Swiss Manufacturer Volvo Aims To Electrify Its Entire Portfolio By 2030 And Sell Only Electric Cars

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 04/12/2020 at 09:53

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Hakan Samuelsson, CEO of Volvo, Believes That Volvo Will be an Exclusively Electric Car Brand in 10 Years. “I Would be Surprised if We Did Not Start Delivering Electric Cars by 2030,” Samuelsson Said to the Financial Times Future of the Car Summit.

Volvo had previously communicated that its goal was for half of its global sales to consist of electric cars by 2025. However, until now it had never set a deadline for the internal combustion engine in its lineup.

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It is true that Samuelsson was not categorical, and this leaves the door open for both the internal combustion engine and plug-in hybrids. Still, it is a risky statement on the surface, especially since Volvo is still finalizing the launch of its first electric car, the Volvo XC40 Recharge P8. Although it is true that the short-term success of the model seems guaranteed.

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Obviously, at Volvo they are thinking of China (the largest electric market in the world) to reach that number, but it may not be enough. China is the brand’s second market (154,961 units in 2019), behind Europe with its 340,605 units in 2019.

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“The way forward would be to have clear rules on when to phase out the combustion engine. Once you realize that gasoline and diesel engines are not really part of the future, it is very easy to see that you need to move quickly to the new world,” Samuelsson explained. And Volvo is already moving very quickly in that direction, he assured.

Swiss Manufacturer Volvo Aims To Electrify Its Entire Portfolio By 2030 And Sell Only Electric Cars

Hakan Samuelsson, CEO of Volvo, Believes That Volvo Will be an Exclusively Electric Car Brand in 10 Years. “I Would be Surprised if We Did Not Start Delivering Electric Cars by 2030,” Samuelsson Said to the Financial Times Future of the Car Summit.

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Swiss Manufacturer Volvo Aims To Electrify Its Entire Portfolio By 2030 And Sell Only Electric Cars

Hakan Samuelsson, CEO of Volvo, Believes That Volvo Will be an Exclusively Electric Car Brand in 10 Years. “I Would be Surprised if We Did Not Start Delivering Electric Cars by 2030,” Samuelsson Said to the Financial Times Future of the Car Summit.

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