The new electric Volvo XC40 Recharge owes its range to TESLA, as the Model 3’s arrival convinced Volvo they needed to opt for a larger battery pack for the XC40. Logically, battery packs in electric cars should only need to be large enough to deliver the average daily driving range – plus a bit of […]
New Electric Volvo XC40 Recharge’s batteries will be FULLY traceable
Volvo is implementing traceability of cobalt used in its EV batteries using Blockchain technology to ensure materials have been responsibly sourced. There is an argument that materials used in the production of batteries for electric cars are as big a contributor to emissions as the running of an ICE car, and that the materials used […]
Volvo Main Dealer to open first POLESTAR Space in London
A Volvo main dealer, Endeavour Automotive, will open the first Polestar Space in London as Polestar rolls out its sales operations in the UK. The new Polestar 2 was revealed earlier this year as Polestar moves in to the mainstream, if mainstream is the right word, of electric car makers, having made its initial claim […]
New Volvo XC40 Recharge heralds new naming conventions with ‘T’, ‘B’ and ‘P’ designations
The arrival of the Volvo Recharge brand for Electric cars also heralds new naming for Volvo’s models with ‘T’. P’ and ‘B’ models. The arrival of the electric Volvo XC40 last week – to be specific, the Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge – heralds the arrival of the ‘Recharge’ badge for Volvo’s cars with electrification, but […]
Volvo S60, V60 and XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered go on sale in the UK
Volvo’s 60 Series models – S60, V60 and XC60 – with T8 plug-in hybrid powertrains get new Polestar Engineered range-topping models. Now on sale in the UK. Polestar may now be a fully-fledged car maker in its own right, but Volvo aren’t giving up on using the Polestar name to indicate performance models any time […]
Volvo Recharge has a cunning plan to get plug-in hybrid drivers to actually ‘Recharge’
The new Volvo Recharge branding for plug-in hybrids and EVs will deliver free electricity for a year to encourage plug-in hybrid drivers to recharge their cars. The two big bits of Volvo news this week are the arrival of the electric XC40 – the XC40 P8 Recharge, to be specific – and the launch of […]
Volvo XC40 Recharge REVEALED – the electric XC40 arrives as Volvo’s first EV
The Volvo XC40 Recharge arrives as Volvo’s first battery electric car, and first ‘Recharge’ model, with 78kWh battery and 402bhp. We reported earlier today that the electric XC40 will come with a new name, and here it is – the Volvo XC40 Recharge P8. Looking almost identical to the ICE XC40, the XC40 Recharge gets […]
Volvo RECHARGE is the name for Volvo’s electric cars – the first the electric XC40 Recharge
Volvo has revealed that its electrified cars – plug-in hybrid and electric – will carry the ‘Recharge’ branding as they announce plans for big CO2 reductions. We’re only a few hours away from the reveal of the new electric Volvo XC40, ahead of which Volvo has announced ambitious new CO2 targets and told us what […]
New Volvo XC40 T5 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid is a residual value STAR
The new Volvo XC40 T5 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid gets residual values which outshine the competition, with as good as 58.4 per cent after three years. It does seem to have taken Volvo a long time to get the XC40 T5 Twin engine plug-in hybrid to market, but it was finally revealed last month, nearly […]
Electric Volvo XC40 – the first Volvo with infotainment by Android
The new electric Volvo XC40 will be the first Volvo to get a new infotainment system powered by Google’s Android operating system. We’ve been waiting for Volvo’s tease for the new electric XC40 to deliver something of interest, but so far all we’ve had is a bit of information about how safe the new electric […]