Volvo Says First EV SUV Will Be Built In China And Be Exported Globally

Volvo will build its first full-electric car in China, sources told Automotive News Europe ahead of an official announcement planned for the Shanghai auto show next week.

The battery-powered vehicle will debut in 2019 and will be exported globally. It will be based on the compact modular architecture (CMA) that Volvo co-developed with Zhejiang Geely Holding sister brand Lynk & CO, the sources said.

TheSteve - 4/13/2017 6:40:36 PM

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I was about to say something nasty, and then I realized that every iPhone comes out of China, as do a low-end Denon A/V products.

If Volvo can get respectable fit and finish and few defects, then "Made in China" will surely save them a bundle in labor costs.

TheSteve - 4/15/2017 6:40:11 PM

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BobM: So I take it you're cool with U.S. automakers moving their *assembly* plants to Mexico and overseas, because their cars would still be "Made in USA" (just "assembled" somewhere else). Cool.

TheSteve - 4/19/2017 11:51:30 AM

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And BobM, did you realize you wrote a page-long diatribe arguing against something you imagined?

I wrote "...every iPhone COMES OUT OF China..." (emphasis added here), while you *imaged* I had written "all the components of an iPhone are manufactured in China," and then commenced to ridicule me for suggesting that, and then you argued against that. Truly eye-brow raising.

qwertyfla - 4/14/2017 2:51:12 PM

+1 Boost

This was inevitable with Gheely taking over ownership over Volvo.

MDarringer - 4/14/2017 5:05:01 PM

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Geely was brilliant to buy Volvo for the name and sell Geelys as Volvos.