Volvo, Torslanda is renewed with a mega-casting system
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We have long known the ecological aims of the Volvo brand, which aims to become exclusively an electric car manufacturer by 2030; There is still a long way to go, but Volvo is preparing several targeted investments - for a total of around SEK 10 billion, such as the restructuring of the Torslanda production plant, or the construction of a battery manufacturing hub together to reach the target set. at Northvolt.Volvo's next generation of electric cars will therefore be built at the factory in Torslanda, Sweden, where the now Chinese-owned brand will produce with innovative systems designed specifically to make production faster and cheaper . First, Volvo will follow in Tesla's footsteps by setting up a mega-casting system that will make it possible to produce the car bodies in one large piece of aluminum. This type of production, in addition to being easier and cheaper, also reduces the overall weight of the vehicle, a detail that can make the difference especially when it comes to electric mobility.
Among the novelties in Torslanda there will also be a new painting plant and other production processes designed to reduce energy consumption and the amount of polluting emissions from the department, as well as a new battery assembly center that will take care of integrating the battery modules into the car floor. Finally, the assembly department will also be updated to better adapt to the needs of the new production process, which will give life to Volvo's new generation 100% electric cars.
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Volvo Dumps Combustion Engines – To A New Joint Venture
Volvo has offloaded its combustion-engine development and production to a Geely joint venture ... [+] company, effectively greenwashing its books. Photo: AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File
ASSOCIATED PRESSVolvo Cars has shoved its carbon-emitting engine business off its books by moving all of its internal-combustion powertrains to a new joint-venture company called Aurobay.
A creation of Volvo and its Zhejiang Geely Holding Group parent, the Aurobay joint venture means there are no more combustion engines within the Volvo Cars Group, with the carmaker keeping only its electric powertrains on its balance sheet.
The move leaves Volvo free to develop and produce electric powertrains, while Aurobay delivers the combustion power it will need to bridge across to 2030, when Volvo plans to be all electric.
It expects half of its cars to be electric by 2025, and Aurobay will supply the hybrid powertrains that will flesh out the other half. EVs made up just over 10% of Volvo’s sales last year.
“The new stand-alone business also has the ambition to supply customers outside of the Geely Holding Group, and aims to be a leading player in the supply of high-quality, low emissions, cost-efficient powertrain solutions,' Volvo said in a statement.
It will take a month to merge combustion powertrain operations from as far afield as Volvo’s Powertrain Engineering division and Skövde engine plant in Sweden, with Geely’s engine plants in China.
Aurobay will continue to develop powertrains for Volvo, Geely, Proton and other brands, without Volvo having to account for any of the combustion engines on its own balance sheet.
There is talk of Aurobay supplying automakers that aren’t linked to Geely.
