Why Volvo’s CEO Samuelsson sees disruption as a ‘huge opportunity’

Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson is more convinced than ever that the Geely-owned automaker needs to capitalize on the disruptive movements taking place in the industry. Volvo aims to use its small size, compared with BMW or Mercedes-Benz, to generate half its global sales from full-electric cars by 2025 and have one-third of the cars it sells to be fully autonomous by then. A more immediate goal in Samuelsson's sights is to break the automaker's worldwide vehicle sales record for a sixth straight year. He discussed this and more with Automotive News Europe Managing Editor Douglas A. Bolduc