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Well, Volvo kick us off today.

Last month in November, numbers are now coming in,

and Volvo sold 67,000 cars worldwide in the month, a 5% increase on the same month last year.

So things are going well at Volvo, but that growth was mainly due to strong sales in Europe and the United States.

Sales were down in China. Volvo's electric and plug-in hybrid cars were up 40%

compared to the same month last year, making up now 48% of their business. So when you think

about Volvo, you can make pretty much a shortcut in your head. Half of their business has a plug socket

on the side of it. Fully electric cars,

21% on the month. So let's have a look at the year and smooth it all out, should we? January to

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