沃尔沃2015年曾宣布计划推出旗下所有车型的混动版本，同时还将在2019年推出纯电动车。最近车厂透露了电动车更多细节，这款电动车将搭载100千瓦时电池，车辆续航里程至少能达到482公里。而目前搭载100千瓦时电池的特斯拉Model S 100D续航里程为565公里。沃尔沃将为采用新的CMA和SPA平台车型开发多种容量的电池。这些电动车涵盖前轮驱动和全轮驱动，电机功率在100千瓦/134马力至450千瓦/603马力的车型。给电池充电的是最大20千瓦交流充电器或高速直流充电器。沃尔沃还为40.1概念车开发了T5 Twin Engine混动系统，它包括一台1.5升三缸涡轮汽油引擎，一台74马力电机及9.7千瓦锂电池组/七速双离合变速箱。这套系统未来还将提供给XC40旗舰版本和下一代V40和其他采用CMA平台的车型。沃尔沃负责电动驱动系统的高级总监Mats Anderson透露，采用该系统的车型在纯电动模式下的续航里程约为50公里。
Volvo EV with 100-kWh battery coming in 2019
Volvo announced back in October 2015 plans to hybridize its entire range and launch a pure electric model in 2019. Now, the Geely-owned marque has released more info about the latter, saying it will have a battery pack with a sizeable capacity of 100 kWh. Details about how much range the car will be able to provide have not been disclosed, but it’s safe to say it will have enough juice for at least 300 miles (482 kilometers) between charges. The Tesla Model S 100D for example, which has a 100-kWh battery, is rated at 351 miles (565 km).
Volvo is working on additional battery packs with various capacities to serve a multitude of models based on the company’s new CMA and SPA platforms. These EVs will be offered with both front- and all-wheel-drive layouts and will have electric motors developing from 134 horsepower (100 kilowatts) to as much as 603 hp (450 kW). Filing up the battery pack of Volvo’s zero-emissions cars will be done through AC charging of up to 20 kW as well as via high-speed DC charging.
The Swedes are also engineering a T5 Twin Engine consisting of a three-cylinder 1.5-liter turbocharged gasoline unit teamed up with a 74-hp electric motor, a 9.7-kWh lithium-ion battery pack and a dual-clutch, seven-speed gearbox as previewed in the 40.1 concept. It will likely power the flagship version of the forthcoming XC40 and is expected to be offered on the next-gen V40 as well, among other CMA-based models. Volvo’s Senior Director of Electric Propulsion Systems, Mats Anderson, has already revealed this hybrid setup will enable production cars to have an all-electric range of approximately 31 miles (50 km).