Recently, Volvo held a dealer meeting in Miami, USA, showed Volvo's new car plans for the next few years, Volvo said that it will accelerate the electrification strategy, planning to launch 7 new cars, including five pure electric vehicles and two plug-in hybrid models. The first model will be available next year, but no details of the new car have been announced.
According to Volvo Cars' strategic plan, it will achieve full electrification in 2025, when the proportion of pure electric models will reach 50%, and the rest will be hybrid models; in 2030, it will become a pure electric luxury car company; in 2040, it will strive to become a benchmark enterprise with zero climate load; and all pure electric models will only be sold online.
From the perspective of Volvo's new car planning, the new car will include the new S90, the plug-in version XC90 and the new pure electric version XC90. For the first new electric car that will be on the market, it is very likely to be the third generation XC90. Last year, the third-generation Volvo XC90 model was frequently exposed, and the new car will only provide pure electric and gasoline hybrid assembly, abandoning traditional diesel engines and pure fuel vehicles, and the time point is more consistent.
The new car will be based on the Volvo SPA2 platform to build, the core of the new car is equipped with more advanced driving assistance functions, will use a new sensor, lidar and camera, from the relevant renderings can be seen, the new car using a closed grille design, Quake headlights have become more distinctive, the front bumper part also has a more complex shape, connecting the two sides of the fog light area through the decorative strip has a high degree of recognition, providing 390 horsepower power, comprehensive fuel consumption of 2.2L/ 100km.
The Volvo XC90 is most likely its second all-electric model, and Volvo's five new electric vehicles will include a large and small crossover, a sedan and two sport wagons. In addition, two new plug-in hybrids will be introduced, most likely the redesigned S90 and XC90 PHEV versions.
In addition, Volvo is developing an SUV with an internal code name of V546, positioned between the XC60 and XC90, based on the electric platform and the 2021 Concept Recharge concept design, using advanced driver assistance technology, and will be put into production at the South Carolina plant in the United States in 2025.
In the face of electrification and intelligent acceleration, there is not much time left for veteran car companies like Volvo, and although Volvo has bet heavily on the electrification strategy, it is still struggling. According to the data, Volvo's domestic sales in January were 14,579 vehicles, down about 23% year-on-year, and the Year of the Tiger started unfavorably. Among them, the S60 sold 3211 units, an increase of 22% year-on-year. However, its RECHARGE is only more than 1100 vehicles, and the BEV model sales are only more than 100, so the performance is really not excellent. From the perspective of Volvo's future new car plans, how to create intelligent labels will be the top priority.