Volvo's latest auto architecture set for Daqing

Volvo Car Corp announced it will soon introduce its latest modular platform at its Daqing plant in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, part of an $11 billion multi-year research and development program.

The decision came after the first model built on its Scalable Product Architecture rolled off the assembly line in September in Sweden. The Daqing plant will be Volvo's first overseas manufacturing facility to adopt the platform.

The automaker said some 60 percent of its upcoming models will be based on the platform known as SPA.