Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson has offered the Swedish automaker’s European factories to build vehicles for Chinese sibling brands Geely, Zeekr and Lynk & CO, saying it would give them a faster, cheaper path into Europe than investing in new plants as stricter European Union investment rules loom.
June 17, 2026 07:36 AM EDT
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