Volvo has just announced the- the brand's first all-electric vehicle. The company promised it will launch one BEV per year as of now and 10-20% of its lineup will be PHEVs starting from next year. All Volvo BEVs and PHEVs will be part of the all-new sub-brand launched with the XC 40 Recharge -Back to the Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD . The SUV features Volvo's high-end safety features which made the brand synonymous to safety. It arrives with Google's Android OS which has been customized with Volvo's participation. Regular OTA updates have been promised as well as top-notch voice commands via Google Assistant. Not only the infotainment but also the safety and assistance systems are completely new, created from the ground up especially for the Recharge vehicles.In terms of Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD specifications , the model packs a 78 kWh battery placed under the floor in the middle. It provides a range of 400 km and can be charged to 80% in 40 minutes via DC charging. The car has a 400V system and has an all-wheel-drive system with two 150 kW electric motors and a total system torque of 660 Nm. The vehicle accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds.The major part of the presentation has been dedicated to announcing Volvo's commitment to sustainability which the company is determined to turn into a core value - just like safety. Electrification is part of its holistic sustainability approach and the Recharge brand is one of the steps to demonstrate the company's determination in this direction. As mentioned earlier, this brand will include all BEVs and PHEVs from Volvo. By 2025, the company is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 25% for the supply chain, by 25% for operations and by 50% for cars. By 2040, Volvo plans to reach zero carbon footprint. In 2020, the company expects 20% of its sales to be generated from PHEVs. In 2025, 50% of the sales should arrive from battery electric vehicles.

Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD available for order in the UK Volvo Cars UK has opened the order books for the Volvo XC Recharge P8 AWD. Initially offered in R-Design specification, the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric is available from £53,155, with UK deliveries expected to start in early 2021. The SUV features Volvo's high-end safety features which made the brand synonymous to safety. It arrives with Google's Android OS which has been customized with Volvo's participation...

Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD walkaround video Four executives from Volvo participate in this 14:29 min walkaround video of the Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD. The model was announced in September 2019 and you can check out the video below the recap of the model's specifications. The SUV features Volvo's high-end safety features which made the brand synonymous to safety. It arrives with Google's Android OS which has been customized with Volvo's participation...

Next-generation Volvo cars will feature Luminar's LiDAR technology for safe self-driving Volvo announced that its next-generation cars will be equipped with Luminar's LiDAR seamlessly integrated into the roof. The partnership with Luminar will deliver Volvo's first fully self-driving technology for highways and paves the way for future active safety developments. Volvo Cars' next-generation SPA 2 modular vehicle architecture will be available as hardware-ready for autonomous drive from production start...

Volvo Cars will restart production at the Torslanda plant in Sweden on April 20 Volvo Cars will restart production at the Torslanda plant in Sweden on April 20. The company has specifically stated that the plant and offices are treated to be as safe as possible. In addition to extensive sanitation and cleaning on a regular basis, workspaces have been adjusted to allow the needed social distancing. Volvo Cars will also reopen its Ghent in Belgium on April 20 but with reduced production output...

Volvo Car and Geely consider combining their businesses In a press release from today, Volvo Car said that it is pondering on combining its business with Geely Automobile as this will "accelerate financial and technological synergies between the two companies. The considered combination would have the scale, knowledge and resources to be a leader in the ongoing transformation of the automotive industry. The combination would preserve the distinct identity of each of the...

Volvo will expand its Ridgeville, SC campus with a battery plant for the electric XC90 SUV The Post and Courier reports that Volvo will expand its Ridgeville, SC campus with a battery plant for the electric XC90. This contains two news, actually. The first is for the battery plant, obviously. And the second - that there will be an electric XC90 SUV. This is the first confirmation of a second Volvo-branded all-electric model, after the Vovlo XC40 Recharged got unveiled three months ago and will debut in...

Volvo will supply 157 electric buses to the city of Gothenburg, Sweden Europe's largest order for electric buses to date is a fact. Transdev Sweden has ordered 157 electric buses from Volvo which will serve various routes in Gothenburg, including sensitive areas or zones with special restrictions. It is expected that this will significantly reduce emissions and noise. All units will be the latest 7900 Volvo Electric Articulated model. Each can carry up to 150 passengers with an energy...

The Volvo XC40 Electric will arrive with Google services and a brand new Android infotainment system For the upcoming Volvo XC40 Electric, Volvo plans on creating a totally new infotainment system that will arrive with Google services embedded and will be based on Android. Volvo and Google have been partnering for the past several years and in the EV field their latest collaboration is the infotainment system on the Polestar 2, which arrives with Google's Android Human Machine Interface. The latter integrates...

The fully-electric Volvo XC40 is teased again, will be based on the CMA platform A week ago, Volvo announced that it will unveil the fully electric XC40 SUV on October 16th. Today, the company teased the model again. If the former press-release was focused on the vehicle's safety features, the second one focuses on the design. It evolves around the "less is more" notion reminding everyone that when you take out the ICE proprietary parts, there's generous room for passengers and cargo, including...

Samsung SDI will supply battery cells and modules to Akasol for two global commercial vehicle manufacturers Samsung SDI and Akasol have signed an agreement for the supply of battery cells and modules that will be used in Akasol batteries for two leading global commercial vehicle manufacturers. Under this agreement, for the next 7 years (2020-2027) Samsung SDI will supply to Akasol lithium-ion battery cells and modules with a total capacity of 13 GWh. The Korean giant already cooperates with Volvo after signing a strategic...

Volvo will present the fully electric XC40 SUV on October 16th Today Volvo announced its first fully electric vehicle - the XC40 SUV, which will be officially presented on October 16th. The company promises to reveal more details in the upcoming weeks prior to the launch. For now, it is known that despite being fully electric the upcoming SUV inherits the main brand ethos - Volvo means safety. "Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion...

First sketches of the Polestar 3, will be based on Volvo's SPA platform The Polestar 1 is being built as a small series vehicle in the recently inaugurated Polestar plant in Chengdu, China. The Polestar 2 rolls off the line with the Volvo XC 40 and Lynk & Co 01 at the Volvo Car Group's Luqiao multi-brand factory. And now Volvo's brand for electric vehicles is ready with the sketches for the Polestar 3. Published for the first time by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, they unveil that the...

The number of NEV models in Europe will more than triple in three years The Transport & Environment (T&E) group for a "smarter, cleaner transport in Europe" predicts that in the next three years the number of electric car models on the European market will more than triple. The numbers include BEVs, PHEVs and fuel cell vehicles, or broadly NEVs. More specifically, at the end of 2018, there have been 60 NEV models and in 2021 there will be a total of 214 NEV models, which will increase...