Volvo shifting to all-electric vehicles, online-only sales by 2030
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Mar 03, 2021
Volvo has announced its intention to shift to all-electric, online-only vehicle sales by 2030. (Courtesy of Volvo)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The electric vehicle revolution is well underway as another major car manufacturer has announced its intentions to shift to all-electric vehicle sales by the end of the decade.
On Tuesday, Volvo announced plans to become a fully electric car company by 2030 in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and help combat climate change.
Volvo had already planned to sell 50% all-electric vehicles and 50% hybrid vehicles by 2025, but now intends to fully electrify its fleet by 2030.
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GM has announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040, including a target to fully eliminate tailpipe emissions from all its new light-duty vehicles by 2035.
In a wide-ranging policy briefing it said it has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The company has also signed the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5°C, described as an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders .
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