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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fullyelectric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fullyelectric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.
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