is the default software+hardware combo of the PC era, then the smartphone equivalent has got to be Android and Qualcomm (Andcom? Qualdroid?). Volvo is bringing this combo to the upcoming Polestar 3 electric SUV, which is due sometime in 2022. We also got a sneak peek at what the new interface would look like.

Volvo’s Polestar 2 was the first to ship Google’s Android Automotive OS in a car. Unlike Android Auto or Apple’s CarPlay, which run on your smartphone, Android Automotive OS has a custom version of Android preinstalled on the car, as the main car infotainment OS. Even if you have an iPhone, your car still runs Android. The Polestar 2

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Qualcomm is expanding its automotive platforms with new Volvo, Honda, Renault deals

By Betty C. Morrow 3 weeks ago

Qualcomm has announced several new expansions of its partnerships with major car companies to provide hardware and software platforms for connected vehicles at CES 2022, partnering with Volvo, Honda, and Renault to add more functionality to their upcoming cars.

Qualcomm already has a full suite of automotive platforms, which it collectively calls the Qualcomm Digital Chassis. The goal is to provide automakers with a variety of tools they can use to help make their cars more intelligent and more connected (although companies can pick and choose which of the platforms they want to use).

Those include:

  • Snapdragon Ride, which provides driver assistance and automated driving technologies
  • Snapdragon Cockpit, for in-car experiences, including SoCs and software solutions for powering multiple displays and audio / video / multimedia
  • Snapdragon Auto Connectivity, for providing automakers with LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi, and GPS solutions for connecting cars to the internet, cloud, and other vehicles
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Volvo Cars sees chip shortage extending into 2022, Q3 profit dips By Reuters

By Betty C. Morrow 2 months ago

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People look at a Volvo XC40 car during the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China show, in Beijing, China September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

By Helena Soderpalm

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Volvo Cars warned on Tuesday that the sector-wide semiconductor shortage would continue into next year, as its first quarterly report since listing on the stock market a month ago confirmed a dip in revenue and profit.

The Gothenburg-based carmaker said supply chains were still constrained but while production remained lower than demand, it had “improved month by month” since September.

“The supply situation has improved going into the fourth quarter, but we expect the industry-wide shortage of semi-conductors to remain a restraining factor,” Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson said in a statement.

Volvo’s initial public offering (IPO) on Oct. 29 was the biggest in Europe so far this year, a sign of strength for the

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Geely Holding Welcomes New Investors in Volvo Cars

By Betty C. Morrow 3 months ago


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2021 October 29, Hangzhou. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), China’s largest private-owned automotive group, today welcomed new equity investors to Volvo Cars following the completion of an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange valuing the Swedish premium automotive group at SEK 158 billion.

Geely Holding, which acquired Volvo Cars in 2010, has overseen a significant increase in the value of its Scandinavian subsidiary in a decade which has seen the automaker expand its manufacturing footprint to include plants in China and the US, achieve record volume sale and to embark of a transition strategy to full electrification.

Eric Li, Founder and Chair of both Geely Holding and Volvo Cars, said: “We are proud of the success achieved by Volvo Cars, which has flourished as part of Geely Holding Group to become the fastest transformer in the global premium segment. By delivering on this strategy as a newly

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