Between now until 31-March 2023, all hybrid Volvo cars in Malaysia will enjoy a free 5-year service package (VSA5+). VSA5+, otherwise known as the 'Volvo Service Agreement 5 Plus’, is a 5-year comprehensive car service package from Volvo Cars that covers the first five car services including wear and tear items that may need to be replaced, as well as labour. All Volvo cars with a combustion engine have a 1-year / 20,000 km service interval. The promotion is available to customers who place thei

At the launch event of the Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric, Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) teased the all-new EX90 in the form of a video played towards the end of the presentation, which suggests that the model has been earmarked for a local launch. However, there was no timeframe given nor any indication as to whether the Volvo EX90 will arrive as a fully-imported (CBU) model or a locally-assembled (CKD) model like the XC40 EV and C40. During its global debut, Volvo said that production of the EX90

Lane splitting bikers in Malaysia terrorising our city streets are one of the reasons why we cannot enjoy autonomous driving ‘robotaxi’ services that are already being rolled out in China and USA. Looking at it another way, the law-less nature of Malaysian roads is a perfect training ground to ‘teach’ a computer how to drive, and this is exactly what the Volvo Car Group is doing. If an autonomous driving vehicle can work in Malaysia, it will certainly work in many cities elsewhere. Seen here is

EX90 unlikely to replace Volvo XC90, at least not directly All-new 2023 XC90 likely to be announced later this year / early-2023 No new powertrain, will carry over current model’s PHEV setup About two weeks ago, Volvo announced its latest flagship the EX90. To be revealed on 9-November 2022, the EX90 will spearhead the Swedish marque’s goal of having EV models contributing 50 percent of its global sales by 2025, and to become an EV-only company by 2030. The EX90 will also set the tone for future

Hybrid cars are not new to Malaysians, seeing that they have been available in Malaysia for roughly 15 years with the introduction of the FD-generation Honda Civic Hybrid. And today, hybrids are even more popular, as manufacturers like Honda, Toyota, and Nissan all offer at least one hybrid model in their line-up here in Malaysia. More recently, Perodua has thrown their hat in the ring with the 2022 Perodua Ativa Hybrid. On one of the presentation slides that Perodua showed, the second national

Volvo Car Malaysia has just announced that it will be introducing the newly improved Recharge plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain in their Recharge T8 models soon along with some price adjustments which will be announced on 1-May 2022. In Malaysia, the Recharge T8 PHEV models include the 60 Series (Volvo S60, Volvo V60, Volvo XC60) and the 90 Series (Volvo S90, Volvo XC90). Some highlights of the new Recharge PHEV powertrain include: A new long-range battery of 18.8 kWh from 11.6 kWh A new rear ele