That experience helps me frame an appreciation for Volvo’s development of the world’s first virtual pregnant crash test dummy back in the early 2000s. Women carrying a child are rounded in new ...

Volvo has introduced a crash dummy meant to represent a woman in a late stage of pregnancy. The presence of a fetus in a crash (or crash test) complicates matters greatly, as the safety devices ...

There’s a giant moose crash-test dummy, too, but the piece de resistance is the fact that the entire building can be rotated at the press of a button, enabling Volvo to configure a variety of ...

This is the most unusual crash test I ... a new standardized test. Volvo has been the pioneer of several crash tests over the years, including the use of crash dummies themselves.

As expected of a Volvo, the aging XC90 qualified for Top Safety Pick+ yet again, although not without a few small issues ...

The moose crash-test dummy was developed by IT engineer Magnus Gens to see how cars would crumple when they collided with big wildlife. The annual spoof awards for quirky science are supposed to ...