Mexican Media Brands
Volvo to Phase Out Piston-Only Powertrains
Volvo Car Corp. plans to abandon exclusively internal combustion powertrains for its cars and replace them with piston-electric hybrids or all-electric propulsion systems.
#hybrid
Share
Volvo Car Corp. plans to abandon exclusively internal combustion powertrains for its cars and replace them with piston-electric hybrids or all-electric propulsion systems.
CEO Hakan Samuelsson notes that Volvo's plan to add electric motors throughout its product line “marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car” at the company.
Volvo's future powertrain lineup will consist of fully electric, gasoline-hybrid, diesel-hybrid and 48-volt "mild" hybrids.
The company says it intends to introduce five such hybrid and EV models between 2019 and 2021. Two of those vehicles will be produced by Volvo’s Polestar performance unit. Last month the company said it is spinning off Polestar, which will develop and sell high-performance electrified vehicles under its own brand. Polestar's first model is due this autumn.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Frito-Lay, Transportation and the Environment
Addressing greenhouse gas reduction in the snack food supply chain
-
On Traffic Jams, Vehicle Size, Building EVs and more
From building electric vehicles—and training to do so—to considering traffic and its implication on drivers and vehicle size—there are plenty of considerations for people and their utilization of technology in the industry.
-
Chevy Develops eCOPO Camaro: The Fast and the Electric
The notion that electric vehicles were the sort of thing that well-meaning professors who wear tweed jackets with elbow patches drove in order to help save the environment was pretty much annihilated when Tesla added the Ludicrous+ mode to the Model S which propelled the vehicle from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds.