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 75kWh 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 […]
Buy a Volvo and save the UK £9 BILLION a year
According to Volvo, poor seats in cars cost the UK £8.8 billion a year in lost productivity and £200 million in NHS costs. So buy a Volvo is the clear message. Ford has been at pains (pun intended) to point out that the seats in their newly-titivated S-Max and Galaxy are designed to keep your […]
The Polestar 2 EV Performance Pack will cost you an extra £5,000
The Polestar 2 – the first proper electric car from Volvo’s Polestar brand – can be optioned with a Performance Pack focused on dynamics rather than extra power. The Polestar 2, the follow-up model to the Polestar 1 and Polestar’s first BEV, was revealed at the start of the year as Volvo’s former tuning bit, […]
Volvo, Geely, Lotus, Proton, LEVC and Lynk & Co to develop and share ICE engines
Volvo and Geely are merging their ICE development and production, making the same ICE engines available to Volvo, Geely, Lotus, Proton, Lynk & Co and LEVC. Governments across the globe are pushing car makers in to delivering electric cars instead of ICE cars, but that’s going to take some time, even if there’s a looming […]
Volvo XC40 is Volvo’s BEST selling car in the UK as Volvo sales continue to grow
Volvo sales continue to grow in the UK, with September 2019 sales up by 18 per cent and the Volvo XC40 and XC60 leading the way. All the Volvo news of late has been about the growing electrification of Volvo’s models, from the XC90 B5 to the newly-launched XC40 T5 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid and, […]
Electric Volvo XC40 TEASE 2 – but nothing official on the XC40’s electric gubbins
The electric Volvo XC40 is back for another tease, two weeks ahead of its official reveal, but nothing official yet on its electric powertrain. Last week we had the first tease from Volvo for the electric XC40 – due to be revealed on 16 October – but, perhaps a little surprisingly, nothing on its electric […]