Volvo Will Make Electric Vehicles Only by 2030
2021-03-04
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1The Swedish carmaker Volvo announced this week that it will only make electric vehicles by 2030.
2Volvo is the second large car company to say it will stop making traditional internal combustion engines.
3In January, American carmaker General Motors said it would only make battery-powered vehicles by 2035.
4Henrik Green is Volvo's chief technology officer.
5He said: "there is no long-term future" for cars with traditional engines.
6If you want to buy one of these Volvos in about nine years, you will have to make your order online.
7You will still be able to look at cars at a Volvo store, however.
8The current Volvo stores, which are known as dealerships, will remain in place so customers can look at cars and have them repaired.
9In making the announcement, Volvo said it also plans to show a new electric vehicle.
10The automobile company said it hopes that within four years, half of its sales around the world will come from electric vehicles.
11The other half will come from cars known as hybrids.
12 Hybrid cars use a combination of batteries and traditional engines to move the vehicle.
13Green said the move to electric vehicles will help Volvo "meet the expectations of our customers and be part of the solution when it comes to fighting climate change."
14As technology improves and governments try to reduce pollution, more carmakers like Volvo are increasing production of electric vehicles.
15However, Americans continue to buy more vehicles powered by traditional engines.
16Only about two percent of the cars sold last year in the U.S. were electric.
17Around the world, about 2-and-a-half million electric vehicles were sold last year and industry analysts expect that to increase by 70 percent in 2021.
18Volvo sold about 660,000 cars worldwide last year.
19One-sixth of the company's sales came in the U.S.
20Volvo is known as a Swedish car maker, but it has been owned by a Chinese company since 2010.
21I'm Dan Friedell.
1The Swedish carmaker Volvo announced this week that it will only make electric vehicles by 2030. 2Volvo is the second large car company to say it will stop making traditional internal combustion engines. In January, American carmaker General Motors said it would only make battery-powered vehicles by 2035. 3Henrik Green is Volvo's chief technology officer. He said: "there is no long-term future" for cars with traditional engines. 4If you want to buy one of these Volvos in about nine years, you will have to make your order online. 5You will still be able to look at cars at a Volvo store, however. The current Volvo stores, which are known as dealerships, will remain in place so customers can look at cars and have them repaired. 6In making the announcement, Volvo said it also plans to show a new electric vehicle. The automobile company said it hopes that within four years, half of its sales around the world will come from electric vehicles. The other half will come from cars known as hybrids. Hybrid cars use a combination of batteries and traditional engines to move the vehicle. 7Green said the move to electric vehicles will help Volvo "meet the expectations of our customers and be part of the solution when it comes to fighting climate change." 8As technology improves and governments try to reduce pollution, more carmakers like Volvo are increasing production of electric vehicles. 9However, Americans continue to buy more vehicles powered by traditional engines. Only about two percent of the cars sold last year in the U.S. were electric. 10Around the world, about 2-and-a-half million electric vehicles were sold last year and industry analysts expect that to increase by 70 percent in 2021. 11Volvo sold about 660,000 cars worldwide last year. One-sixth of the company's sales came in the U.S. 12Volvo is known as a Swedish car maker, but it has been owned by a Chinese company since 2010. 13I'm Dan Friedell. 14Matt Ott wrote this story for The Associated Press. Dan Friedell adapted it for Learning English. Hai Do was the editor. 15Would you be interested in buying an electric car the next time you are looking for a new car? We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments Section and visit our Facebook page. 16________________________________________________________________ 17Words in This Story 18internal combustion engine -n. a type of engine that is used for most vehicles : an engine in which the fuel is burned within engine cylinders 19battery -n. a device that is placed inside a machine (such as a clock, toy, or car) to supply it with electricity 20expectation -n. a belief that something will happen or is likely to happen