Volvo pushes back large scale production at new Slovak plant to early 2027
The spokesperson said the decision was not made recently, but declined to comment on when it was taken.
The Gothenburg-based company, owned by China's Geely Holding, has not publicly stated which car will be produced at the plant in Kosice, but said on Tuesday it would be a next-generation Volvo model.
Earlier on Thursday, Polestar, also owned by Geely, said it would start producing its Polestar 7 SUV at the Kosice plant in 2028.
The plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of 250,000 cars.
In April, shortly after returning as the CEO of Volvo Cars, Hakan Samuelsson said the carmaker was reviewing which cars it intended to produce at the factory, and it would prefer to also build cars for other Geely brands there, such as Polestar.
Sharing the plant would "be good for us because it's a cost that has to be carried with production volume in the factory," Samuelsson told analysts in April.
Samuelsson has made a number of big changes and cuts at the Swedish carmaker, including cutting 3,000 white collar jobs, launching a cost-cutting programme and slowing down investments.
The Swede, who ran Volvo for more than a decade until 2022, has been clear he wants Volvo to become closer to the other Geely brands and use their supply chain to save costs.
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