The newspaper reported earlier in the week that Volvo is on its way to losing parts of its independent development to China and owner Geely, following delays with its own new car platform Spa2. It's not that bad, according to Samuelsson.
It's absolutely not a Chinese grip that's being tied, he says to Di.
The ties to Geely will, on the other hand, become stronger. Samuelsson says that Volvo has an interest in cooperating on the cars' hardware build-up and means that it's possible to discuss what a "platform" really is.
I see it more as an architecture where you can find common components and systems, and we naturally have an interest in getting them up in volume through coordination. It's not at all the same thing as our ability to build cars from scratch being jeopardized.
The delays with Spa2 sank the launch of the electric SUV model EX90 by several years.
