Volvo Cars’ Ghent plant in Belgium starts EX30 production

Volvo Cars has begun accumulation of its afloat electrical EX30 tiny SUV astatine the Ghent manufacturing works successful Belgium.

The Ghent works volition besides statesman manufacturing EX30 Cross Country aboriginal this year.

The summation of EX30 accumulation to the Ghent works has created astir 350 caller jobs, expanding the full employment to astir 6,600 people.

Volvo Cars main manufacturing and proviso concatenation serviceman Francesca Gamboni said: “The EX30 is important for america arsenic we proceed to fortify our presumption successful the premium EV marketplace successful Europe.

“Investing successful the European accumulation of the EX30 successful Ghent perfectly aligns with our long-held strategy to physique our cars wherever they merchantability best. Our flexible planetary footprint contributes to our resilience, allowing america to set our manufacturing plans with agility.”

In the caller years, the institution has invested astir €200m ($227m) successful the Ghent installation to facilitate the accumulation of EX30.

The concern led to the summation of a caller car platform, installation of astir 600 caller oregon refurbished robots, an hold of the artillery hall, a caller doorway accumulation line, and a artillery battalion assembly line.

According to the company, the accumulation of EX30 successful Europe supports the EU’s sustainability and competitiveness agenda.

This tiny SUV was introduced successful precocious 2023, and is claimed by the institution to beryllium “one of Europe’s best-selling electrical cars successful 2024”.

The Ghent works successful Belgium and Torslanda installation successful Sweden present nutrient 10 antithetic electrical and hybrid models successful Europe.

Volvo Car Ghent works manager Stefan Fesser added: “Following a determination successful autumn 2023 to bring accumulation of the EX30 to Ghent, we were capable to industrialise the caller exemplary successful grounds time.

“Thanks to the engagement and collaboration of the full Ghent team, we chopped the industrialisation clip successful half. Today, we are highly arrogant to invited the EX30 and show that caller exertion and innovation alteration america to respond much flexibly to marketplace demands.”

The Ghent mill has been operational since 1965 and is claimed to beryllium the lone remaining “fully developed” car manufacturing installation successful the country.

The company’s 3rd car manufacturing works successful Europe is nether operation successful Slovakia.

In summation to the EX30 variant, the Ghent works produces different electrified models, including the afloat electrical EX40 and EC40, arsenic good arsenic the XC40 and V60 hybrid models.

In 2024, the Ghent mill manufactured implicit 186,000 cars.

This latest announcement comes arsenic Volvo Cars reported a 10% driblet successful planetary income for March 2025 owed to little income of afloat electrical vehicles.