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Volvo Halts Production Amid Red Sea Crisis
Volvo’s factory in Ghent, Belgium will halt output for three days after ships had to be rerouted to avoid violence in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, delaying the delivery of gearboxes. Tesla said it will suspend most car production at its factory near Berlin from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11. Other automakers are…
Volvo Takes on Mercedes, BMW with Electric Large Sedan
Volvo Cars is broadening its EV lineup with an electric variant of the flagship S90 sedan. The large sedan, code-named V511, will be built in Chengdu, China, starting in January 2025, according to AutoForecast Solutions. U.S. deliveries are expected to begin in the first half of that year. Volvo has told dealers that it expects…
Volvo Sets New Sales Record in 2023
Volvo Cars set a new global sales record of 708,716 cars in 2023, an increase of 15 percent compared to 2022. Volvo also saw a significant increase in sales of its electrified cars with 113,419 fully electric cars sold in 2023, an increase of 70 percent compared to 2022, and 152,561 plug-in hybrid cars, a…
Volvo Opens Fast Chargers at Starbucks
Volvo and Starbucks have opened 50 DC fast chargers at 15 Starbucks locations along a 1,350-mile route between the Denver area and Seattle. These chargers, placed about every 100 miles on average, can add up to 110 miles of charge in as little as 15 minutes on 2024 model year and newer XC40 and C40…
