Re: [MBZ] Volvo phasing out gas and diesel cars soon

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Volvo are building a big new facility up the road to make SUVs and other 
vehicles.  I guess they will start cranking out electrified Volvos


--FT


On 7/6/17 3:28 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote:

Volvo Car Corp. has vowed to abandon the traditional gas-powered
internal combustion engine...
  

... it will only offer new hybrid or battery electric vehicles
starting in 2019.

Err, hybrids use internal combustion engines.


... completely phase out the gas-powered engine that has
dominated vehicles since Ford's Model T in 1908

I think it was the electric starter in the 1912 Cadillac that
allowed the gasoline engine to complete its dominance.  There were
a lot of Model Ts sold, though.

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Re: [MBZ] Volvo phasing out gas and diesel cars soon

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> Volvo Car Corp. has vowed to abandon the traditional gas-powered
> internal combustion engine...
 
> ... it will only offer new hybrid or battery electric vehicles
> starting in 2019.

Err, hybrids use internal combustion engines.

> ... completely phase out the gas-powered engine that has
> dominated vehicles since Ford's Model T in 1908

I think it was the electric starter in the 1912 Cadillac that
allowed the gasoline engine to complete its dominance.  There were
a lot of Model Ts sold, though.

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Re: [MBZ] Volvo phasing out gas and diesel cars soon

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

Super clickbait...
Curt

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  On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via 
Mercedes wrote:   ELECTRIC VEHICLESVolvo bidding end to 
gas-powered engines

Published: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
[image: Volvo automobile on assembly line. Photo: Volvo.]

Volvo has vowed to phase out the internal combustion engine by 2019. Volvo

Volvo Car Corp. has vowed to abandon the traditional gas-powered internal
combustion engine within two years.

The Sweden-based, Chinese-owned automaker announced today that it will only
offer new hybrid or battery electric vehicles starting in 2019.

It becomes the first mainstream manufacturer to promise to completely phase
out the gas-powered engine that has dominated vehicles since Ford's Model T
in 1908 in favor of a technology that still represents a tiny share of the
global market.

Volvo announced it will launch five fully electric cars between 2019 and
2021. Plug-in hybrid cars that partly use petrol or diesel and electrified
"mild hybrid" 48-volt cars will complete the lineup.

Battery electric vehicles just cracked 1 percent of new car sales in the
U.S. last year. Hybrids accounted for 2 percent.

Automakers, electric utilities and petroleum companies are all betting the
share of electric vehicles will increase, though analysts disagree on how
fast that will happen. They expect the vehicles will get more popular as
battery prices fall, range gets longer and charging infrastructure builds
out. Automakers are also planning to pair increasing automation with
electrification.

Automakers also face increasingly tight sales and carbon reduction targets
in China, the European Union and the United States.

"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion-engine-powered
car," said Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo's president and CEO. "People
increasingly demand electrified cars, and we want to respond to our
customers' current and future needs."

He reiterated the company's goal to sell a total of 1 million electrified
cars by 2025.

Volvo sold around half a million cars last year, more than Tesla's 76,000
but much less than the world's largest car companies like Toyota Motor
Corp., Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co., which each had around 10
million sales.

The mainstream, traditional manufacturers are also looking to electrify:
Volkswagen, seeking to put its diesel scandal behind it, has vowed to sell
a million electric vehicles by 2025. Ford, seen by critics as a laggard,
has promised to introduce more than a dozen electric models, including
SUVs. GM's Chevrolet Bolt was the first affordable all-electric vehicle
introduced to the market with a range of more than 200 miles. The first of
Tesla's Model 3s are expected to roll off the production line later this
week.
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[MBZ] Volvo phasing out gas and diesel cars soon

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

ELECTRIC VEHICLESVolvo bidding end to gas-powered engines

Published: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
[image: Volvo automobile on assembly line. Photo: Volvo.]

Volvo has vowed to phase out the internal combustion engine by 2019. Volvo

Volvo Car Corp. has vowed to abandon the traditional gas-powered internal
combustion engine within two years.

The Sweden-based, Chinese-owned automaker announced today that it will only
offer new hybrid or battery electric vehicles starting in 2019.

It becomes the first mainstream manufacturer to promise to completely phase
out the gas-powered engine that has dominated vehicles since Ford's Model T
in 1908 in favor of a technology that still represents a tiny share of the
global market.

Volvo announced it will launch five fully electric cars between 2019 and
2021. Plug-in hybrid cars that partly use petrol or diesel and electrified
"mild hybrid" 48-volt cars will complete the lineup.

Battery electric vehicles just cracked 1 percent of new car sales in the
U.S. last year. Hybrids accounted for 2 percent.

Automakers, electric utilities and petroleum companies are all betting the
share of electric vehicles will increase, though analysts disagree on how
fast that will happen. They expect the vehicles will get more popular as
battery prices fall, range gets longer and charging infrastructure builds
out. Automakers are also planning to pair increasing automation with
electrification.

Automakers also face increasingly tight sales and carbon reduction targets
in China, the European Union and the United States.

"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion-engine-powered
car," said Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo's president and CEO. "People
increasingly demand electrified cars, and we want to respond to our
customers' current and future needs."

He reiterated the company's goal to sell a total of 1 million electrified
cars by 2025.

Volvo sold around half a million cars last year, more than Tesla's 76,000
but much less than the world's largest car companies like Toyota Motor
Corp., Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co., which each had around 10
million sales.

The mainstream, traditional manufacturers are also looking to electrify:
Volkswagen, seeking to put its diesel scandal behind it, has vowed to sell
a million electric vehicles by 2025. Ford, seen by critics as a laggard,
has promised to introduce more than a dozen electric models, including
SUVs. GM's Chevrolet Bolt was the first affordable all-electric vehicle
introduced to the market with a range of more than 200 miles. The first of
Tesla's Model 3s are expected to roll off the production line later this
week.
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