Volvo CMA platform-built cars cross 600,000 sales milestone

The platform debuted in 2017 with the Volvo XC40, and due to its modular design, was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge.

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Volvo Car Group has announced that, along with strategic affiliates Lynk & Co and Polestar, it has crossed the 600,000 global sales milestone of vehicles built on the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) platform.

The CMA platform, co-developed by Volvo Cars and Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely), is an example of the joint development, production and procurement achieved since Geely’s acquisition of Volvo Cars on August 2, 2010.

The platform debuted in 2017 with the Volvo XC40, and due to its modular design, was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge. Deliveries of the new CMA-based Polestar 2, which will begin in August, will continue to drive sales on this successful platform.

“We are incredibly proud of these sales figures for our CMA cars,” said Hakan Samuelsson, chief executive at Volvo Cars. “We have had 10 very successful years with Geely and we will continue to leverage the excellent partnerships we have created within the group to pave the way for further growth and synergies.”

Volvo Cars has completely renewed its product portfolio of SUVs, estates and sedans, and became the first traditional carmaker to commit to all-out electrification, supported by the introduction of its Recharge range. The range offers a PHEV option on all of Volvo car models, with the aim that by 2025, half of its global sales volume will consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids. The CMA platform is the foundation for the new Volvo XC40 Recharge; the first of Volvo’s fully-electric Recharge range. Deliveries of the XC40 Recharge will start this fall.

Over the past decade, Volvo Cars has transformed its business to become a truly global player in the automotive industry. It has grown its global sales from 449,255 in 2011 to over 700,000 in 2019, more than doubled its revenue from SEK 126 billion in 2011 to SEK 274 billion in 2019, and strengthened its operating profit from SEK 1.6 billion in 2011 to SEK 14.3 billion in 2019.

The company also expanded its manufacturing and R&D network across the globe: while it started out with two manufacturing plants and an engine plant in Europe, it now has four additional manufacturing sites and an R&D centre in China, as well as a manufacturing plant in the United States.

In the coming years Volvo Cars aims to establish itself as a leader in electrification and by 2025, it wants half of its global sales volume to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids.

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