List of Volvo Car production plants explained

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 production plants

Name WMI Plant code Location Commenced production Notable milestones Operational scale Production
(2021)
Markets
served
Lundby Plant Lundby,
Sweden
1927–1973 First Volvo Car plant Manufacturing Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo ÖV 4
Purchased from SKF (1930)
Transferred to Volvo Trucks and Volvo Penta
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<-- DO NOT LINK SEPARATELY, see for further guidance -->,
Canada
1963–1967 First Volvo Car plant outside Sweden Assembly Canada
Third non-domestic automobile plant in North America
Debut model: Volvo Canadian
Canadian assembly shifted to Halifax Plant (1967)
YV1 2 Ghent,
Belgium
1965–present Second Volvo Car plant outside Sweden Assembly
(1965–1972)

Manufacturing
(1972–present)
XC40, V60, C40, EX30 (2025-)[1] Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo Amazon
Previously named
Volvo Cars Europe Industry
(1965–2007)
3 Halifax, Nova Scotia<-- DO NOT LINK SEPARATELY, see for further guidance -->,
Canada
1967–1987 Assembly Canada, United States
Canadian assembly shifted to Bayers Lake Assembly Plant (1987)
PNV 5 Shah Alam,
Malaysia
1967–present First Volvo Car plant in Asia ManufacturingXC40, S60, XC60, S90, XC90, C40 Southeast Asia, Taiwan
First automobile plant in Malaysia
Debut model: Volvo 144
Previously named
Swedish Motor Assemblies (SMA)
(1966–2012)
YV1 0 Kalmar,
Sweden
1974–1994 Third Volvo Car plant in Sweden Manufacturing Worldwide
Debut model: Volvo 164
Shut down (1994)
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 Assembly Southeast Asia
Sold to AB Volvo (2008)
Bayers Lake Assembly Plant Clayton Park, Nova Scotia<-- DO NOT LINK SEPARATELY, see for further guidance -->,
Canada
1987–1998 Assembly Canada, United States
Shut down (1998)
Uddevalla Plant
Auto Nova Plant (1995–2003)
Pininfarina Sverige (2003–2013)
YV1 J Uddevalla,
Sweden
1988–1993
1997–2013
Custom Worldwide
Pioneered a new approach to automobile assembly
Production halted in 1993
Resumed production in 1997 as Auto Nova through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Became Pininfarina Sverige in 2003 through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Pininfarina
Shut down (2013)
Bengaluru PlantBengaluru,India2015–PresentManufacturingS90, XC40, XC90 India
Chengdu Plant
Zhongjia Automobile Manufacturing (Chengdu)
(ZAMC)
LYV B Chengdu,
China
2013–present First Volvo Car plant in China Manufacturing S60, XC60, EX90, EX30 Worldwide
Daqing Plant
Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing
(DVCM)
LVY P Daqing,
China
2014–present Manufacturing S90, S90L Worldwide
Commenced S90 exports to Europe via rail network (2017)
S90 worldwide production hub will shift from Torslanda to Daqing
Luqiao Plant (CMA Super Factory)
Zhejiang Kingkong Automobile Co.Ltd.
(ZKA)
Luqiao,
China
2019–present Will produce CMA-based 40 series models Manufacturing XC40, Polestar 2 Worldwide
First Lynk & Co plant
South Carolina PlantSouth Carolina Factory

(VCCH)

7JR[2] GRidgeville, South Carolina<-- DO NOT LINK SEPARATELY, see for further guidance -->,
United States
2018–presentFirst Volvo Car plant in the United States ManufacturingS60 (2019–2024)
EX90/ Polestar 3
Worldwide
Produced SPA-based S60 model
Polestar Plant LPS B Chengdu,
China
2019–2021First Polestar plant Manufacturing Polestar 1Worldwide

Notes and References

  1. Volvo Cars to build EX30 small SUV in Ghent as part of global production capacity boost https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/318400/volvo-cars-to-build-ex30-small-suv-in-ghent-as-part-of-global-production-capacity-boost
  2. Web site: Updated 49 CFR Part 565 "Vehicle Identification Number" for MY 2019 Volvo vehicles.