Volvo Cars and its Geelycontrolled affiliate Polestar are on a battery-powered juggernaut. JLR, meanwhile, is charting its own path toward electrification.
Polestar launched in 2017 as a Volvo-affiliated all-electric performance brand. But that distinction is blurring as Volvo vows to go all-electric by the next decade.
"Volvo will not sell a single car that is not full-electric after 2030, regardless of market," the brand's chief commercial officer, Björn Annwall, told Automotive News in June. "There's no ifs, no buts."
Volvo said all new models will be electron-powered only. The Swedish automaker has told dealers that it expects to launch seven new and redesigned electrified models, including five battery- electric vehicles.
The fossil-fueled lineup will, however, hang around but don't expect new engines or model redesigns.
According to Annwall, the combustion engine models "will get a bit of love."
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