It is located in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is laid out like a clover pattern.

In addition to the absolute dominance of buses and trucks in Northern Europe, Volvo is also famous for its sedans.

Volvo sedans are known for their clean styling and luxurious interiors, but the main product is still the car. The company's Kalmar plant is unique in the world. Located in Gothenburg, Sweden, it is laid out like a clover pattern, with 25 stations along the edge of the clover, each responsible for a part of the car assembly process, and the car winds around the blades of grass on an automatic conveyor controlled by a microcomputer, and when these 25 stations are completed, a beautiful car is produced.

The productivity and assembly quality of the plant are among the best among Volvo plants. The factory is characterized by 10-25 people in charge of a work area, as long as the specified car is sent from one buffer zone to another within the specified time, everyone can make their own decisions about the rest of the work.

Therefore, the workers were liberated from mechanical reciprocating labor and stimulated the workers' enthusiasm for labor. This production method is another major change after Ford's assembly line production mode, which has attracted great attention from the world's industrial circles. In addition to the absolute dominance of large buses and various trucks in Northern Europe, Volvo also has a small reputation in the world for its small buses.

Volvo minibuses are known for their clean styling and luxurious and comfortable interiors.

The Lobster Banquet is BornThe founding of Volvo is legendary, but Volvo, the most famous company in Sweden and the world, was born at a lobster dinner that is very traditional to Sweden.

That was on July 25, 1924. In Stockholm, Sweden is known as the "beauty of the water", Gustav Larsen and Arthur Gbrenson walked into a restaurant called Sturehof, the two Swedes who love cars, asked for a plate of lobster, and within a few hours of dining, they talked about their love and dedication to cars, and finally formulated the plan for the creation of the world-famous Volvo car company.

Volvo's history has been full of legends and changes over the years, but it has always maintained the distinctive characteristics of a Nordic company that have distinguished itself over the years. The first car - "Jokob" (Jacob) In the Swedish calendar, July 25 coincides with the anniversary of Saint Jacob. Therefore, to commemorate Volvo's birth day, the first sedan produced by the company was named the "Jacob OV4".

The sedan, equipped with a 28 hp twin-cylinder engine, drove out of the factory on April 14, 1927. When Johansen, the sales manager, drove the car into an open field, a crowd of spectators applauded.

At the time, cars were much slower than today's cars, and were said to have reached a top speed of 90 kilometers per hour. But that's just the ideal speed. The Nordic car company introduced a convertible to the market, which was also seen as a bold move at the time. As a result, there was not much demand for Jacobs, and only 300 units were sold in a few years.

The image of the safety car born from the sound of the impactVolvo has emphasized the safety of cars from the time the company was founded. The first crash tests were carried out on the Volvo sedan before the first car was sold.

It was in 1926 that one of the nine OV4 prototypes on the road of Gothenburg in beautiful Stockholm was tested in a head-on crash with an American sedan. As a result, imported American cars have become almost a pile of scrap metal.

The Volvo, on the other hand, had only a few scars from the impact, and the car was largely unharmed. Since then, the Volvo sedan has established the image of a safety sedan. Every year, Volvo invests heavily in product research and development in the field of safety, and constantly criticizes its achievements.

This spirit of self-reflection has enabled Volvo to be at the forefront of the world in the development of automotive safety products, and has contributed many innovative inventions to the automotive industry, such as the safety compartment in the 40s, the three-point seat belt in the 60s, and the anti-side impact protection system in the 90s. The initial export of Volvo cars on the export route was very limited, with only 24 and 27 cars exported in 1928 and 1929, respectively. The first country to export was Finland, and later Denmark, Cuba, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Argentina.

In 1955, Volvo cars began to be exported to the United States, competing with the powerful American sedan brands, which was considered a very bold venture at the time, and it is no wonder that some Swedes at the time lamented: "This is tantamount to selling refrigerators in the Arctic".

That being said, the PV444 sedan caused a stir in the United States, which quickly became the largest market for Volvo sedans.

Gothenburg ......

On Scandinavia, Gothenburg is a city with a Dutch style.

The city is surrounded by walls, fortresses, and moats. In 1731, Nikolai in Gothenburg? With the help of Saglin and others, the Swedish company SOIC received a royal special warrant from the King of Sweden.

They were allowed to monopolize trade in the East Indies. On March 7, 1732, the first merchant ship sent by the Swedish East India Company to China, the King Frederick, departed. In the 75 years since its founding, the Swedish East India Company has organized 132 Asian voyages, all but three to India, and the remaining 129 to Guangzhou, China.

Yaw! The rudder turned, the sails were dropped, and people ran around.

Hannibadan! Driven by strong westerly winds, the Gothenburg moved towards an undersea reef located in the main channel. September 12, 1745, 900 meters from the Evsburg fortress. The impact was violent.

The entire bow was crushed by the rocks.

The stern quickly sank into the water.

The debris is scattered on the seabed in an area of nearly 1,000 square meters.

Autumn 1742, the city of Gothenburg.

"Ruidahust" and "Gothenburg" began preparations for the 11th expedition of the Swedish East India Company. The East India Company's first royal franchise could only be retained for another two years. On July 14, 1746, a new trading bloc was to be granted a concession.

On March 14, 1743, at the age of 14, Anders? Sferenson hurried to the harbor with his 12-year-old brother Yorkham. They rounded the lighthouse at the mouth of the river and saw the mast-lined fleet of harbor ships in the distance. The largest of these is the Gothenburg.

It has a cargo capacity of 843 tons, a length of about 57 meters, three decks, three masts, and the tallest mast is about 48 meters. His chief designer was Frederick, who is known as the "father of modern Swedish shipbuilding technology"? Chapman, built by the Stockholm shipyard. According to Zhan? Erik? Nelson wrote that the Gothenburg's maiden voyage was the East India Company's Seventh Expedition from 1739 to 1740.