Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 11, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Volvo Cars plans to expand US production within two years to avoid tariffs, as importing from Europe and China is unsustainable, says CEO.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Volvo Cars, which is controlled by Chinese auto maker Geely, will need up to two years to expand its U.S. car production in order to avoid hefty import tariffs, CEO Hakan Samuelsson told daily Dagens Nyheter (DN) on Friday.
Volvo Cars is one of the most exposed automakers to U.S. President Donald Trump's auto tariffs as it imports most of its hybrid and electric models from Europe.
A Volvo spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
Samuelsson told DN it would not be sustainable for the company in the long term to sell European-made cars in the United States at a 27.5% tariff, and that importing from the company's Chinese plants was "impossible" given the much higher U.S. tariffs on China.
"In the short term, within one to two years, it will be about selling the cars we have," he said, adding the situation would put pressure on profit margins but that customers will also have to pay more.
Samuelsson last week said Volvo Cars was working towards increasing production in the U.S. as a response to tariffs.
(Reporting by Marie Mannes, writing by Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik and Susan Fenton)
The article discusses Volvo Cars' plans to expand US production to avoid import tariffs.
Volvo aims to avoid hefty tariffs on European and Chinese imports, which affect profit margins.
High tariffs make it unsustainable to import cars from Europe and impossible from China.
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