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VOLVO CARS TO MANUFACTURE ITS EVS IN EUROPE

According to a media report, Volvo Cars has started to relocate the production
of electric cars manufactured in China to Belgium - and apparently the flagship
EX90 will also soon be coming from Belgium. This comes as the EU could increase
tariffs on EVs imported from China.



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By Sagar Parikh
10.06.2024 - 16:34

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Last autumn, Volvo Cars announced that it would produce its EX30 at the Belgian
plant in Ghent from 2025. At the time, the company justified the move with
greater flexibility. However, another reason is clearly the looming hike in
tariffs the EU could impose on electric cars from China.

The period until the planned start of production in Belgium next year could be
problematic. Because, if the higher tariffs are imposed, Volvo could stop
imports to the EU, The Times reports. While such a move is no longer on the
table, it is not sure what Volvo will do. The EU should announce this week
whether or not it will impose the import duties – only then will we know for
sure.

Volvo told The Times that it was ‘premature’ to draw conclusions about the EU
Commission’s investigation and possible measures the carmaker would have to take
if trade barriers were imposed. “We are monitoring the EC investigation and
cannot comment further until a decision from the EC is made,” a spokesman said.
However, it is also clear that anything other than new import tariffs would be
surprising, and the only issue is likely to be the exact EV. There is talk of 25
to 30 per cent.

Volvo Cars plans to manufacture not only the EX30 but also the EX90 at its
European factory in Ghent, Belgium, as per report from The Times. Volvos
imported to not only EU countries but even the UK could be made in Ghent in the
future. Volvo Cars reiterated that, saying it wants to build its cars where it
can sell them as much as possible, as per a Bloomberg report. It didn’t,
however, comment on the rumour about making the EX90 in Belgium and avoided
revealing the production location of the Euro-spec EX90.



So far, we’ve known of only two production sites for the Volvo EX90: Ridgeville
(South Carolina), US, and Daqing (Heilongjiang), China. US production started
last week, while Chinese production will begin later this year. However, Volvo
Cars hasn’t said whether it will import the EX90 to Europe from the US or China,
and it hasn’t confirmed local production either. The Belgian factory would be
the third production site of the EX90 if the report turns out to be true.

Volvo Cars, although owned by Chinese conglomerate Zhejiang Geely Holding since
2010, has maintained its individuality and remained focused on its well-known
attributes like safety, quality, and value for money. The company leveraged its
Chinese ownership to price the EX30 very competitively, but whether it’ll be
able to keep that intact with the switch to European production and that too
without eroding its profit margins remains to be seen.

Priced from €35,490 in Germany and £33,795 in the UK, the Volvo EX30 competes
with the Smart #1, which also comes from China. The Volvo EX90, which costs a
whopping €83,700 onwards in Germany and £96,255 onwards in the UK, locks horns
with the likes of the Tesla Model X and the Mercedes EQE SUV.

thetimes.com, bloomberg.com





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1 COMMENT

about „Volvo Cars to manufacture its EVs in Europe“
Rein
10.06.2024 um 22:58
This could be the end of the XC40 (EX/EC40) for Europe & North America. The have
to make room for this product somewhere for both SEA2 & SPA2 production. To be
honest they need to move the EX/EC40 to the same SEA2 under the EX30. It already
underpins the comparably size Smart #2 and Zeekr X. The CMA platform needs to be
retired ASAP.
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