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Ford, Jaguar, GM and more: here is who will say goodbye to diesel and petrol cars

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Ford, Jaguar, GM and more: here is who will say goodbye to diesel and petrol cars

From Ford to Jaguar, passing through General Motors and Volvo: car manufacturers are multiplying that announce upcoming stops in production of petrol and diesel models

Like it or not, the electric car fashion will soon start to whiz. More and more car manufacturers are announcing their farewell to combustion engines.

Ford promises to sell only hybrid and electric cars starting in 2030. Same goal for Land Rover, while Volvo and Jaguar try to lead the way by anticipating the farewell to gasoline and diesel by 2025. It takes more time, instead, General Motors, which will try to produce only hybrid and electric cars from 2035.

FORD

Among the latest to announce a green revolution is Ford. The Blue Oval promises that by 2030, for the markets of Europe and Great Britain, it will produce only electric and hybrid cars. As early as 2026, however, all cars will have the electric or hybrid option.

To reach its targets, Ford will invest $ 22 billion globally in electric technology by 2025. "We are moving all-in on electric vehicles," said Stuart Rowley , president of Ford of Europe, during a news conference.

JAGUAR

Try to get ahead of time, however, Jaguar. The jaguar brand, in fact, has set itself the goodbye to hydrocarbon-only engines by 2025, as announced by Thierry Bollore, new CEO of Jaguar-Land Rover.

The CEO will therefore try to relaunch the Coventry company, now controlled by the Indian giant Tata since 2008, thanks to batteries alone, competing directly with Tesla. This is an important acceleration, writes Bloomberg, noting that to date the only fully electric car is the Jaguar I-Pace SUV, which hasn't had an easy time on the market.

LAND ROVER

And its sister Land Rover is also ready to say goodbye to petrol and diesel cars, but from 2030. The car group will start selling only new electric models by the end of the decade.

Six battery-powered models will be produced over the next 5 years, starting in 2024.

GENERAL MOTORS

Green turn also for General Motors. The Detroit giant, according to plans, intends to end the production of diesel and gasoline cars and trucks by 2035 , making its entire new fleet electric vehicles.

The carmaker wants to become a zero-emission company by 2040.

VOLVO

So everyone follows Volvo's example, then. Chinese-owned Swedish carmaker Geely was among the first to announce a stop to production of petrol and diesel cars, starting in 2025 , such as Jaguar.

The brand intends to exploit the Cma platform, shared with the Lynk & Co and Polestar brands.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/ford-jaguar-gm-e-non-solo-ecco-chi-dira-addio-alle-auto-a-diesel-e-benzina/ on Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:58:07 +0000.