Volvo Scraps Plans For All BEV Lineup By 2030, Eyes Hybrids As 'Bridge' To Full-Electrification
Volvo Scraps Plans For All BEV Lineup By 2030, Eyes Hybrids As 'Bridge' To Full-Electrification
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars (OTCPK: VLVCY) has scrapped its plans to offer only electric vehicles by 2030, the company said on Wednesday, citing waning customer demand for EVs and changing market conditions.
瑞典汽車製造商沃爾沃汽車（OTCPK: VLVCY）稱，由於對新能源車需求下降和市場狀況的變化，該公司取消了到2030年僅提供電動汽車的計劃。
What Happened: The company is now looking for battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids collectively to account for 90 to 100 percent of its global sales volume by 2030. The remaining up to 10% will be mild hybrid vehicles, the company said.
發生了什麼：該公司現在希望到2030年，電池電動車和插電式混合動力車共計佔全球銷量的90%至100%。該公司還表示，剩餘的10%將是輕度混合動力車。
The adjustment to the company's EV production targets is not expected to have any material impact on its capital expenditure plans, the company said, while adding that it is committed to full electrification in the long term.
該公司表示，對其電動汽車生產目標的調整不會對其資本支出計劃產生重大影響，並表示該公司致力於長期實現全面電氣化。
"We are resolute in our belief that our future is electric," said company CEO Jim Rowan. "However, it is clear that the transition to electrification will not be linear, and customers and markets are moving at different speeds of adoption. We are pragmatic and flexible, while retaining an industry-leading position on electrification and sustainability."
"我們堅信我們的未來是電動汽車，"公司首席執行官吉姆·羅文表示。"然而，很明顯，向電動化的過渡不會是線性的，客戶和市場在電動汽車的接受速度上有所不同。我們在實現電氣化和可持續性方面保持着務實和靈活的態度，並保持着行業領先的地位。"
Having a mixed portfolio of electric, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and mild hybrid vehicles, the company said, serves as a "clear bridge" to full electrification. PHEVs further provide customers the chance to experience electric driving if they are not willing to completely switch to fully electric vehicles, it added.
該公司表示，擁有電動汽車、插電式混合動力車（PHEV）和輕度混合動力車的混合組合，可作爲全面電氣化的"明確橋樑"。此外，PHEV還爲客戶提供了體驗電動駕駛的機會，如果他們不願完全轉向純電動汽車。
Why It Matters: The share of fully electric cars in Volvo's portfolio stood at 26% in the second quarter. Together with plug-in hybrids, it accounted for 48%.
爲什麼很重要：沃爾沃汽車組合中全電動汽車的份額在第二季度爲26%。加上插電式混合動力車，其佔比爲48%。
Volvo currently has five fully electric vehicle models including the EX40, the EC40, the EX30, the EM90, and the EX90. However, there has been a slower-than-expected rollout of charging infrastructure, withdrawal of government incentives in select markets, and uncertainties created by tariffs imposed on China-made EVs in different markets including Europe and the U.S., it noted.
沃爾沃目前擁有五款全電動汽車型號，包括EX40、EC40、EX30、EM90和EX90。然而，充電基礎設施的推廣速度較慢，政府撤回了某些市場上的激勵措施，並且中國製造的電動汽車在歐洲和美國等不同市場上面臨關稅的不確定性。
Volvo is majority-owned by China's Geely (OTC:GELYF) and it has production plants in Chengdu, Daqing, and Taizhou in addition to a research and development center in Shanghai.
沃爾沃是中國吉利汽車（OTC:GELYF）的控股子公司，並在成都、大慶和泰州設有生產工廠，另外還在上海設有一個研發中心。
The company also called for "stronger and more stable government policies" to support the transition to electrification.
該公司還呼籲政府制定「更強大、更穩定的政策」來支持電氣化的轉型。
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