Volvo Automotive UK has unveiled a brand-new flagship multi-million-pound showroom in Elstree.

Each Volvo Automotive UK and Endeavour Automotive, who function the positioning, have invested a mixed £8 million in Volvo Automobiles North West London to offer new and used automobile gross sales, servicing, MoT inspections and repairs.

Volvo Automobiles is dedicated to changing into a climate-neutral firm by 2040 and a totally electrical automobile maker by 2030. As a part of this, the brand new showroom in Elstree is probably the most sustainable Volvo web site within the UK and has been designed to exceed new Volvo Retail Sustainable Expertise (VRSE) requirements.

The location incorporates a 178kW photo voltaic panel system put in on the constructing’s roof, which is forecast to cut back CO2 by 25 metric tons a 12 months and produce sufficient renewable vitality to totally cost nearly 2,100 electrical automobiles. Any vitality not consumed on the positioning might be exported to the grid to assist cowl native wants.

The location additionally has a 5,000-litre rainwater harvesting system, which is designed to seize sufficient water to wash almost 600 automobiles. As well as, the constructing advantages from a number of high-efficiency heat-recovery-based warmth pumps, whereas environment friendly LED lighting is used all through the positioning.

To futureproof the ability and accommodate Volvo’s rising electrical automobile vary, the positioning provides 33 electrical automobile charging shops, eight of which supply ultra-fast DC charging.

To boost the general shopper expertise, the showroom options bespoke digital shows, utilizing energy-efficient direct-view LED expertise, laser projection and touchscreens beside every show automobile. The mixture of applied sciences brings the showroom to life via the addition of visible movement to the house and interactivity to the buyer journey.

As well as, the showroom options Volvo’s signature lounge space, full with luxurious Scandinavian furnishings. Prospects can chill out and luxuriate in Swedish muffins whereas their automobile is taken care of, or they’ll work whereas they wait because of the free Wi-Fi. The eye to element contains an inside viewing window that permits clients to see all of the exercise within the web site’s workshops from – what seems like – the consolation of their very own front room.

Volvo Automobiles North West London additionally provides a streamlined, paperless, service to automobile homeowners that halves ready instances. Referred to as Volvo Private Service, this has the identical technician liaising with the client from the purpose of reserving, proper via to explaining the companies – which they themselves have carried out.

Nicole Melillo Shaw, managing director at Volvo Automotive UK, mentioned: “The showroom has been designed with Volvo’s key issues in thoughts – sustainability and the buyer – with a deal with electrical automobiles and an eco-friendly design, whereas the handy location contained in the M25 makes it completely positioned to serve customers throughout a large space. We’re assured that this new enterprise with Endeavour Automotive is the subsequent step in delivering an excellent shopper expertise.”

Andrew Shackleton, chief government at Endeavour Automotive, mentioned: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Volvo Automotive UK to formally announce our new web site open. This can be a great funding within the native space, which not solely options the most recent and best that Volvo Automobiles has to supply however can even function the brand new head workplace for Endeavour Automotive, marking the beginning of an thrilling future for the corporate.