Volvo
In 2017 Volvo marked itself as one thing of a pioneer within the auto business when then-CEO Hakan Samuelsson introduced that the corporate would give attention to electrification within the coming years, with a aim of promoting 1,000,000 electrified automobiles by 2025. It’s not doing too badly in that regard—already in 2021 1 / 4 of its gross sales have been plug-in hybrids or battery-electric autos, and that grew to 1 in three throughout 2022.
But there’s loads extra to return. Today, Reuters reported that Volvo at present has six new EVs in improvement to go on sale by 2026.
We’ve already seen the primary of those unveiled—the EX90 SUV. This will use Volvo’s new SPA2 structure, to be in-built South Carolina from subsequent yr, and options a complicated suite of sensors, together with roof-mounted lidar.
According to Reuters, the XC90 might be adopted by EV replacements for the S60 and S90 sedans and the XC40 and XC60 SUVs. (Reuters additionally writes that there is an EV model of the XC90 SUV coming as nicely, however I confess that final one confuses me as I’m fairly certain that is the EX90.)
The sixth mannequin might be a Volvo van primarily based on the Zeekr 009, an imposing electrical brick-on-wheels that is solely bought in China. Reuters says that improvement for the van, in addition to the electrical sedans, has moved to its Shanghai R&D heart versus its base in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Volvo says that by 2030 it can by a purely electrical automotive model.