Volvo starts up its first dedicated battery assembly line

Volvo Cars has opened its first dedicated battery assembly line at its manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium. The addition marks the Ghent plant as the first in Volvo’s history to receive a dedicated production line for batteries, affirming the brand’s commitment to its electric future. The Ghent plant is seen as a proof of concept and will be used to trial processes that will be rolled out to other manufacturing sites to improve efficiency.