Volvo explains the scheme behind their BEV names
With the XC40 P8 AWD Recharge, Volvo recently introduced its first electric car. Now the Swedes are explaining their new nomenclature – including the other electrified versions.
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Volvo XC40 Recharge: Volvo’s first fully electric car expected in 2020
Volvo presented its first battery-electric car, based on the compact SUV XC40. The model aptly named Recharge uses much technology from the Polestar 2, but it will be almost a year before the car is on the road.
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Volvo & Polestar to charge into Australia in 2020
The notoriously underserved electric car market in Australia can look ahead to a better 2020. Volvo and Polestar are planning to bring two electric cars and a PHEV to the continent in 2020. Besides, Mini is readying the all-electric Cooper for entry as well.
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Volvo to reveal an all-electric XC40 later this year
Volvo will introduce the first all-electric version of its XC40 brand compact SUV later this year, which will be the Volvo Car Group’s second BEV after the recently launched Polestar 2. Both electric models are to be launched in 2020.
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Volvo XC40 Electric to be profitable “from day one”
Volvo is preparing for the launch of the electrified XC40 series and has narrowed down on price. The all-electric XC40 will cost about 50,000 dollars according to Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson. He also affirmed Volvo’s intention to be profitable “from day one” at a media event.
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Volvo presents brand new S60 with two PHEV options
Volvo has taken the wraps off the long expected S60 series that marks the end of diesel or better, the beginning of the electrified era at the Swedish carmaker as the S60 comes in two plug-in hybrid variants. And it is another first as the car is made entirely in Volvo’s new U.S. factory.
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Volvo reasserts plans for an electric XC40
Volvo has announced that next to their plug-in-hybrid, they will also be releasing a fully electric version of their XC40. The manufacturer said this in sort of a side note in their press release regarding the new motors for their compact SUV.
Weiterlesen Volvo XC40 PHEV to hit the stores in late 2018
Volvo’s presentation of its XC40 some months ago left one question open: When would the PHEV version and its all-electric variant see the light of day? The answer has now been partly provided.
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Volvo plans two battery options for electric-powered versions of its upcoming vehicles based on the CMA (Compact Modular Architecture) platform. That is at least, what development manager Henrik Green has just stated – however, without naming battery capacity figures.
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