Volvo is the latest brand to walk back ambitious EV goals

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Volvo is the latest brand to walk back ambitious EV goals

Volvo has adjusted its ambitious electric vehicle (EV) sales goals amid cooling demand for battery-powered models.

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, Volvo announced bold plans to only sell EVs globally by 2030, five years ahead of Europe’s looming ban on new petrol and diesel-powered vehicles in 2035.

However, cooling demand for EVs has led Volvo to walk back its plans overnight, and it’s now targeting 90 to 100 per cent electrified vehicle sales by 2030 – with the new target including plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).

Volvo has left a buffer of up to 10 per cent for its 48-volt mild-hybrid models, which provide small fuel savings compared to pure internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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“There has been a slower than expected rollout of charging infrastructure, withdrawal of government incentives in some markets and additional uncertainties created by recent tariffs on EVs in various markets,” the carmaker said in a media statement.

“With this in mind, Volvo Cars continues to see the need for stronger and more stable government policies to support the transition to electrification.

“The strategic adjustments to its electrification ambitions ensure that Volvo Cars has a flexible plan that meets customer preferences and enables value creation as a business”

By 2025, Volvo expects EVs and PHEVs to account for 50 to 60 per cent of its global sales – a target it’s on track to meet, as 48 per cent of its vehicles sold in the second quarter of 2024 were plug-in, and 26 per cent were electric-only.

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It’s unclear how Volvo’s revised global targets will affect its local arm’s plans.

Volvo Car Australia announced in 2022 its plans to switch to an

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, four years ahead of its global parent.

It still has work to do, however. In the first half of 2024, Volvo delivered 2024 EVs in Australia, which accounted for just under 43 per cent of its 4741 total sales to that point.

CarExpert has contacted Volvo Australia to find out whether it’s revising its ambitious timeline.

While the small

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is expected to be an EV sales driver along with the EX40 and EC40 – renamed versions of the

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, respectively – the new

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will serve as Volvo’s new flagship when it arrives in Australia.

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At least one other Volvo EV is coming to local showrooms in 2025, though the company has yet to confirm if it’ll be the EM90 people mover or the yet-to-be revealed ES90 sedan.

Speaking to CarExpert

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, Volvo Car Australia managing director Stephen Connor said all new cars coming to Australia will be electric, with PHEVs only potentially being introduced to existing models through facelifts.

“Every new car that we bring will be a battery electric car. So every new model that comes into the range will be battery electric,” Mr Connor told CarExpert.

“That’s critical for me to emphasise that. If it’s a new model, it will be purely battery electric; if it’s an existing model or facelift then that’s the current

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[where there’s scope for non-EV launches before 2026].”

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