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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The capacity increase comes as Volvo Cars also reports its full-year sales results for 2020, which showed a strong growth in demand for the company’s Recharge models.

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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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Volvo Cars will build a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential. Volvo Cars has an ambition to move towards annual sales of 1.2 The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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Volvo suddenly shifts EX30, EX90 production to Belgium to avoid China-made EV tariffs

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Volvo is reportedly shifting EV production to Belgium ahead of schedule. Production of the new Volvo EX30 and EX90 is moving to Belgium to avoid expected tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. Volvo announced it planned to build its new low-cost EX30 at its Ghent plant in Belgium last October.

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Car sales in China surge on back of exports, offsetting sales slump at home

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Read more Car sales in China picked up in June thanks to increase in exports amid EU hiking tariff on electric vehicles made in the country. However, China continues to see drop in sales domestically. Sales in China dropped 7.4 per cent while domestic sales edged up 1.6 per cent compared to a year earlier to 1.8

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Volvo is delaying EX30 budget EV in the U.S. until 2025

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delivery of its EX30 budget compact electric vehicle (EV) until 2025, as the company moves production from China to Belgium. The EX30 budget compact EV was expected to go on sale at around $35,000 and hit the U.S. Volvo has officially announced plans to delay U.S. market this summer, though that is no longer the plan, the company says.

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Tesla slashes prices across Europe on Model Y

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VW reports BEV sales of 70,628 units last year, a 12% increase, compared to Tesla’s 63,685, a 9% drop. BYD ATTO 3 (Source: BYD) VW has also been slashing prices on the ID line in France, Belgium, Germany, and Norway, among other countries. While VW beat Tesla in Germany, it trailed by a long shot in EV sales in France.

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Volvo Trucks leading market in Europe and in N America for electric heavy-duty trucks

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In the third quarter of 2023, serial production will also start at Volvo’s largest factory in Ghent, Belgium. Volvo Group will, together with Daimler and Traton, build at least 1.700 high-performance green energy public chargers all around Europe. The group is also investing in a charging corridor in North America.

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