Volvo’s First Electric Car Kicks Off a Plan to Cut Emissions.

When Volvo decided a decade ago that it wanted to make a push on safety, the automaker created a plan to eliminate deaths and serious injuries in its vehicles by 2020. Though it admitted earlier this year that the company wouldn’t get there—putting some blame on drivers’ “bad behavior”—today’s Volvos offer a bevy of innovative safety systems. They work to mitigate injuries when cars go off the road, issue distracted driving alerts, and even watch for moose. Now the Swedish automaker (owned by China’s Geely) is setting its sights on another ambitious goal—the carbon footprint.

The smooth cover in place of a grille is one of the few
 changes to the exterior of the Volvo XC40 Recharge,
compared with the conventional model.

By 2025, Volvo aims to reduce its emissions by 40 percent, targeting manufacturing processes, operations, and even the shipping of new vehicles from its factories. The cars themselves will play a part too. In Los Angeles on Wednesday, Volvo showed off its first all-electric car, a battery-powered version of its XC40 small SUV, dubbed the XC40 Recharge.

Read the story from Wired by Eric Adams - “Volvo’s First Electric Car Kicks Off a Plan to Cut Emissions.”