Volvo’s plug-in hybrids are steadily gaining market share. As part of its monthly sales recap, the carmaker announced on Monday that plug-in hybrids accounted for 20.8% of its sales in the United States in May.<\/p>\n
The number was even higher in California, where plug-in hybrids made up 47.7% of Volvo’s sales in the United States in May.<\/p>\n
The national sales figures mean that Volvo has achieved the goal it announced last year when plug-in hybrids accounted for about 5% of its sales in the United States. The carmaker has made an effort to boost plug-in hybrid sales, something it sees as an essential step toward widespread adoption of fully electric cars.<\/p>\n
Volvo gave its plug-in hybrids a significant price reduction, began hiding their tailpipes, and also introduced a program that will pay U.S. owners to plug them in. That’s significant because plug-in hybrids cannot achieve their potential emissions reductions without getting charged.<\/p>\n
The automaker also went through much of its plug-in hybrid lineup, adding longer electric ranges to certain models for the European market.<\/p>\n
The sales figures cited here also include the fully electric XC40 Recharge since Volvo now places all plug-in vehicles under the “Recharge” banner. However, it’s impossible to know what percentage of Volvo’s total plug-in car sales that single model represented because Volvo doesn’t break down sales figures for gasoline XC40 models.<\/p>\n
The XC40 Recharge is Volvo’s current only all-electric model, but a C40 Recharge is on the way. In comparison, Volvo currently offers plug-in hybrid versions of the S60 and S90 sedans, V60 and V90 wagons, and XC60 and XC90 crossovers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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