Keolis has ordered 22 of Volvo Buses’ new double-decker model, the Volvo 9700 DD. The coaches will be used for express services between Gothenburg and Borås from December 2021.

Volvo Buses continues to strengthen its position on the European market for electromobility system solutions and electrically powered buses. Over the past year´s the company has received a large number of new orders from various cities throughout Europe.

While vehicle and component production has slowed to a trickle in Europe because of the coronavirus outbreak, Daimler, Volvo and suppliers say their factories in China are coming back online.

Volvo is recalling 507,000 vehicles worldwide because of a faulty engine component that, in extreme cases, could result in a fire. Volvo said its own investigations have identified that “in very rare cases the plastic engine intake manifold may melt and deform.”

In the Dvořák Hall of the Prague Rudolfinum, the prestigious Awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy for the year 2017 were awarded on March 10, 2018. Volvo Car Czech Republic was a partner of the festive evening.