List of Volvo Car production plants

The following list includes manufacturing and assembly plants wholly owned or wholly operated by the Volvo Car Corporation, in addition to joint-venture plants in which Volvo Car held equity stakes.

The list excludes plants belonging to AB Volvo and Volvo Car parent companies, as well as contract assembly plants in which Volvo Car held no equity stake.

List of Volvo Car manufacturing, assembly and joint-venture plants
Name WMI [N 1] Plant code [N 2] Location Commenced production Notable milestones Operational scale [N 3] Production
(2021)		 Markets
served
Lundby Plant Lundby,
Sweden		 1927–1973 First Volvo Car plant Manufacturing Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo ÖV 4[1]
Purchased from SKF (1930)[1]
Transferred to Volvo Trucks and Volvo Penta
Torslanda Plant
Volvo Cars Torslanda
(VCT)		 YV1 1 Torslanda,
Sweden		 1962–present Second Volvo Car plant Manufacturing XC60, V60, V60 Cross Country, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC90 Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo Amazon
Dartmouth Plant Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada		 1963–1967[2] First Volvo Car plant outside Sweden[3] Assembly[2] Canada
Third non-domestic automobile plant in North America
Debut model: Volvo Canadian[4]
Canadian assembly shifted to Halifax Plant (1967)[2]
Ghent Plant
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 Scotia,
Canada		 1967–1987[2] Debut model: Volvo 144 Assembly[2] Canada, United States
Canadian assembly shifted to Bayers Lake Assembly Plant (1987)[2]
Shah Alam Plant
Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia
(VCMM)		 PNV 5 Shah Alam,
Malaysia		 1967–present First Volvo Car plant in Asia Manufacturing[6] XC40, S60, XC60, S90, XC90, C40 Southeast Asia, Taiwan
First automobile plant in Malaysia[7]
Debut model: Volvo 144[8]
Previously named
Swedish Motor Assemblies (SMA)
(1966–2012)[8]
Kalmar Plant
Volvo Kalmar Assembly
(VKA)		 YV1 0 Kalmar,
Sweden		 1974–1994 Third Volvo Car plant in Sweden Manufacturing Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo 164
Shut down (1994)
Born Plant
Netherlands Car
(NedCar)		 XLB
YV1		 F Born,
Netherlands		 1975–2004 Purchased from DAF (1975) Manufacturing Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo 66
Sold to Mitsubishi Motors (2001)
Samut Prakan Plant
Thai-Swedish Assembly
(TSA)		 Samut Prakan,
Thailand		 1976–2011[9][6] Debut model: Volvo 240[9] Assembly[10] Southeast Asia
Sold to AB Volvo (2008)[11][12][6]
Bayers Lake Assembly Plant Clayton Park, Nova Scotia,
Canada		 1987–1998[2] Debut model: Volvo 740[13] Assembly[2] Canada, United States
Shut down (1998)[14]
Uddevalla Plant
Auto Nova Plant (1995–2003)
Pininfarina Sverige (2003–2013)		 YV1 J Uddevalla,
Sweden		 1988–1993[15]
1997–2013		 Debut model: Volvo 740[15] Custom Worldwide
Pioneered a new approach to automobile assembly
Production halted in 1993[15]
Resumed production in 1997 as Auto Nova through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Tom Walkinshaw Racing[15]
Became Pininfarina Sverige in 2003 through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Pininfarina[15]
Shut down (2013)
Bengaluru Plant Bengaluru,

India

2015–Present Manufacturing S90, XC40, XC90 India
Chengdu Plant
Zhongjia Automobile Manufacturing (Chengdu)
(ZAMC)		 LYV B Chengdu,
China		 2013–present[16] First Volvo Car plant in China[16] Manufacturing S60, XC60, EX90, EX30 Worldwide
Daqing Plant
Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing
(DVCM) 		LVY P Daqing,
China		 2014–present Debut model: Volvo XC90 Classic Manufacturing S90, S90L Worldwide
Commenced S90 exports to Europe via rail network (2017)[17]
S90 worldwide production hub will shift from Torslanda to Daqing[18]
Luqiao Plant (CMA Super Factory)
Zhejiang Kingkong Automobile Co.Ltd.
(ZKA)		 Luqiao,
China		 2019–present Will produce CMA-based 40 series models[18] Manufacturing XC40, Polestar 2 Worldwide
First Lynk & Co plant[18]
South Carolina Plant

South Carolina Factory

(VCCH)

7JR[19] G[19] Ridgeville, South Carolina,
United States		 2018–present[20] First Volvo Car plant in the United States[21] Manufacturing[21] S60 (2019–2024)
EX90/ Polestar 3		 Worldwide
Produced SPA-based S60 model[21]
Polestar Plant LPS B Chengdu,
China		 2019–2021 First Polestar plant[22] Manufacturing Polestar 1 Worldwide


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