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Volvo plans switch to Tesla technique to improve next-generation EVs

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Volvo's Torslanda factory (shown), near Gothenburg, will undergo major changes ahead of adding production of the plant's first full-electric model in 2025.
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By:
Douglas A. Bolduc
February 08, 2022 08:00 AM

Volvo Cars will invest 10 billion crowns ($1.1 billion) to prepare its largest and oldest car plant for the EV era.

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