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Fredrick Kunkle, The Washington Post Published 3:22 pm PDT, Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Volvo on Wednesday announced plans to install in-car cameras in its vehicles that will monitor drivers for signs of distracted or impaired driving and take action if it appears that the driver's behavior becomes dangerous. The Swedish automaker, which recently announced that it would also limit the top speeds of its cars as a way of making highways safer, said that the in-car cameras would be part of a system that would slow the vehicles and "safely park" them on the side of the road if they detected that a driver was becoming incapacitated or if the driver's attention had lapsed for a long period of time. The technology would also summon help from its 24/7 assistance center. The company, whose announcement was covered by The Verge and other tech news media, said the move was part of its Vision 2020 safety campaign to reduce serious injuries and fatalities in its vehicles. Earlier this … [Read more...] about Volvo says in-car cameras will monitor drivers, take action to prevent distracted or impaired driving

Volvo Cars is recalling about half a million cars worldwide because of a faulty engine component that may in extreme cases cause a vehicle to catch a fire. The Swedish carmaker said Monday the affected cars are two-liter, four-cylinder diesel engines manufactured between 2014 and 2019 in the following models: S60, S80, S90, V40, V60, V70, V90, XC60 and XC90. Volvo said the engine inlet manifold is made of plastic and could melt due to temperature changes. Spokesman Stefan Elfstrom told Swedish news agency TT the company has noticed in its investigations that "it has led to a car fire in a few cases." There have been no reports of injuries or accidents linked to the fault. Volvo Cars has been owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group since 2010. Puerto Rico Protests to Drive Out Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Joe Raedle/Getty Images Copyright Associated Press … [Read more...] about Volvo Recalls Some 500,000 Vehicles Due to Faulty Engine Part

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued the following bulletin based upon a safety recall initiated by Volvo Trucks affecting nearly 20,000 Class 8 motor vehicles, with more than 17,000 affected vehicles in the United States (click here to view Volvo Trucks’ “Safety Recall Alert”).FMCSA has become aware of a critical safety defect that could severely affect the safe operation of these vehicles due to a faulty two-piece steering shaft. This condition can lead to separation of the steering shaft without warning and an immediate loss of steering ability and control which may lead to a vehicle crash. Operators of vehicles affected by the Volvo recall should take the vehicles out of service as soon as possible. FMCSA is publishing this advisory bulletin to raise awareness of this issue in order to prevent serious crashes.FMCSA and State inspectors are advised that certain 2016 and 2017 Volvo and Mack Titan model trucks may be affected by the … [Read more...] about Urgent Inspection Bulletin: Safety Recall Issued by Volvo Trucks

Car Manufacturer Refused to Hire Laborer Because He Was a Recovering Drug Addict in a Medically Supervised Treatment Program, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE - Volvo Group North America, LLC, violated federal law when it refused to hire a qualified worker at its Hagerstown, Md., facility because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.According to the suit, in February 2015, Volvo made a conditional offer of employment to Michael Files, a recovering drug addict who has not used illegal drugs and has been enrolled in a supervised medication-assisted treatment programs since 2010, for an hourly manufacturing position.However, when Files informed the company nurse he was taking medically prescribed suboxone during his post-offer physical examination, the nurse informed him Volvo viewed suboxone as a narcotic worse than heroin. When Files reported for his first day of work days later, Volvo's human resources … [Read more...] about EEOC Sues Volvo Group North America, LLC, For Disability Discrimination

Mack Trucks and its parent company, Volvo, agreed to pay $525 million to retired employees who challenged the company’s proposed reductions to lifetime health benefits in an Eastern District of Pennsylvania class action lawsuit.According to the Legal Intelligencer, Senior U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick gave preliminary approval of the settlement today. The class is comprised of more than 9,300 retired employees who filed the action after Mack Trucks sought a court ruling against the United Auto Workers Union that lifetime benefits of its retirees were not vested and could be modified or eliminated. … [Read more...] about Mack Trucks, Volvo Settle Benefits Case Brought by Retirees for $525M