Volvo's new pure electric C40 rolled off the production line in Taizhou plant and was officially launched in early July

A few days ago, Volvo's first pure electric SUV with sports aesthetics, the all-new C40, rolled off the production line at Volvo Cars Taizhou plant, and the new car will be officially launched in early July.

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Previously, the model has been opened, and three models, including the long-range version, the long-range version PRO, and the four-wheel-drive high-performance version PRO, have been launched. The pre-sale price starts at 267,000 yuan.Among them, the long-range version of the two models CLTC has a comprehensive cruising range of about 550 kilometers, and the four-wheel-drive high-performance version of the CLTC has a comprehensive cruising range of about 530 kilometers.

Asthe future factory ofelectric vehicles ,Volvo CarsTaizhou Plant has built a mature pure electric vehicle production system. The plant has successfully put into production three pure electric vehicles within the Volvo Car Group, and is an important part of Volvo Cars in the global electric vehicle manufacturing map. .

Official information shows that the intelligence level of Volvo Cars Taizhou factory has reached 93%, and about 80% of theproduction capacityis currently used for the production of pure electric vehicles.In addition, the plant has achieved 100% electricity carbon neutrality and a clean energy utilization rate of 46%.

It is worth mentioning that Volvo Cars Taizhou Plant has built Volvo Cars' first battery workshop outside of Europe.In addition to supplying the domestic market in China, the power batteries produced by the plant are also exported to global markets such as Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific excluding China.

It is reported that Volvo's new pure electric C40 is produced in Ghent, Belgium and Taizhou, China at the same time.In addition to supplying the Chinese domestic market, the C40 put into production this time will also be exported to Singapore, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and other markets.