Automaker Volvo is planning to enhance the electric vehicle manufacturing Belgium in order to meet the fast-growing demand for its line-up of chargeable.

According to the report, the automaker is planning to triple its electric vehicle manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium. the production of EVs will increase to around 60 per cent of the plant's total production capacity by the next year.

Javier Varela, head of global industrial operations and quality, said,  “Our future is electric and customers clearly like what they see from our Recharge cars." The decision to increase capacity comes as Volvo reported its full-year sales results for 2020, which showed strong growth in demand for the company’s electric models. The share of battery cars as a percentage of total sales more than doubled in 2020 as compared to 2019. Company's Ghent plant currently builds the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40. 

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