2019 VOLVO GOES ALL ELECTRIC!
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Volvo Cars,
the premium car maker, has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019
will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an
internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its
future business.
The
announcement represents one of the most significant moves by any car maker to
embrace electrification and highlights how over a century after the invention
of the internal combustion engine electrification is paving the way for a new
chapter in automotive history.
“This is about
the customer,” said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive. “People
increasingly demand electrified cars and we want to respond to our customers’
current and future needs. You can now pick and choose whichever electrified
Volvo you wish.”
Volvo Cars
will introduce a portfolio of electrified cars across its model range,
embracing fully electric cars, plug in hybrid cars and mild hybrid cars.
It will launch
five fully electric cars between 2019 and 2021, three of which will be Volvo
models and two of which will be high performance electrified cars from
Polestar, Volvo Cars’ performance car arm. Full details of these models will be
announced at a later date.
These five
cars will be supplemented by a range of petrol and diesel plug in hybrid and
mild hybrid 48 volt options on all models, representing one of the broadest
electrified car offerings of any car maker.
This means
that there will in future be no Volvo cars without an electric motor, as pure
ICE cars are gradually phased out and replaced by ICE cars that are enhanced
with electrified options.
“This
announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car,” said
Mr Samuelsson. “Volvo Cars has stated that it plans to have sold a total of 1m
electrified cars by 2025. When we said it we meant it. This is how we are going
to do it.”
The
announcement underlines Volvo Cars’ commitment to minimizing its environmental
impact and making the cities of the future cleaner. Volvo Cars is focused on
reducing the carbon emissions of both its products as well as its operations.
It aims to have climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025.
The decision also
follows this month’s announcement that Volvo Cars will turn Polestar into a new
separately-branded electrified global high performance car company. Thomas
Ingenlath, Senior Vice President Design at Volvo Cars, will lead Polestar as
Chief Executive Officer.
We will update VOLVO'S progress as we receive their information. Exciting future that will reduce greenhouse gasses and allow for less exploration of oil.
BRUCE HUBBARD
J.B. HUBBARD
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