<p>Volvo Cars said on Tuesday that it will end production of any remaining diesel models by early 2024 as it heads towards becoming an all-electric carmaker.</p>.<p>"In a few months from now, the last diesel-powered Volvo car will have been built, making Volvo Cars one of the first legacy car makers to take this step," the Swedish company said in a statement.</p>.<p>Majority owned by China's Geely, Volvo has committed to going fully electric by 2030.</p>.Last diesel-run double-decker bus of Mumbai drives into history.<p>While a majority of the cars Volvo sold in Europe were diesel as recently as 2019, in 2022 they made up just 8.9 per cent of the Swedish carmaker's sales.</p>.<p>In August 33 per cent of Volvo's sales were fully-electric or hybrid models. The company did not break out how many of the remaining 67 per cent combustion-engine models were diesel and how many ran on petrol.</p>.<p>Sales of diesel models have declined rapidly in Europe since Volkswagen's emission-cheating scandal and carmakers have been gradually reducing the number of diesel models available in their model lineups.</p>.<p>Diesel vehicles comprised more than 50 per cent of Europe's new car sales in 2015, but accounted for just over 14 per cent of sales in July.</p>
<p>Volvo Cars said on Tuesday that it will end production of any remaining diesel models by early 2024 as it heads towards becoming an all-electric carmaker.</p>.<p>"In a few months from now, the last diesel-powered Volvo car will have been built, making Volvo Cars one of the first legacy car makers to take this step," the Swedish company said in a statement.</p>.<p>Majority owned by China's Geely, Volvo has committed to going fully electric by 2030.</p>.Last diesel-run double-decker bus of Mumbai drives into history.<p>While a majority of the cars Volvo sold in Europe were diesel as recently as 2019, in 2022 they made up just 8.9 per cent of the Swedish carmaker's sales.</p>.<p>In August 33 per cent of Volvo's sales were fully-electric or hybrid models. The company did not break out how many of the remaining 67 per cent combustion-engine models were diesel and how many ran on petrol.</p>.<p>Sales of diesel models have declined rapidly in Europe since Volkswagen's emission-cheating scandal and carmakers have been gradually reducing the number of diesel models available in their model lineups.</p>.<p>Diesel vehicles comprised more than 50 per cent of Europe's new car sales in 2015, but accounted for just over 14 per cent of sales in July.</p>