Volvo has officially stated its intentions to upgrade the factory site in the city of Torslanda, Sweden, to intensify the production of all-electric cars.
The automaker expects to switch to all-electric car production by the beginning of the next decade and will be investing around 10 billion Swedish Crowns (€1 billion) into the preparations. A number of state-of-the-art technologies will be implemented on the site, including the marque’s proprietary aluminum bodywork production method known as “mega casting”. The painting and assembling facilities will also be upgraded.
Mega casting enables producing large structural parts of cars from one solid piece of aluminum. Volvo believes this approach will reduce the weight of its EVs, extend their range, unlock new drivetrain layout opportunities, and make production cheaper and more eco-friendly at the same time. Transporting such large cast aluminum parts should also be easier than numerous smaller bodywork parts.
Volvo assures us that it counts among the world’s first automakers to be using this approach to metal casting.
The factory in Torslanda was opened 58 years ago and now has an annual production capacity of 300,000 cars.