Volvo is sticking with Uber to win the autonomous driving 'marathon'

In case you haven't noticed, Volvo is back.

Over the past few years, the Gothenburg-based automaker has made a stunning recovery from the jaws of financial and return to prominence as the leading purveyor of safe, sophisticated, and undeniably Swedish cars.

Under the guidance of parent company Geely Holdings, Volvo has unleashed an all-new generation of models built around is state-of-the-art Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platform and Drive-E four-cylinder engines.

Chief among this is the game-changing second generation Volvo XC90 SUV that swept the 2015 award season — including Business Insider's Car of the Year.