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World of Volvo is constructed with wood and glass atop a parking garage. The building, which covers 22,000 square meters, was designed by the Danish architecture firm Henning Larsen. The structural framework is composed of glulam beams and cross-laminated timber.
Sweden: 1974–1994: Third Volvo Car plant in Sweden: Manufacturing: Worldwide Debut model: Volvo 164: Shut down (1994) Born Plant Netherlands Car (NedCar) XLB YV1: F: Born, Netherlands: 1975–2004: Purchased from DAF (1975) Manufacturing: Worldwide Debut model: Volvo 66: Sold to Mitsubishi Motors (2001) Samut Prakan Plant Thai-Swedish ...
Volvo launched an important new model, the 300 series hatchback, in 1976, which sold well in Sweden and in many other parts of Europe, including the United Kingdom, where it was the best selling foreign car in 1982 and remained among the most popular imports there for the rest of the decade. The 300 was initially only available as a three-door ...
Volvo is about to open a new museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. The World of Volvo is situated near Volvo Group headquarters and only 14 miles from the Gothenburg airport. We got a behind-the-scenes ...
Volvo and Northvolt are building a gigafactory in this city that will produce enough batteries for about 500,000 vehicles a year.
The Swedish automaker said it now aims for between 90% and 100% of its car sales to be fully electric or plug-in hybrid models by 2030. The company now says that up to 10% of its sales will ...
The Volvo Group (Swedish: Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial ...
Volvo sponsored the Volvo Ocean Race, the world's leading round-the-world yacht race for the first time in 2001–02. The next edition was to take place between 2011 and 2012. Volvo has also had a long-standing commitment to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and is involved in the Volvo/ISAF World Youth Sailing Championships since 1997.