With the flattening of the coronavirus graph in some parts of the world, automotive manufacturers are looking to fast-track production and work on future commitments. Volvo in this regard has reiterated its promise to introduce a minimum of one electric car every year until 2025.
While giving an interview to Auto Express UK, Senior Vice President of Design at Volvo, Robin Page, stated that our prime concentration on electrification will aid us in expanding our portfolio and explore new avenues in other automotive divisions.
“Moving into electrification gives us an opportunity to rethink what cars are. We’re more open to not just repeating what we’ve done before but also looking at opportunities both in bigger and smaller cars,” Page clarified. “As a design team we’re always exploring beyond the obvious, and of course with electric vehicles, it brings opportunities and challenges in terms of aerodynamics and balancing with people’s needs in terms of space.”
Page is fully aware of the customer’s demand for utility vehicles because they are more adaptable and practical. “The tricky part of the future is the SUV world because the traditional SUV is about a high hip point and roof,” Page replied. “As we go into EVs, of course, the value of range and aerodynamics becomes a real point. Volvo is looking for ways to integrate the characteristics of an SUV with the technology to meet sustainability and CO2 targets.”
“How does the world look when you have people wanting that high position and all the usability of an SUV, balanced with the fact they want range? Clean aerodynamics.”
From this statement, we expect a coupe-like SUV from the Swedish automaker with sleek proportions and more focus aerodynamics.
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