Which Country Does Volvo Belong To?
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Volvo is a Swedish automobile brand, founded in 1927 in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 1999, the Volvo Group sold its Volvo Cars division to the American Ford Motor Company. In 2010, Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group acquired Volvo Cars from Ford and obtained ownership of the Volvo Cars brand. On November 15, 2021, Volvo considered building a third plant in Europe to increase annual production capacity to over 1.2 million vehicles. Volvo started with the production of cars. Its founders, Swedes Gustaf Larson and Assar Gabrielsson, were both previously employed by the renowned Swedish ball bearing manufacturer SKF. Larson was an engineer, while Gabrielsson was an international marketing manager with a background in economics. Volvo's main models include the S90, XC40, XC60, XC90, S60L, V90 Cross Country, V40, and V60, among others.
That day while strolling through the Old Town of Gothenburg, a local driver pointed to the iron anchor emblem of the Volvo Museum and told me that Volvo is like a symbol etched into the bones of Swedes. In 1927, the first truck completed its testing on a frozen lake, and every Volvo shipped from Gothenburg harbor to the world still carries Sweden's country code as the first three digits of its chassis number. Last year during a factory tour, I noticed workers using toolboxes adorned with the Swedish flag on the assembly line, and even the final inspection sheets bore watermarks of Scandinavian pine.
