http://www.evo.co.uk/volvo/16814/volvos-300-mile-electric-car-to-challenge-tesla-in-2019 Volvo's 300-mile electric car to challenge Tesla in 2019 Antony Ingram 15 Oct 2015
New saloon will head Volvo's plug-in car plans and rival Tesla for performance Volvo has announced plans to launch an all-electric saloon in 2019, set to tackle Tesla Motors head-on with a 300-mile range and high levels of performance ... A similarly-powered S90 saloon is set to follow, but it’s Volvo’s all-electric Tesla rival that could prove most significant. Expected to be similar in size to the current Volvo S60 and built on Volvo’s Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), the company suggests the car will cover more than 300 miles on a charge. Volvo's existing research already shows that Twin-Engine drivers cover 50 per cent of their mileage on electric power ... Similar in size to the upcoming Tesla Model 3 – expected to arrive in 2017 – Volvo also hints at Tesla-rivalling performance. It’s not the only Tesla model in the Swedish car maker’s sights: The nature of SPA means the all-electric drivetrain could also be used in the XC60, giving Volvo a rival for the recently-launched Tesla Model X. ‘We believe that the time has come for electrified cars to cease being a niche technology’ explained Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of Volvo Cars. Samuelsson is confident that in just two years’ time, a tenth of Volvo’s global sales will feature some form of electrification. Since Volvo plans to increase sales from an expected half a million in 2015 to 800,000 by 2020, as many as 80,000 electrified Volvos could find homes each year by 2020. Tesla Motors sells relatively small numbers of vehicles compared to some of the world's larger automakers, but its focus on electrification and recently autonomous driving have put its technological capabilities in the spotlight. If Volvo can produce cars with similar performance with widespread use of electrification, the American company may soon have a fight on its hands. [© Dennis Publishing] ... https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/168142/volvo-cars-unveils-global-electrification-strategy?utm_campaign=NewsAlert_5719&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=media.volvocars.com [pr] Volvo Cars unveils global electrification strategy Oct 15, 2015 | ID: 168142 http://www.t3.com/news/small-and-electric-volvo-s-vision-for-the-future Small and electric: Volvo’s vision for the future By Jamie Hinks Oct 15, 2015 Smaller cars are on the way ... http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volvos-tesla-rival-spearhead-electrified-future Volvo's Tesla rival to spearhead electrified future by Steve Cropley 15 October 2015 Swedish firm confirms plan to launch a full-electric mid-sized car with 325-mile range by 2019 ... ... http://europe.autonews.com/article/20151015/ANE/151019930/volvo-will-add-ev-extend-plug-in-hybrid-lineup Volvo will add EV, extend plug-in hybrid lineup October 15, 2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Volvo-s-300-mile-EV-in-2019-Tesla-3-EV-rival-tp4678170.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
