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Volvo to sell ONLY (mild) hybrids and EVs by 2019
Sounds pretty progressive especially for Volvo who I don't really think of as a progressive auto maker. But, this should be interesting! Two years to replace their entire lineup!
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https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/05/vo...rting-in-2019/ |
This article says they'll be using mild hybrids which makes things seem a lot more possible:
Every Volvo introduced after 2019 will be a hybrid or EV - Autoblog Quote:
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It's a good move to simplify the lineup, similar to (but better than) BMW's recent announcement- one report said that their 5 Series diesel was dropping from 5 engine offerings to four.
Like back in 2011 when Chrysler went from fielding 6 (that I can think of off the tom pg my head) V6 engines at the same time to replacing them all with the 3.6. That's a lot of duplication of effort that ended. Hopefully Volvo will wind up with fewer gas engine types in their hybrid lineup as well. |
China is big on hybrid and electric vehicles, and of course Volvo is now Chinese.
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Volvo has pretty much free hands though.
And they'll continue to use the 2.0, I-4 for a long time to come |
The mainstream media is sure running with the "Volvo going electric" headline.
I had a non-car-person relative ask me if I'd seen the news about electric-only Volvos. I replied: they'll be bankrupt in a couple of years if that's true! A 48V belt-alternator-starter system will probably make up the bulk of their efforts. |
The headline I saw said something about the end of the ICE at Volvo. Then the next sentence said hybrids. Makes me wonder what the other part of the hybrid would be? Maybe a sail and an electric motor. Maybe nuclear/electric like a US submarine. Right now all their cars are hybrids... sometimes they run with the engine, and sometimes you have to push them along the side of the road.
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In 2007 Smart relased the Micro Hybrid Drive. By those standards pretty much every car out of Europe is already a Hybrid.
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And the announcement has come about a week after Geely announced to open a technology centre 10 km from the Volvo factory.
Geely invests in Sweden <-the best I could quickly find in English |
They might eventually turn to full-hybrids at some moment, but that move toward mild-hybrids doesn't really surprise me.
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meh.
Volvo has never had a vehicle that appealed to me. Just a media stunt to grab attention. |
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http://media.autoweek.nl/m/m1by19mb1sqd_480.jpg Or the superCivic Volvo 480? http://assets.volvocars.com/nl/~/med...arge.jpg?w=480 P1800...? http://www.danjedlicka.com/images/cl...vo_P1800_1.jpg |
that is the first time I have seen pics of those models....so...nope, not a one.
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I had two Volvos, and loved them both. First one was ugly, but my 2001 S40 was pretty enough.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1500325928 http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1500325928 |
I still like the Volvo XC90.
http://cdn.automovelbrasil.com/800/2...299ea6386d.jpg |
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I wouldn't turn down one of these: http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1500382942 Or this: http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1500382994 1983 Volvo LCP 2000 Quote:
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I always wanted the 121 version of your first image.
However my dream Volvo was always the PV544 like this one. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../Volvo_544.jpg |
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