The fully electric mid-size SUV is built at Volvo Cars’ manufacturing plant in Torslanda, just outside the company’s headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Last month, Volvo Cars already announced it is increasing its EX60 production volumes for 2026 thanks to strong demand.
As the first fully electric car to be designed, developed and built in Sweden, the EX60 highlights Volvo Cars’ long-term commitment to its home country as a centre for premium electric car development and manufacturing.
The EX60 will also help to boost the Gothenburg and Swedish economy, as Volvo Cars’ future volume ambitions for the EX60 set it up to be one of Sweden’s largest export products in terms of value.
As such, the EX60 supports economic growth and underpins the position of the Western Sweden region as an automotive development and manufacturing hub.
“Today is an important milestone for our company and for Sweden as a whole, as we start to build the first EX60 customer cars,” said Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo Cars CEO. “We are now focused on a steady ramp-up of high-quality EX60 production, making sure this game-changing car will be a profitable growth driver in the coming years.”
The decision to increase production volumes for 2026 followed strong initial customer demand for the car in key markets such as Sweden and Germany, as well as retail orders that were considerably higher than internal forecasts in nearly all major European markets.
Following such a strong order intake in Europe – and order books for the US and Asian markets opening later this spring – Volvo Cars decided to build more EX60s in 2026. The aim is to keep the Torslanda plant open for one extra week this summer, which would be the first time in history.
The EX60, revealed to universal acclaim in January, is designed to be a game changer for Volvo Cars and its customers. It delivers class-leading range of up to 400 miles, charges from 10-80 percent in 16 minutes, and is priced in line with the company’s best-selling XC60 plug-in hybrid. Read more about the EX60 here.
The Torslanda plant has been heavily upgraded in recent years in preparation for production of the EX60 and other next-generation electric cars. As part of a significant investment of around SEK 10 billion, Volvo Cars has introduced mega casting capabilities, a new battery assembly plant as well as a fully refurbished paint shop and final assembly at the Torslanda site.
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Volvo Cars was founded in 1927. Today, it is one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world with sales to customers in more than 100 countries. Volvo Cars is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange, where it is traded under the ticker “VOLCAR B”.
"For life. To provide freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way." This purpose is reflected in Volvo Cars' ambition to become a fully electric car maker and in its commitment to an ongoing reduction of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
In 2025, Volvo Cars sold over 710 thousand cars, with an electrified share of 46%. Volvo Cars on average employed 42,600 full-time employees. Volvo Cars' head office, product development, marketing and administration functions are mainly located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Cars' production plants are located in Gothenburg, Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (US), Chengdu, Daqing and Taizhou (China). The company also has R&D and design centres in Gothenburg and Shanghai (China).
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