“Internal Volvo Cars data shows that its PHEVs are often used as if they were fully electric, especially in urban areas. On average, drivers of Volvo PHEVs use their car without internal combustion power for around half of total driving time,” Volvo said.

Volvo Cars has been a maker of plug-in hybrids for more than a decade. It launched its first PHEV in 2012, when it started selling a diesel PHEV variant of the V60 estate. For several years after, it was the only global car maker that offered a PHEV version of every model in its line-up.

It currently offers PHEV variants on five different models. This supplements a line-up of six fully electric models. “This balanced product portfolio provides Volvo Cars with a strategic advantage, allowing it to offer premium electrified cars in all shapes and sizes to global customers,” Volvo said. However this doesn’t make it immune to the negative effects of U.S., Chinese and other sovereign nation trade wars – AutoCrat.