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Note that these are made by the "real" Volvo, not Volvo Cars which got sold a while ago and is now owned by the Chinese Geely.
by zvr 1y ago
Note that these are made by the "real" Volvo, not Volvo Cars which got sold a while ago and is now owned by the Chinese Geely.
- ksec 1y agoSo Volvo only sold their "Car" brand to Geely and not Trucks? That is like Toshiba selling only their Appliance brand to another Chinese company or Sharp Display and TV belongs to Foxconn but not other Sharp products? So who provides this Volvo Semi batteries? Geely / CATL or someone else?
- masklinn 1y ago> So Volvo only sold their "Car" brand to Geely and not Trucks? Yes. And they bought Renault Trucks from Renault. And they own Mack in the US.
- rsynnott 1y ago> So who provides this Volvo Semi batteries? Geely / CATL or someone else? Northvolt and Samsung, apparently. > That is like Toshiba selling only their Appliance brand to another Chinese company or Sharp Display and TV belongs to Foxconn but not other Sharp products? That sort of thing is actually somewhat common in appliance-world; appliance _brands_ are often sold off or licensed. For instance, Siemens appliances are not made by the same Siemens who make trains and MRI scanners and things; they're made by GSH GmbH, which is owned by Bosch. HP is another fairly well-known example; the HP (HP Inc) who makes the printers is no longer the same HP (HPE) who makes networking equipment and things. And then of course in the automotive world there's Stellantis, which owns all the car brands that you vaguely assume no longer exist.
- to11mtm 1y agoOne of my more amusing examples are the 'Car Brand Bicycles'. For instance nowadays you can get a 'Ford Bronco E-bike' and I believe there's a 'GMC Hummer' e-bike as well. Fairly expensive for what you actually get.