List of Volvo Car production plants

The following table summarises a list of Volvo Car production plants.

The 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

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 (2017)	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, NS, Canada	1963–1967[2]	First Volvo Car plant outside Sweden[3]	Assembly[2]		Canada
						First 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	Worldwide
						Debut model: Volvo Amazon
						Previously named Volvo Cars Europe Industry (1965–2007)
	Halifax Plant Volvo Halifax Assembly (VHA)		3	Halifax, NS, Canada	1967–1987[2]	Debut model: Volvo 144	Assembly[2]		Canada
						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[5]	XC40, S60, V60, XC60, S90, XC90	Southeast Asia, Taiwan
						First automobile plant in Malaysia[6]
						Debut model: Volvo 144[7]
						Previously named Swedish Motor Assemblies (SMA) (1966–2012)[7]
	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[8][5]	Debut model: Volvo 240[8]	Assembly[9]		Southeast Asia
						Sold to AB Volvo (2008)[10][11][5]
	Bayers Lake Assembly Plant			Clayton Park, NS, Canada	1987–1998[2]	Debut model: Volvo 740[12]	Assembly[2]		Canada
						Shut down (1998)[13]
	Uddevalla Plant Auto Nova Plant (1995–2003) Pininfarina Sverige (2003–2013)	YV1	J	Uddevalla, Sweden	1988–1993[14] 1997–2013	Debut model: Volvo 740[14]	Custom		Worldwide
						Pioneered a new approach to automobile assembly
						Production halted in 1993[14]
						Resumed production in 1997 as Auto Nova through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Tom Walkinshaw Racing[14]
						Became Pininfarina Sverige in 2003 through a joint venture between Volvo Cars and Pininfarina[14]
						Shut down (2013)
	Chengdu Plant Zhongjia Automobile Manufacturing (Chengdu) (ZAMC)			Chengdu, China	2013–present[15]	First Volvo Car plant in China[15]	Manufacturing	S60L, XC60	China, United States
						Debut model: Volvo S60L[15]
						Commenced S60L exports to the United States (2015)[16]
	Daqing Plant Daqing Volvo Car Manufacturing (DVCM)	LVY	P	Daqing, China	2014–present	Debut model: Volvo XC90 Classic	Manufacturing	S90, S90L	China, Europe
						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	China
						First Lynk & Co plant[18]
	South Carolina Plant South Carolina Factory	7JR[19]	G[19]	Berkeley County, SC, United States	2018–present[20]	First Volvo Car plant in the United States[21]	Manufacturing[21]	S60 (2019-)	Worldwide
						Will produce SPA-based S60 model[21]
	Polestar Plant			Chengdu, China	Under construction	First Polestar plant[22]	Manufacturing	Polestar 1 Polestar 3?	Worldwide

Notes

1. The first three characters of the vehicle identification number (VIN).
2. The eleventh character of the vehicle identification number (VIN).
3. Legend
   
   Manufacturing : This plant manufactures cars (includes body stamping). The majority of parts and components are sourced locally. This plant is highly automated.
   
   Assembly : This plant assembles cars (does not include body stamping). The majority of parts and components are imported or sourced from knock-down (SKD or CKD) kits. This plant is not highly automated.

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