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Development began in 2013 with the goal of producing a highly flexible vehicle platform.<ref name = "P1 successor news 2013/02 motorauthority.com"/> Only the distance between the centre of the front wheels and the pedal box is fixed, everything else can be configured to suit the intended vehicle design.<ref name = "CMA news 2015/10 media.volvocars.com"/><ref name = "CMA news 2015/10 automobilemag.com"/>

The platform debuted in August 2017 with the release of the [[Lynk & Co 01]]. The CMA platform configuration in the XC40 featured the previous four-cylinder 2 litre petrol and diesel engines, but also new 1.5-litre, three-cylinder engines with turbocharged and naturally aspirated variations.<ref name = "XC40 news 2016/08 autocar.co.uk"/> The platform will also accommodate a [[plug-in hybrid]] configuration capable of 180&nbsp;bhp, supplemented by a 74&nbsp;bhp electric motor.<ref name = "XC40 news 2016/08 autocar.co.uk"/>

Besides being used in VolvoLynk, LynkVolvo and Polestar, the platform is used in a handful of Geely models.

== Applications ==

The Compact Modular Architecture platform is also shared with Chinese startup company, [[Lynk & Co]].<ref name="Lynk & Co debut theverge.com" /> The [[Lynk & Co 01]] SUV will be the first of several Lynk & Co models to be underpinned by the CMA platform.<ref name="Lynk & Co 01 debut overdrive.in" />

Volvo released its first fully electric car [[Polestar 2]] based on the CMA platform in 2019.<ref name="Volvo EV news 2017/04 media.volvocars.com" />