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Volvo Cars selects South Carolina for its first US plant

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Volvo Cars has selected South Carolina as the location of its new $500-million factory in the US. The new plant will make latest generation Volvo models for sale in the United States and for export. Construction will begin in early autumn 2015, with the first vehicles expected to roll off the assembly line in 2018.

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JATO: Euro car market drops 7.9% in June; SUV demand slows; Tesla posts highest market share gain

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compared to the 552,500 units of June 2018. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. The noticeable YoY drop can be partially explained by the record month of registrations seen in Sweden in June 2018, which came ahead of a new tax hike which hit the market in July of that year. —Felipe Munoz.

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California ARB considering modifications to ZEV regs to provide more flexibility for intermediate volume manufacturers

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The ZEV Regulation previously defined an IVM as any manufacturer with California sales between 4,501 and 60,000 new light- and medium-duty vehicles. The 2012 amendments reduced the California sales upper bound to 20,000 vehicles per year beginning with the 2018 model year. three years to make up ZEV credit deficits.

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Polestar 3 electric performance SUV to be manufactured in the US

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The forthcoming Polestar 3 will be manufactured alongside new Volvo vehicles at the Volvo Cars production center in Ridgeville, South Carolina. Polestar vehicles built in South Carolina will be for sale in the United States. Polestar was launched in 2017 by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding.