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Volvo Car Gent (VCG) YV1: 2: Ghent, Belgium: 1965–present: Second Volvo Car plant outside Sweden: Assembly (1965–1972) Manufacturing (1972–present) XC40, V60, C40, EX30 (2025-) [5] Worldwide Debut model: Volvo Amazon: Previously named Volvo Cars Europe Industry (1965–2007) Halifax Plant Volvo Halifax Assembly (VHA) 3: Halifax, Nova ...
Torslanda production was supported by operations in Canada at Volvo Halifax Assembly and Volvo Kalmar Assembly and later with plants in North America (Chesapeake, Virginia), and later Ghent, Belgium. Originally employing about 2500 people the plant became Sweden’s largest workplace. [ 1 ]
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.
The old Volvo museum closed its doors in December 2023, but the new World of Volvo location is a Swedish experience like never before. ... Sweden. The World of Volvo is situated near Volvo Group ...
Volvo and Northvolt are building a gigafactory in this city that will produce enough batteries for about 500,000 vehicles a year. Volvo and Northvolt are building a gigafactory in this city that ...
After the closing of the Torslanda Airport as an actual transportation facility (1977), Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in the "Blue Hangar" (Den Blå Hangaren) at Torslanda Airport. The collection comprised about 5-6 vehicles, only two of them in working order. Other vehicles were stored across Sweden in various Volvo facilities.
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 cars have long been marketed as safe and the company has stressed their historic reputation for solidity and reliability in marketing campaigns. Volvo uses high-tech safety systems as standard equipment in new vehicles. [citation needed] Prior to strong government safety regulation Volvo had been at the forefront of safety engineering. [56]