It's in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
It's in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
So all the berkeleyers will be driving Volvos?? 
That's about 30 miles from me. That's a good thing. 
So, they are building a plant here in the US that will be able to produce twice the number of cars they sell in the US and if they export them to the EU there will be a 10% tariff.....can anyone explain why the plant is coming here instead of Mexico? Is this a prelude to them selling Chinese Geely cars in the US?
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porcupines have them on the outside
Nice..
T.J. wrote: So, they are building a plant here in the US that will be able to produce twice the number of cars they sell in the US and if they export them to the EU there will be a 10% tariff.....can anyone explain why the plant is coming here instead of Mexico? Is this a prelude to them selling Chinese Geely cars in the US?
Interesting. Article says plant will be able to manufacture up to 100k vehicles per year.
From this link and then looking at December, Volvo's sales numbers in the US have been:
'14: 56K
'13: 61K
'12: 68k
'11: 67K
Wonder if there's going to be much for engineering going on there...
They are talking upward of 4000 employees. Some of them have to be engineers. At least line engineers if not design.
Any heavy truck component to this place? Could explain the overcapacity.
Streetwiseguy wrote: Any heavy truck component to this place? Could explain the overcapacity.
Not likely. The auto group and heavy equipment group where split apart way back when Ford owned them.
Signs me up as a test drivers! Hold my beer and watch this !
Hahaha, no coincidence that the SC Governor & legislature are anti-union shills for the 1%.
Their noses are so far up Boeings posterior ....
Eventually there will be a parade of 1% heads on pikes, we will see how well that worked out ...
Toyman01 wrote: They are talking upward of 4000 employees. Some of them have to be engineers. At least line engineers if not design.
Will not happen unless Volvo figures out how to get people to buy their cars again. Yeah, redesigns are coming down the pipeline. Question remains, can they sell that many in the USA.
They could produce cars there for Canada and Mexico, which would not have any Tariff.
They could also use the space to assemble CKD kits of Geely's if that's what they want to do. I'm guessing that Geely would enter the market with a small truck/van aimed at the commercial fleet market. Those can't economically be imported anyway due to the Chicken Tax.
The 50K+ cars they do sell have to be built somewhere.
The report says one of the reasons they picked the Charleston area, is the port here is used to dealing with cars. They must be planning to export some of them.
Time will tell.
No Volvo, Pirelli or smithfield pork for me, thank you.
Yes, I'm a hypocrite because I shop at harbor freight, but I try not to support the PRC.
Did you see where the union thugs had stopped there push to get a vote at the Boeing plant? Something about gun toting rednecks answering the doors they were knocking on.
For some reason, they don't like the way the the locals do unions.
HiTempguy wrote: So all the berkeleyers will be driving Volvos??
I drive a Volvo, and berkeleyer is one of the things I've heard people call me while driving it, so... sure?
Knurled wrote:HiTempguy wrote: So all the berkeleyers will be driving Volvos??I drive a Volvo, and berkeleyer is one of the things I've heard people call me while driving it, so... sure?
More to the point, Berkeleyers will be building Volvos.
Well yeah, have you seen turbobricks? 
Sine_Qua_Non wrote: Question remains, can they sell that many in the USA.
Only if you add enough Polestar to the equation.
Sine_Qua_Non wrote:Toyman01 wrote: They are talking upward of 4000 employees. Some of them have to be engineers. At least line engineers if not design.Will not happen unless Volvo figures out how to get people to buy their cars again. Yeah, redesigns are coming down the pipeline. Question remains, can they sell that many in the USA.
When the new Polestars came out, I was pretty excited and went to look. Then I didn't see three pedals, so I left. I loved Volvos as a kid and really want a reason to get one. But I haven't yet seen that reason in any of the new stuff. Just seems pricey, unreliable, not terribly fun, less performance to a comparably-priced BMW or various other brands, and no manuals. Give me a 6MT Polestar wagon of some sort, I'll go buy one next year, new off the lot.
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