Volvo Cars October sales rise 3% year-on-year

Volvo Cars' sales rose 3% year-on-year in October to 61,686 cars driven primarily by an increase in sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid models in Europe, the Sweden-based automaker said on Monday. Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China's Geely Holding, said in a statement that sales in Europe, its biggest market, were up 21% to 30,167 cars compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile sales in the U.S. declined 17% and sales in China decreased 10%.