Volvo was founded in 1915 as a subsidiary of SKF, the ball bearing manufacturer. However, the Volvo Group and Volvo Cars consider themselves to have been officially founded on 14 April 1927.
Volvo Group sold its car division Volvo Car Corporation to Ford Motor Company for $6.45 billion in 2000.
In 2010 Ford sold the Volvo Car Corporation to Geely Automobile of China for $1.8 billion.
The service information and diagnostic scantool support site for Volvo is www.volvotechinfo.com.
The Volvo Diagnostic Scan Tool Interface is called DiCE which is derived from Diagnostic Communications Equipment and replaced the VCT2000. NOTE: XC90 (16-) reference SMB 00-337.
VIDA - Vehicle Information Diagnostic for Aftersales is the diagnostic platform the dealer & independent service centers use to interface either the DiCE or approved J2534 device with Volvo cars for diagnostic scantool based operations as well as service programming. VIDA 2015 is 100% internet based, providing the user with the latest releases of up to date software.