Volvo’s highest-mileage plug-in hybrid is going away

The Volvo S60 sedan—which in Recharge form is currently the Swedish automaker’s most efficient plug-in hybrid—is being discontinued in the U.S.

Motor1 first reported that S60 production would end at Volvo’s Ridgeville, South Carolina, factory (located near the city of Charleston) this month. That was telegraphed by Volvo in 2021, when the automaker announced that the South Carolina factory would go all-electric in 2024, before its other plants—even those in China, where EV demand is much higher.

The end of U.S. production left open the possibility that the S60 would continue here as an import, but Volvo has now confirmed to Green Car Reports that this won’t be the case.

“S60 will not continue in the U.S. as an import,” Volvo spokesperson Russell Datz told Green Car Reports. “About 120,000 have been sold globally since the Charleston plant was inaugurated 2018.”…