All eyes should be on Volvo as the Swedish car maker plans to end by 2019 the manufacture of automobiles that run only on gas.
Apparently, the switch is based on customer desire, although it’s obvious that there’s an environmental aspect to this decision, too.
Many other car makers are adding electric or hybrid cars to their stock but it would be surprising if the big automakers got out of the gas-fuelled car business entirely without government incentives or a sharp change in customer demand.
Is Volvo brave in what it is doing or simply seeing the future?
(And is this another sign that business is leading on climate change while political leaders, especially those south of the border, obfuscate and impede?)
According to recent calculations by autotrader.ca, electrified vehicles are between $1,238 and $3,921 per year cheaper to run than gas-powered cars although electric cars start out more expensive.
For the foreseeable future, customers will turn to gas-combustion engines unless something can be done to make electric cars less expensive and with more options.
