How Volvo got customers to accept Ferrari-like wait times

Volvo EX90 on charger 2024 — Customer have waited nearly two years to get the EX90 (shown), and the wait time in Germany for the EX30 is up to four months.

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Douglas A. Bolduc

March 18, 2024 01:48 PM

Alex Zurhausen has been with Volvo for more than 20 years and for the majority of that time one thing was sacred.

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