Volvo Cars Burlingame Blog

Volvo is committed to being a fully electric car company by 2030, with the goal of having half of Volvo sales come from hybrids, and the other half from electric in 2025. Volvo is setting the way as it intends to only sell fully electric cars and phase out any car in its lineup with an internal combustion engine (including hybrids).

You can enjoy Scandinavian elegance, head-turning design, and impressive capability with zero emissions when you choose the upcoming XC40 Recharge. As a Volvo dealer serving San Francisco, we are excited for the innovative driving experience of the XC40 Recharge that's just around the corner. You can reserve your own today and enjoy the future of driving behind the wheel of an XC40 Recharge.

Learn more about why the upcoming XC40 Recharge could be right for your daily driving around San Mateo.

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Many businesses are promising to cut carbon emissions and reduce their environmental impact. Promises like that are appealing to Earth-conscious San Francisco Bay area residents. Conservation is more than just part of the culture here -- if climate change isn't stopped, a huge chunk of the San Mateo and Burlingame shoreline will be underwater by the end of the century!*

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Volvo has been reinventing and reviving its image as a premium automaker for the past few years, reasserting itself as a very competitive force in this crowded market. Another way Volvo intends to grab part of the global market is with its small car strategy, which is focused on “a range of vehicles that combine bold exterior and interior design with industry-leading connectivity, [drivetrain] electrification and autonomous drive technologies.” Part of that strategy was unveiled on May 18th in the form of two new concept vehicles, the Volvo Concept 40 series.

Big things are happening in the world of green driving, and even the Volvo brand is making moves in the name of cleaner-powered vehicles. It's the first major shift in the Volvo XC90 lineup in over 10 years, but the latest addition is well worth the wait because it sounds like it will be a star player.

The premier XC90 Twin Engine is a three-row luxury plug-in hybrid SUV, and it's the only…

Once upon a time, buying a new car was a give-and-take ordeal. If you wanted to go fast, you had to compromise on fuel economy. If you were hoping to save at the pump, you could forget about burning rubber. Thanks to our favorite automaker here at Volvo of Burlingame, those days are long gone.

Most of the people we meet who have hesitations regarding this bright, inevitable future of electric vehicles often express concerns over three things: driving range, charging time and charger availability. Given that charging stations aren't exactly a dime a dozen these days like gas stations are, it's easy to see why they're hesitant. But while other automakers are working on making chargers more accessible, our favorite automaker here at Volvo of Burlingame is looking to reinvent the road.

If we here at Volvo of Burlingame learned anything from our favorite automaker's strides in the world of kinetic energy, it's that the brass at Volvo aren't afraid to be different. And why should they be? Just think of how far the new and used cars on our lot have evolved over the years and continue to be improved upon from one model to the next. Change is a beautiful thing, folks, and the great thing about Volvo is that ingenuity comes standard.

As much as our customers care about performance, safety and affordability in their new or used cars, the name of the game seems to be fuel economy here at Volvo of Burlingame. It's a no-brainer really, what with just about every automaker out there trying to stake their claim in the market by reducing their carbon footprint and saving you money at the pump. As you can imagine, Volvo's one of those automakers, and if the recent work on their kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) is any indication, we might have a game-changer on the horizon.