The last diesel version of Volvo rolls off the assembly line

Last year, Volvo announced that it would stop production of the diesel version in early 2024. A year later, Volvo delivered on its promise.

Not long ago, Volvo's last diesel model at the Toslanda plant officially rolled off the assembly line, which means that Volvo's 45-year history of diesel car production has officially come to an end, and the last diesel car is also Volvo's flagship model - XC90, and the last Volvo XC90 diesel version will be sent to the Volvo World Museum in Gothenburg.

It is understood that Volvo's diesel production record did not exist until 1991, and since then, it has produced more than 9 million cars. But from 1979 to 1991, Volvo had no record of diesel production. In fact, in the early days, Volvo did not have its own diesel engine. It was always powered by a six-cylinder naturally aspirated diesel engine from Volkswagen and Audi until 2001, when Volvo introduced its own diesel engine.

In 2017, Volvo announced that it would stop the development of diesel engines, and until this year, diesel engines will completely disappear from Volvo's model lineup.

Next, Volvo will implement a plan to stop the internal combustion engine. Although Mercedes-Benz and Bentley have both postponed their electrification plans, Volvo is still insisting on full electrification by the end of the decade.

It is reported that the market for diesel vehicles is getting smaller and smaller, and Europe is its last market. However, after the previous Volkswagen Group's emissions cheating scandal, its market share is shrinking at an accelerated pace. In addition, increasingly stringent emission regulations in Europe are forcing automakers to abandon diesel engines. Data shows that in 2022, the market share of diesel vehicles is still 16.4%, and by 2023, this figure will fall to 13.6%. Last year, the market share of BEVs in Europe was 14.6% and rising.

So do you think Volvo will be able to stick to the electrification process all the time?