Volvo will retain dealers Down Under Volvo will retain dealers Down Under March 10, 2021 Online sales of ‘pure electric’ and other electrified models won’t cut out dealers, Volvo Australia boss says Volvo Car Australia will fly in the face of edicts from head office and retain traditional dealer sales of its fully electrified vehicle line-up. That’s the advice from Volvo Australia boss, Stephen Connor. Late last year Volvo’s global boss, Hakan Samuelsson, announced the Chinese-owned Swedish brand would transition to a pure electric (Volvo’s term for battery electric) model range by 2030. As part of the announcement, Samuelsson stated the path to market for Volvo EVs would be exclusively online.