- Volvo now expects plug-in hybrids to be standard past 2030
- New Volvo plug-in hybrids will profit from batteries and motors developed for next-gen EVs
- Volvo nonetheless dedicated to EVs and has 5 within the pipeline
Volvo plans a renewed push into plug-in hybrid autos now that it has deserted its plan to solely promote electrical autos by 2030, and these will embrace a brand new era boasting a protracted electrical vary.
In an interview with Automotive Information (subscription required) revealed on Wednesday, Erik Severinson, Volvo’s chief product and technique officer, stated the electrical vary of the brand new plug-in hybrids could be a “vital improve” over the 32 miles of the up to date 2025.5 XC90 T8 plug-in hybrid unveiled earlier this month.
He stated the brand new plug-in hybrids would proceed to make use of Volvo’s authentic SPA platform that debuted virtually a decade in the past within the present XC90, and profit from denser batteries and extra environment friendly electrical motors developed for next-generation EVs.
“SPA1 is a really versatile structure,” Severinson stated. “We are able to hold upgrading SPA1 to even longer-range PHEVs.”
2025.5 Volvo XC90
Severinson did not point out timing however Volvo at a gathering with U.S. and Canadian sellers held on Tuesday stated it deliberate to launch 10 new and up to date autos over the subsequent 24 months, Automotive Information reported, citing a few of the sellers in attendance. It is probably a few of these would be the longer-range plug-in hybrids.
Volvo this month stated that its present plan requires 90-100% of gross sales to be made up by a mixture of EVs and plug-in hybrids by 2030, with the remaining portion to include mild-hybrids. The transfer got here in response to EV demand rising a lot slower than predicted, the automaker stated. Sellers have been additionally pleading to maintain plug-in hybrids on sale.
Volvo stated its long-term objective stays turning into a 100% EV model. The automaker has at the very least 5 EVs within the pipeline, together with a midsize sedan to be known as the ES90 and a compact crossover to be known as the EX60. The ES90 will use the SPA2 EV platform that debuted within the 2025 EX90, and is predicted to launch this 12 months. The EX60 will use a extra superior SPA3 EV platform and is tipped to launch in 2026.
