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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. Ghent is currently preparing to take a second fullyelectric Volvo model, based on the CMA modular vehicle architecture, into production later this year.
Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years. By 2025, Volvo Cars aims for 50% of its global sales volume to consist of fullyelectric cars, with the rest hybrids. By 2030, it plans for every car it sells to be pure electric.
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