How the Chinese tycoon driving Volvo plans to tackle Tesla

HANGZHOU, China — “Do you know how big Volvo is?” asked Don Leclair, finance chief at Ford. It was 2008, and Leclair was responding to an offer from a little-known Chinese businessman to purchase the Swedish carmaker, which Ford owned. The businessman, Li Shufu, had a company with less than half Volvo’s sales and a […] September 06, 2021 at 07:42AM

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