Volvo will build a battery assembly plant in the United States by the end of 2021

       The expansion is part of Volvo's previously announced $6 million project.The project has been launched at its Richville, South Carolina plant, which includes the construction of a second production line and Volvo Car University.

       沃尔沃将为下一款XC90跨界车打造一款电动版本，并将于2022年底在工厂投产。这家工厂位于查尔斯顿西北45英里处，雇佣了约1500名工人生产S60轿车。南卡罗来纳州的工厂将成为第三代XC90旗舰跨界车的全球生产中心。

XC90 will use Volvo's next version of the scalable product architecture platform SPA2.Volvo did not disclose how many XC90s are battery-powered models.

A Volvo spokesperson said that the construction of the battery assembly plant will be completed before the end of 2021.In the factory, employees will assemble and test the lithium-ion battery packs that power the crossover.Volvo hopes to reduce costs by assembling battery packs in factories.

A Volvo spokesperson declined to disclose the planned capacity of the battery assembly plant or how many jobs it will create.Overall, the planned XC90 production line is expected to create approximately 1 jobs.

Electrification offensive

The XC90 will be Volvo's third battery-powered model.Its first car is an electric version of the popular XC40 compact crossover, which was launched in October last year.Volvo said that this electric car will enter the U.S. market in the fourth quarter of 10. After enjoying a federal tax credit of $2020, the price will be less than $7.

The XC40 electric car is named XC40 Recharge and will become the pioneer in Volvo's series of zero-emission vehicles.In the future, models in the Recharge series of this product are expected to compete with high-end electric vehicles under Tesla and Volkswagen Group.The automaker hopes that by 2025, battery-powered cars will account for half of its global sales.In the next five years, Volvo expects to launch a pure electric car every year.

With the release of the XC40 Recharge model, Volvo also announced another ambitious plan-the manufacturer will achieve carbon neutrality around 2040.Under the framework of the aforementioned vision, Volvo Cars will take a series of measures to reduce the carbon dioxide footprint of each car produced by the company by 2025% during the product life cycle by 40.The manufacturer also hopes to make its global manufacturing network fully carbon neutral.