(FILES) An aerial view shows Volvo cars parked at a port in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on October 17, 2024. – Sweden’s Volvo Cars on October 23, 2024 drastically cut its sales forecast for the year, saying car markets in China, Europe and the US “increasingly under pressure.” (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) / China OUT / CHINA OUT
Stockholm, Sweden — Sweden’s Volvo Cars on Wednesday drastically cut its sales forecast for the year, saying car markets in China, Europe and the United States are “increasingly under pressure.”
The Chinese-owned automaker reported a net profit of 4.4 billion kronor ($416 million) for the third quarter, up from 3.2 billion kronor for the same period in 2023.
Article continues after this advertisementHowever, Volvo Cars said it expected to see minimal growth in the fourth quarter.
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Article continues after this advertisementThe carmaker said its sales rose by three percent to 172,849 cars in the third quarter.
Article continues after this advertisementRevenue for the quarter came in at 92.8 billion kronor, just beating the 92 billion kronor reported for the same period a year earlier.
Article continues after this advertisementOperating income meanwhile rose to 5.8 billion kronor, up from 4.5 billion kronor for the third quarter of 2023.
“The car market in our main regions of China, Europe and the US is increasingly under pressure which affects demand,” Rowan said.
Article continues after this advertisementThe CEO added that sales in the first nine months of the year had grown by 10 percent, which still put the company in a position “to outgrow the premium car market in 2024, which is expected to grow by less than one percent this year.”
The automaker in September announced that it was scrapping its goal of becoming fully electric by 2030, scaling back its target to between 90 and 100 percent.
Volvo Cars announced its plans to go fully electric in 2021.
It said its new target would allow for 0-10 percent of its sales to include a “limited number of mild hybrid models to be sold, if needed.”
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In the third quarter55bet, electrified models — meaning fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars — represented 48 percent of the total cars sold.
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