Dr. Peter Mertens, until now the Vice President of Research and Development at Volvo, is leaving the company to take a new position leading Technical Development at Audi. Mertens joined Volvo in 2011 and was an important member of the team that led Volvo's turnaround. In his time with the...

Volvo announced today that it will be “throwing its weight” behind the Charging Interface Initiative, a consortium interested in designing a universal charging system for electric cars. The system would allow all electric vehicles to use the same plugs for charging. By standardizing, all...