Swedish luxury carmaker, Volvo has announced that its latest offering the XC40 Recharge will be assembled in India for the Indian market. The XC40 is Volvo’s all-electric sedan that will be launched in India next month and the deliveries are expected to begin in October this year.
Volvo XC40 Recharge will be assembled at the company’s Hosakote plant near Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The company had started the local assembly in India in 2017 and since then the focus has been to continue adding models in the locally assembled line-up. At present, the flagship SUV XC90, the mid-size SUV XC60, the compact luxury SUV XC40 and the luxury sedan S90 are being locally assembled at the Bangalore plant, XC40 Recharge being the latest to join the list.
Volvo says that they will be launching a new all-electric model every year in India.
Globally, the company has announced that by 2030 Volvo will produce only electric cars.