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Approximately 100 days into his tenure as CEO of Volvo Group, Martin Lundstedt announced changes in the Sweden-based manufacturer that emphasize brand names over market geography.

Volvo Group reported November truck deliveries were flat from the same month a year earlier, but included a 40% rise in Europe as other regions declined.

In its latest Live Test series of videos, Volvo Trucks put 4-year-old Sophie in charge of its 18-ton FMX construction truck and, predictably, mayhem ensued.

Volvo Trucks announced that it will debut a new video in its Live Test series Dec. 3 that should be on par with its “Epic Split” YouTube video that has been viewed 81 million times.

Volvo will cut production in North America in December and January in the face of lower demand and high inventory levels at dealerships, the truck maker said Nov. 19.

Volvo AB said the krona’s decline on currency markets helped boost third-quarter operating profit even as truck orders, a predictor for future sales, dropped 15%.

Volvo Group North America has installed 5,000 solar panels at its Hagerstown, Maryland, powertrain manufacturing plant.

Volvo Trucks North America announced that it broke ground on a $38.1 million expansion of its New River Valley truck assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia.

Volvo Group’s North American truck deliveries rose 13% in August from the same month last year, the company reported Sept. 17.