Volvo has promoted its head of Europe, Bjorn Annwall, to chief financial officer. He will succeed Carla De Geyseleer, who will step down for personal reasons.

With the Polestar 0 project, the EV maker aims to cut carbon emissions by re-thinking the entire development process as well as shaking up the value chain.

After Volvo launched its Android-based infotainment system that it co-developed with Google, tech chief Henrik Green wanted answers to two questions.

Volvo's policy will give employees with at least one year of service a total of 24 weeks of leave at 80 percent of their base pay. In the U.S., Volvo employees were previously offered six weeks of parental leave at 100 percent of their salary.

The Shanghai show will be very different because travel restrictions will make it impossible for most executives from places such as Detroit, Wolfsburg and Munich to attend.

The German supplier, best known for its transmissions, is on a "transformation journey," Asia-Pacific chief Holger Klein said.

Smart, Tesla, MG, Ferrari, Lotus, MG, Aston Martin, Suzuki and Volvo were among the 13 brands that increased European sales in February in a market that was down 20 percent.

The Skoda Octavia finished as one of the top 10-selling models in 18 out of 27 European markets through two months of 2021, beating the Toyota Yaris and Corolla as well as the VW Golf.

The Nissan, Fiat, Skoda, Toyota, Kia, Ford and Volkswagen brands increased February sales in Turkey by a double-digit percentage or more. Those gains helped the overall market increase 24 percent in the second month of the year.

A new, scalable infotainment platform will be shared with Volvo sister brands Polestar and Geely Auto as well as third parties.

Automotive News Europe Rising Stars Gaetano Thorel, Antonella Bruno and Maria Grazia Davino have all been given top-level positions on the Stellantis management team for Europe.

Continental's plans to separate its powertrain business to create Vitesco Technologies were sidetracked by the pandemic. CEO Andreas Wolf told Automotive News Europe why the delay has been beneficial to the electrification specialist.

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The Volvo C40 Recharge EV will help the automaker edge closer to two of its goals. By 2030, Volvo wants every car it sells to be fully electric and by 2025, it wants 50 percent of its worldwide sales to be done online.

Volvo aims to be an electric-only brand in less than a decade and plans to sell all its EVs exclusively via its online store. When asked what this means to Volvo's global retail network, Lex Kerssemakers, head of global commercial operations, said no closures are planned.