Volvo Car AB (publ.) (VOLCAR_B) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Hi, welcome to World of Volvo in the heart of Gothenburg. Today we're delivering the first EX60 to our Swedish customers. This is not only an exciting chapter for us at Volvo Car Sweden, it's also exciting for us as a global company because we have so many customer orders in. It feels very safe to drive Volvo when you have two small children. Now you trust that you can drive long distances and that there is a possibility to charge and that it works in the morning. The sound system, the silence in the coupe, the screen... No, I'm incredibly excited about my new Volvo E60. The charger, of course, goes very fast. It's almost like charging the car in a traditional way. All the millions of hours we have poured into all the passion, all the grit that we put into this product, this is why we do it. Good morning and a very warm welcome to the presentation of Bulbacast's second quarter financial results. We're coming to you from our new headquarters here in Gothenburg. My name is Ron. Those images that you saw up front were, of course, the first Bulbacast customer getting behind the EX60. The focus now is, of course, to ramp up the car to meet the strong customer demand. We'll talk more about this on this earnings call. As always, in the morning, I'm joined by our President and Chief Executive, Håkan Samuelsson, our CFO, Fredrik Hansson, and our Chief Commercial Officer, Erik Severinsson. At the top of this earnings call, we'll have Håkan, Erik, and Fredrik walk us through our performance during the second quarter. And thereafter, we'll throw it open for a question and answer. Either you participate by simply typing in your questions. You should be able to see the chat window at the bottom of your screen. Or simply use the phone lines. Then we can hear you in the room. I'll c...