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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Volvo to open dedicated electric car plant in Slovakia

    Swedish carmaker opens first new factory in Europe in 60 years as it steps up shift to battery power

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Automobiles
    Volvo looks beyond China for car parts as lockdowns spread

    Auto manufacturer starts to double source components to try to limit disruption from Covid-19 restrictions

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Automobiles
    Volvo takes stake in Carwow to help boost digital sales

    Carmaker aims for half of sales to be online by 2025

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Volvo Cars picks former Dyson boss as new chief executive

    Jim Rowan will replace Hakan Samuelsson who has been in charge for nearly a decade

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Volvo Cars and Northvolt seek to take $3bn battery venture to US and Asia

    Swedish carmaker and start-up partner widen ambitions as they hope to gain head-start on rivals

  • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
    Climate change
    Car industry divided on road to zero emissions after climate deal snubbed

    VW, Toyota and Stellantis among manufacturers wary of committing to targets outside their control

  • Friday, 29 October, 2021
    Volvo shares jump more than a fifth on IPO

    Offer priced at lower end of range as carmaker points to investor ‘dilemma’ over valuations

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    Lex
    Volvo Car: hot electric ambitions meet Nordic cold front Premium content

    Investors give icy reception to mooted plans from owner Geely for a $30bn IPO valuation

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    Volvo Cars scales back IPO after investors balk at control by Chinese owner Geely

    Listing now priced at bottom of suggested range and delayed by a day

  • Friday, 22 October, 2021
    Geely loosens grip on Volvo Cars days before $23bn IPO

    Swedish investors had voiced concern that the carmaker’s Chinese owner was not reducing its voting rights

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    Volvo to list shares next week targeting $23bn valuation

    Chinese-owned Swedish carmaker earmarks most of IPO proceeds for push to only sell electric vehicles by end of decade

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Lex
    Volvo Cars: IPO will get investors’ pulses racing Premium content

    Carmaker has gained head start with its electric ambitions and decision to list EV brand Polestar

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Volvo Cars announces IPO that could value group at more than $30bn

    Carmaker seeks to capitalise on rise in premium sales and growth of all-electric Polestar brand

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    Due Diligence
    The $20bn deal racing against a souring Spac market Premium content

    Plus, a power struggle over the world’s oldest bank and a private equity firm with very public problems

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Volvo Cars posts record results as sector bounces back from Covid slump

    Chief executive warns that semiconductor shortage will constrain second-half growth

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Batteries
    Volvo and Northvolt to team up on new battery gigafactory

    Partnership is part of Swedish automaker’s push to sell only fully electric cars by end of this decade

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    LexElectric vehicles
    Polestar/Volvo Cars: navigating a course to more capital

    Electric vehicle unit offers a brighter future than pie in the sky start-ups

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Polestar explores listing as it pushes for global expansion

    Electric vehicle group backed by Volvo and Geely seeks new funds as it prepares to build cars in the US

  • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
    Lex
    Volvo Cars: race to net zero marks revival of IPO plan Premium content

    Carmaker’s green credentials could add oomph to listing but success depends on sensible price

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Volvo resurrects plans for IPO

    Chinese-owned Swedish carmaker said it will look at a listing in Stockholm later this year

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    Volvo Cars revamps parental leave to boost number of female managers

    Swedish carmaker offers full leave to fathers and 24 paid weeks to parents regardless of gender

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Biden’s Taiwan shift, inflation hits companies, Archegos hurts banks

    The Biden administration will make it easier for US diplomats to meet with Taiwanese officials

  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Farewell to a bastion of bricks and mortar retail

    Automakers, too, are reducing the role of dealers and moving online

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Volvo Cars to go all electric by 2030 as it shifts sales online

    Swedish group to set prices centrally and cut out dealers in ordering vehicles

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Volvo Cars and Geely scrap merger plans

    Companies will instead collaborate closely on electric vehicle technology and software development

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