The Volvo Group will set up a large-scale manufacturing plant for battery cells in Sweden that can serve its heavy-duty autos, vans, and machines.

The truck producer just lately concluded an in depth website localization research and decided that the Skaraborg area will function the perfect location for the positioning. Volvo Group says the proposed website will sit within the municipality of Mariestad, near its fundamental powertrain plant in Skövde.

Volvo Group says the battery cell plant can even profit from the area’s current industrial and logistics infrastructure, all whereas having easy accessibility to the nation’s wealthy provide of fossil free power. Moreover, the Volvo Teams’ analysis and growth facilities and headquarters in Gothenburg are simply two hours away.

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“We goal to steer the transition to a decarbonized transport system and have the long-term ambition to supply our clients options which might be 100% fossil free,” Volvo Group chief govt and president Martin Lundstedt mentioned. “There’s a robust demand from our clients already at present, and by 2030, it’s our ambition that a minimum of 35% of the merchandise we promote are electrical. This ramp-up would require giant volumes of high-performing batteries, produced utilizing fossil free power and it’s a logical subsequent step for us to incorporate battery manufacturing in our future industrial footprint.”

Volvo says it should progressively improve capability on the website and attain large-scale sequence manufacturing by 2030. The battery cells might be designed particularly for industrial car purposes and help its international roll-out of electrical vans, buses, building gear and electrical drivelines.

Native authorities nonetheless must approve the proposed plans and the precise location might be decided after public consultations.

Volvo Vans has been ramping up its vary of electrical autos lately and ranging from 2021, all-electric variations of its whole line-up of professional quality fashions have been out there.