What we ventured almost a year ago: the demand T8 Volvo XC90 Plug-In Hybrid was being underestimated by the manufacturer, and to date, this has finally confirmed with a very significant global sales. 20% of the units registered in the range of Volvo XC90 correspond to the plug-in hybrid variant.
A kind of sales show a growing trend upward, the combination between SUVs and electric powertrains. And this is something that also began the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV happen three years ago. The Japanese manufacturer has been able to exploit the Outlander PHEV range since then, increasing production and enhancing it beyond the Netherlands and Japan.
This has allowed the latter model has become the best-selling plug on our continent, and passed in 2015, so has been in our country. The Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid appears to follow a similar path, at least in the beginning, it indicates that the electrification of this segment can be a great success for some manufacturers.
The Nordic company reveals that the Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid, after a year on the market, has delivered 1,000 power units a month, depending on the increasing availability of the model itself. In the United States, for example, 400 units were sold in February.
Volvo not have too ambitious strategy to electric mobility, at least not up to other manufacturers. Still, they have announced a pure electric perhaps 2019. This gives more importance to the plug-in version of the Volvo XC90, thinking especially in maintaining the supply of plug-in hybrid Volvo with respect to electric competition ahead.
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