Press releases in English

23rd of March, the biggest environmental event - Earth Hour - will take place. Commute Greener and WWF are sharing the idea of challenging and inspiring others to commit to a greener lifestyle.

WirelessCar, one of the leading providers of telematics solutions, has been awarded as the “Best China Telematics company” for 2012 by China Telematics, one of the most important telematics magazines in China, at the IOVA Annual Conference on 24th of January 2013.

WirelessCar was selected by Sprint to provide an end-to-end global solution for the Sprint Velocity Program.

Volvo IT is expanding in China and a national competition among IT students helped attract top-talent university students. Three of them will now join the mission as Volvo IT crew members at the next Volvo Ocean race stop in Sanya, China. They will soon show if they have what it takes to work with IT at the extreme.

Olle Högblom, 50, has been appointed President of Volvo IT. Olle Högblom is currently Senior Vice President Infrastructure & Operations at Volvo IT in Gothenburg, Sweden. The appointment is effective immediately.

The agreement with ICA AB means that Volvo IT will take over the mainframe operation of ICA’s logistics system and those parts of the ICA Bank that are run on mainframes. Operations will be transferred from ICA’s previous supplier of mainframe operations. The target is that everything will be transferred to Volvo IT during the autumn of 2012.

“WirelessCar is redefining the telematics service provider as a global supplier of cloud services” distinguishing itself by a global reach and an open platform. An analysis that could be summed-up as: “wherever you turn, WirelessCar is there!”

Volvo IT's web and mobile service for environmentally friendly commuting, Commute Greener, has been named the 2011 most environmentally friendly project by the CIO Magazine in Sweden.

Have you ever been in a rush to get to work and your car won’t start? No problem. A new web and mobile service function, Commute Greener, now provides information on others in your area who travel the same route. In addition, the application can also send a ride share request to allow you to quickly make other travel arrangements. The service can also help find cycling buddies or the times of the best bus service.

Volvo IT is currently collaborating with Volvo Trucks to test the way consumer electronics can be used to streamline work at service workshops. Mechanics are given access to service instructions from a smartphone, thereby saving time and enhancing quality.