In a recent announcement, Polestar -- the electric car subsidiary of Volvo and Geely -- has revealed the final list prices for its Polestar 2 electric car in the European markets where the vehicle

In a recent announcement, Volkswagen Group (VW)’s commercial vehicle subsidiary Traton has revealed that it will make a EUR 1 billion investment in e-mobility by the year 2025.

For the ‘EVolution Road’ research project in Sweden, a Solaris Trollino trolleybus -- manufactured by Poland-based bus and coach maker Solaris -- will be test driven on a special electric-vehicle (

Swedish automaker Volvo has confirmed the specifications and pricing of the new, forthcoming model in its XC line-up -- the XC40 T5 plug-in hybrid SUV -- for the UK market.

Stockholm - Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson on Thursday posted an increase in first-quarter 2009 sales - but net income fell dropped dramatically due to losses attributed to its joint venture Sony Ericsson.

Pre-tax income in the quarter totalled 3.3 billion kronor (400 million dollars), a 25 per cent decline year-on-year but better than analysts had predicted.

Net income - after losses and restructuring charges - dropped 30 per cent to 1.8 billion kronor while sales increased 12 per cent to 49.6 billion kronor, Ericsson said.

Stockholm  - An 18-year-old man was Wednesday sentenced to a 15-month prison term for rioting and drug offences in connection with Sweden's Davis Cup tie against Israel in March.

Some two dozen people face charges for taking part in riots that erupted the southern Swedish city Malmo after a mass protest was staged against the Israeli bombing campaign against the Gaza Strip in January.

The Davis Cup tie in Malmo was held without spectators since city officials said they could not guarantee the safety of the players or officials.