볼보가 2019년부터 기존의 가솔린 엔진 차량 생산을 중단하고 전기충전이나 하이브리드 차량만을 생산한다고 합니다.
USA Today 기사입니다.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/07/05/volvo-gasoline-electric-vehicles/450861001/
2019년부터 생산되는 새모델이나 리모델 차량은 모두 전기충전이나 하이브리드가 될 것이라고 수요일에 발표했네요.
하지만 딜러샾에서 기존 가솔린 차량들이 완전히 모습을 감추는 데는 2019년 이후로도 여러해가 걸릴 것으로 보입니다.
결국 2025년 정도에야 모든 차량이 전기차량이나 하이브리드로 바뀔 것이라고 예상되네요.
볼보 측은 2019년에 서 2021년 사이에 새로운 전기충전 차량으로 시작해서 2025년까지 100만대의 전기 또는 하이브리드 차량을 판매하는 것이 목표라고 합니다.
이 소식에 오늘 테슬라의 주식은 많이 떨어졌네요.
Volvo is leaving conventional gasoline vehicles on the side of the road.
The Sweden-based brand, owned by Chinese automaker Geely, said Wednesday that any new or redesigned vehicles it launches after 2019 will be electric or hybrid vehicles.
The company will no longer design any new models with conventional internal combustion engines after that date.
Although the announcement marks what Volvo called the "historic end" of pure-gasoline vehicles, it will take years after 2019 for them to completely disappear off dealership lots. That's because automakers typically sell new models for several years, with small improvements in the interim years, before completely redesigning them.
In other words, it could take until around 2025 for all new Volvo vehicles sold at the dealership to be electrics or hybrids.
Electric cars are fully powered by a battery and electric motor, while hybrids get a fuel-economy boost from a battery but still run on gasoline.
“This is about the customer,” Volvo global CEO Hakan Samuelsson said in a statement. “People increasingly demand electrified cars and we want to respond to our customers’ current and future needs. You can now pick and choose whichever electrified Volvo you wish.”
The move makes Volvo the first major automaker to chart such a path. Silicon Valley automaker Tesla, which is still a niche automaker by volume, already sells only electric vehicles.
Volvo said its transition would start with three new mainstream, fully electric cars from 2019 through 2021.
The automaker said its goal is to sell 1 million electric or hybrid cars by 2025 and to lower its carbon footprint.
"We expect that the decision is also largely driven by CO2 regulations," Evercore ISI analyst Arndt Ellinghorst said in a note to investor, referring to carbon emissions standards.
Like other automakers, Volvo is under pressure to meet fuel economy targets, particularly in Europe, where diesel vehicles are falling out of favor.