Climate Minute: Volvo Going All-Electric

Production of gasoline engines to end in next four years

SAN ANTONIO – Volvo has announced that they plan to make and sell only fully electric vehicles by the year 2030.

The massive change will come in waves.

  • By 2025, Volvo says they’ll no longer sell vehicles with gasoline engines
  • By 2030, their inventory will be all-electric vehicles only

Volvo says this move is in an effort to combat climate change.

But, what’s the real benefit of going electric when it comes to your car? Mainly, it’s the reduction of emissions.

Watch the video above from KSAT Meteorologist Kaiti Blake to learn more about vehicle emissions and their effect on climate change

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About the Author

Kaiti Blake is a child weather-geek-turned-meteorologist. A member of the KSAT Weather Authority, Kaiti is a co-host of the Whatever the Weather video podcast. After graduating from Texas Tech University, Kaiti worked at WJTV 12 in Jackson, Mississippi and KTAB in Abilene.

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