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Regulatory News: The Volvo Group (NASDAQ:VOLV) (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) is investing slightly more than SEK 330 M in a new concept for reducing emissions and improving quality in connection with the function testing of newly produced engines. Use of the new technology will reduce emissions by approximately 85 percent. The concept has been tested for about a year at the Volvo Group's engine-production plant in Curitiba, Brazil. The new technology enables safer and more efficient quality assurance of new engines. While it previously took about 30 minutes to check all functions during testing, the new method generates the same results significantly faster and with greater precision. With leading-edge evaluation methods in the background, this brief engine test provides complete information about functionality. At the same time, emissions of nitrous oxides and other harmful substances from the plant are reduced by 85 percent. During 2008, the new technology will be introduced at the engine-production plants in Skovde, Sweden, and Hagerstown, Maryland in the US. In 2009, the equipment will be installed at all of the Volvo Group's engine plants worldwide. The investment also comprises upgrading and improving quality assurance of the assembly process in engine production. March 4, 2008 The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 19 countries and sells their products in more than 180 markets. Annual sales of the Volvo Group amount to about SEK 285 billion. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Goteborg, Sweden. Volvo shares are listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. Visit http://www.thenewsmarket.com/volvogroup to access broadcast-standard video from Volvo Group. You can preview and request video, and choose to receive as a MPEG2 file or by Beta SP tape. Registration and video is free to the media. AB Volvo (publ) may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication at 13.30 p.m. March 4, 2008. This information was brought to you by Cision http://newsroom.cision.com Regulatory News: The Volvo Group (NASDAQ:VOLV) (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) is investing slightly more than SEK 330 M in a new concept for reducing emissions and improving quality in connection with the function testing of newly produced engines. Use of the new technology will reduce emissions by approximately 85 percent. The concept has been tested for about a year at the Volvo Group�s engine-production plant in Curitiba, Brazil. The new technology enables safer and more efficient quality assurance of new engines. While it previously took about 30 minutes to check all functions during testing, the new method generates the same results significantly faster and with greater precision. With leading-edge evaluation methods in the background, this brief engine test provides complete information about functionality. At the same time, emissions of nitrous oxides and other harmful substances from the plant are reduced by 85 percent. During 2008, the new technology will be introduced at the engine-production plants in Sk�vde, Sweden, and Hagerstown, Maryland in the US. In 2009, the equipment will be installed at all of the Volvo Group�s engine plants worldwide. The investment also comprises upgrading and improving quality assurance of the assembly process in engine production. March 4, 2008 The Volvo Group is one of the world�s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 19 countries and sells their products in more than 180 markets. Annual sales of the Volvo Group amount to about SEK 285 billion. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in G�teborg, Sweden. Volvo shares are listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. Visit http://www.thenewsmarket.com/volvogroup to access broadcast-standard video from Volvo Group. You can preview and request video, and choose to receive as a MPEG2 file or by Beta SP tape. Registration and video is free to the media. AB Volvo (publ) may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication at 13.30 p.m. March 4, 2008. This information was brought to you by Cision http://newsroom.cision.com