Volvo Cars launches $1.9 billion cost-cutting drive, scraps financial guidance as earnings fall

  • Swedish-based automaker Volvo Cars on Tuesday announced plans to launch cost cuts of 18 billion Swedish krona ($1.87 billion) as its operating profit fell sharply in the first three months of the year. Volvo Cars, which is owned by China's Geely Holding, reported first-quarter operating profit of 1.9 billion Swedish krona, down from 4.7 billion krona from the same period last year.