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    Interest in electrified vehicles sees Volvo Car SA hit record segment share

    By Khulekani On Wheels / on May 24th, 2022 / in Car News, featured

    Interest in electrified vehicles sees Volvo Car SA hit record segment share

    By Khulekani On Wheels / on May 24th, 2022 / in Car News, featured

    By Otsile Kadiege

    In March 2022, Volvo Cars South Africa announced all model ranges within its local line-up had gained some option of electrification – comprising mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric variants – in line with Volvo’s global ambitions of transforming into a fully electric car company by 2030. Fast-forward a month later, Volvo Car South Africa reported its highest ever premium segment share in April 2022, demonstrating the local market’s growing appetite for electrified vehicles from the Swedish marquee despite the broader industry grappling with supply constraints and stock shortages, and despite April traditionally being a relatively slow sales month in South Africa owing to the high number of public holidays.

    Electrified vehicles accounted for nearly half of Volvo’s local sales last month. Volvo Car SA achieved a record of over 12% share of South Africa’s premium segment, up from the 10.7% figure reported a year prior in April 2021. The mild-hybrid B5 powertrains offered in the XC60 and XC90 ranges are proving to be particularly popular with South African buyers. Meanwhile, the T8 Recharge plug-in hybrid variants that sit atop the XC60 and XC90 line-ups accounted for an impressive 12% of April 2022’s total sales tally, with that figure rising to almost 17% when adding the XC40 P8 Recharge AWD – Volvo’s first fully electric vehicle – to the mix.

    In April 2022, the broader XC40 line-up – which includes the aforementioned fully electric P8 Recharge AWD variant – remained Volvo Car SA’s strongest-selling model range, and attracted more than 20% of sales in its segment. Meanwhile, more than one in every three Volvos registered locally during the month wore the XC60 badge.

    “By 2025, Volvo aims for 50% of its global sales to consist of fully electric cars, with the other half comprising hybrids. With an electrification strategy in place here in South Africa, we’re helping climb towards this goal while satisfying growing local demand for premium electrified vehicles,” concludes Maruszewski, Managing Director at Volvo Car South Africa.

    Categories: Car News, featured  /  Tags: volvo, Volvo Car SA, Volvo Car South Africa, Volvo XC40 P6 Recharge, Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge, Volvo XC40 Recharge, Volvo XC60, Volvo XC90 B5
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