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Updates rolling out for all Volvo PHEVS
Auto Express
|January 28, 2026
Brand will still cater to buyers not ready for EVs
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EX THE future might be electric, but in the short term Volvo has no plans to exclude any customers not ready to make the switch to EVs. Håkan Samuelsson, the firm's recently re-instated CEO, told Auto Express the brand will continue building hybrids "for as long as customers keep asking for them".
All three of Volvo's existing ICEpowered SUVs will be upgraded, with the XC60 and XC90 being revamped far more substantially than was the case with the tweaked variants that arrived last year.
These new models will feature a 'Gen 2' plug-in hybrid system, which should see the battery sizes increase, so there's less reliance on the ICE engine.
This story is from the January 28, 2026 edition of Auto Express.
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