I-Volvo, njengamanye ama-brand ase-Europe, iqondise ku- ukufakwa kukagesi kuyo yonke imikhumbi yayo, ikhiqiza amamodeli kagesi aphelele, noma iguqule amamodeli akhona abe ama-hybrids noma kagesi, njenge-V60 noma i-XC90. Manje, uhlobo lwaseSweden lumemezele ukuhlasela okusha kokukhiqiza izimoto ezinhlanu ezisebenza ngogesi ngokuphelele phakathi kuka-2019 no-2021, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuguqule yonke imikhumbi yayo ibe yizimoto ezixubile noma zikagesi.
ezintathu zezimoto ukuthi abaseSweden bazokwethula emakethe ngo-2021 bazofaka uphawu lweVolvo, kuyilapho abanye ababili abasele bezokwenza kanjalo ngelogo yePolestar. Futhi kungenxa yokuthi umkhiqizo uhlela ukuthengisa izimoto zikagesi ezigcwele eziyisigidi, ama-plug-in hybrids nezinye izindlela ezixubile ngo-1.
“Abantu bafuna kwandiswe izimoto ezifakelwa ugesi, nathi sifuna ukubhekana nezidingo zamakhasimende ethu zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo. Manje usungakwazi ukukhetha iVolvo esebenza ngogesi oyifuna kakhulu,” kusho uHåkan Samuelsson, onguMengameli kanye ne-CEO yakwaVolvo Cars.
Sisanda kubona ukuthi isiginesha yakhe yezemidlalo, I-Polestar, izoba abakhiqizi bezimoto zezemidlalo ezixubile nezikagesi, ngaphandle kokudebeselela isici sayo samamodeli avuthayo. Njengoba sesibonile futhi, izinkampani ezifana ne-Audi, BMW neMercedes zizenzela izimoto zazo, eziwuhlobo lwe-hybrid nezikagesi, ukuze zingaphuzi uma ikhekhe selisakazwa e-Europe.
Uma izinhlobo ezintsha zakwaVolvo zikagesi kanye ne-hybrid zifika ngo-2019, zizohlanganisa I-Compact Modular Architecture (CMA). Le nkundla izokwabiwa ama-compacts amasha omkhiqizo waseSweden, okuhlanganisa i-XC40 SUV entsha, i-S40 saloon kanye ne-V40, i-compact yomkhiqizo, ezoncintisana ne-Tesla Model 3.
AbakwaVolvo nabo bamemezele emcimbini I-Shanghai Motor Show, ukuthi eyokuqala yalezo zinhlobo ezinhlanu ezintsha zikagesi zizokwenziwa e-China. Lokhu kunengqondo njengoba iGeely, inkampani engumzali wakwaVolvo, ingumShayina.