Volvo Won't Sell You A Diesel Car Anymore

Last July, Volvo announced that all its models launched from 2019 onwards would feature some form of electrification, with a further announcement last month that it expected 50 percent of its total sales to be made up of fully electric models by 2025. The carmaker's latest move towards improving emissions is tostop production of all diesel variantsacross all models. "Our future is electric and we will no longer develop a new generation of diesel engines," said Hakan Samuelsson, President and Chief Executive of Volvo Cars.

This is not exactly a huge issue here in the States were the current range is already gas and hybrid only, but it will significantly affect European customers wherediesel carsstill make up a significant portion of sales there. The new S60 mid-sized premium sedan which will be built here at the brand-new Charleston, South Carolina, manufacturing facility is the first model to offer no diesel-engined alternative. Samuelsson went on to confirm that Volvo would be phasing out cars with solely internal combustion engines and that the gas/hybrid versions such as the S60 were a transitional step towards full electrification.