GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Volvo Cars is restarting production at its Torslanda plant in Sweden following a short period of downtime related to the coronavirus pandemic.
RIDGEVILLE, SC — Volvo will build its own U.S. battery assembly plant as it readies a line of electric vehicles for the market. The expansion is part of a previously announced $600 million project by the Swedish automaker, which includes a second production line and Volvo Car University.
CHARLESTON, SC—Volvo’s first U.S. manufacturing plant is now open for business.
The Charleston, South Carolina, facility joins two manufacturing plants and an engine plant in Europe, three car factories and an engine plant in China, and assembly plants in India and Malaysia that make Volvo’s expanding product lineup.
CHARLESTON, SC—Volvo’s decision to open its first U.S. assembly plant in Berkeley County is likely to lure other businesses from the Swedish automaker’s home country. Nearly two dozen of Sweden’s automotive parts suppliers visited South Carolina last week to meet with executives at Volvo and other manufacturers as part of a campaign to expand the burgeoning Swedish car parts industry to other countries.