Volvo Cars is to introduce plug-in hybrids across its entire range, alongside a new range of electrified smaller cars.
Electrified is the term used for cars which feature electric, or hybrid options, as well as traditional methods of propulsion.
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In the medium term, the Swedish company said it expected 10% of its car sales to be electrified in the medium term.
The first stage of the plan will involve the introduction of plug-in hybrid versions of its 90 series and 60 series cars.
The newly electrified cars will form the ’40’ series, which will be based on newly-developed Compact Modular Architecture (CMA), which was designed from the outset for electrification.
Volvo also said it planned to build an all-electric car for sale by 2019.
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By GlobalDataHåkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Cars, said: "We believe that the time has come for electrified cars to cease being a niche technology and enter the mainstream. We are confident that in two years’ time, 10 per cent of Volvo’s global sales will be electrified cars."
