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"In
a few months from now, the last diesel-powered Volvo car will
have been built, making Volvo Cars one of the first legacy car
makers to take this step," the Swedish company said in a
statement.
Majority owned by China's Geely, Volvo has committed to going
fully electric by 2030.
While a majority of the cars Volvo sold in Europe were diesel as
recently as 2019, in 2022 they made up just 8.9% of the Swedish
carmaker's sales.
In August 33% of Volvo's sales were fully-electric or hybrid
models. The company did not break out how many of the remaining
67% combustion-engine models were diesel and how many ran on
petrol.
Sales of diesel models have declined rapidly in Europe since
Volkswagen's emission-cheating scandal and carmakers have been
gradually reducing the number of diesel models available in
their model lineups.
Diesel vehicles comprised more than 50% of Europe's new car
sales in 2015, but accounted for just over 14% of sales in July.
(Reporting by Nick Carey, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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