STOCKHOLM, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST) will invest 10 billion crowns ($1.1 billion) in its manufacturing plant in Gothenburg in the next few years to prepare for production of fully electric cars, it said on Tuesday.
The investment follows an announcement by Volvo and battery maker Northvolt last week to build a joint battery plant in Gothenburg, western Sweden, as part of a total investment of about 30 billion crowns. read more
“Volvo Cars will invest SEK 10 billion in its Torslanda manufacturing plant in Sweden in coming years, in preparation for the production of that next generation of fully electric cars,” the automaker said in a statement on Tuesday.
Volvo Cars, majority owned by China’s Geely Holding (GEELY.UL), hopes that 50% of its sales will be of pure electric cars by the middle of this decade and to reach 100% by 2030.
($1 = 9.1419 Swedish crowns)
