Volvo plans to launch electric cars only by 2019, part of goal to sell one million electric vehicles by 2025

Briefing

August 11, 2017

Briefing	All Electric by 2019 – Volvo announced plans to only launch electric cars starting 2019 which include pure electric cars, plug-in hybrids or mild hybrids, making company first mainstream car manufacturer to commit to technology New Pure Electric Vehicle Models – Will introduce five pure electric cars between 2019 and 2021, including three Volvo models and two from Polestar, which makes high performance electric cars 2025 Sales and Climate Targets – Plans to sell one million electric vehicles and have climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025
Accelerator	Climate Change and Environment, Transportation and Mobility
Sector	Transportation and Logistics
Organization	AB Volvo
Source	"Volvo Cars to go all electric," Volvo Group, https://www.volvogroup.com/; Calamur, K., "Volvo's electric future", The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/; Ewing, J., "Volvo, betting on electric, moves to phase out conventional engines", The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	July 5, 2017

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