Volvo said on Wednesday that 50 per cent of its vehicles would be battery operated by 2025 under its global vision plan and the first product 'XC40 Recharge' would be launched in the country later this year. "We are planning to launch our electric car in India in the second half of the year. It will be called the XC40 Recharge. It has already been in Europe and has been very successful (there)," Volvo Car India, Managing Director Charles Frump told . The company, he said, would focus on bringing the best electric cars in the Indian market. Frump said the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was 'very very challenging' in the first half of 2020, but had come back on track after the festive season got underway last year "I would say it was a tougher first half and a strong second half (for Volvo Cars India)", he said. Speaking after inaugurating a 7,000 square foot showroom here, the company's 26th pan India sales and service facility, he said they would unveil the mid size … [Read more...] about 50 pc Volvo Cars to be EV by 2025
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China sees acceleration in work resumption after Spring Festival holiday
Video Player Close -- To prevent the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19, China encouraged people to stay put over the holiday this year, which lasted from Feb. 11 to 17. Thanks to the stay-put measure, many enterprises were able to continue holiday production or resume production quickly after the holiday break. -- Apart from boisterous production activities, construction of new projects continued or started during the holiday across the country, injecting new impetus to China's economy. By Xinhua Writers Liu Fangqiang, Li Hua, Wang Hao HEFEI/XI'AN/TAIYUAN, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Moving back and forth on an automobile assembly line, Zhang Tianshun was conducting function tests for vehicles before they roll off the production line. "My job is to check the functionality of seven parts of the car, including four windows, front and rear wipers and the sunroof. It takes two minutes to test a car for my part, and I need to handle about 200 cars per day. It's even busier than … [Read more...] about China sees acceleration in work resumption after Spring Festival holiday
Google Maps rolls out dark mode on Android
The Google Maps app is introducing dark mode for its Android users. As per a media report, the Google Maps app is getting a true dark mode on Android. The company announced on Tuesday that it is widely releasing the dark theme option that it has been testing in the app since September 2020. The dark mode will be accessible in the app's settings menu, under 'theme'. Google announced the dark mode rollout as part of a batch of new features coming to Android, including some updates to Android Auto. Android Auto is also getting a split-screen feature that will put Maps side by side with media controls, much like what Apple started doing in CarPlay in iOS 13 in 2019. Though this feature will only be available in cars with wider displays. Google is adding shortcuts to the Android Auto launch screen, too, which will allow for quick access to weather or setting your home thermostat. The Android Auto features will be available in the coming days on phones running … [Read more...] about Google Maps rolls out dark mode on Android