Today, Volvo Cars is perhaps best known for its line of high-class, luxury vehicles, and by the end of the decade, the Swedish multinational manufacturer plans to fully electrify its portfolio.
First unveiled to the public at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2011, Volvo Cars made its first big step towards electrification when it began producing the Volvo V60 in 2012. The V60 was the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid that could be powered by either diesel alone, as a diesel-electric hybrid, or as a fully-electric car. At the time, this was something that no other manufacturer could offer.
As of 2022, Volvo Cars has discontinued all variants of the V60 model range except for the gas-powered AWD Cross Country model and the Recharge PHEV version.
In 2019, the company became the first automotive manufacturer to announce it would produce all forthcoming models with some form of electric propulsion, whether as hybrids or all-battery models. Volvo also released its first fully-electric SUV that same year, the Volvo XC40 Recharge P8, which the company calls a “reinvention” of its XC40 subcompact.
In June of 2021, Volvo Cars and Northvolt, a Swedish battery developer and manufacturer, announced a joint venture consisting of building a battery giga-factory and research and development center, with construction set to begin by 2023 in Gothenburg.
Here’s what to know about the latest electric Volvo Cars models (base trims as of Q4 2022):
XC90 Recharge – The Volvo XC90 Recharge is the plug-in hybrid version of the company’s popular XC90 SUV. It’s also built based on the technology used in Volvo Cars’s original hybrid vehicle, the Volvo V60.
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XC90 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$71,900 |
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Range |
520 miles (18 all-electric) |
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Seats |
Seven |
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Cargo Capacity |
85.7 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
XC60 Recharge – Volvo’s XC60 Recharge is the SUV plug-in hybrid version of the XC60. According to Volvo, the newest model sports a powertrain that delivers extra power through an enlarged rear-mounted electric motor, to the point where it no longer needs an added supercharger. Changes to the powertrain were massive in the latest model, as its output went from 55 horsepower to 455 total.
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XC60 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$57,200 |
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Range |
560 miles (35 all-electric) |
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Seats |
Five |
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Cargo Capacity |
63.3 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
XC40 Recharge – The XC40 Recharge SUV was based on the Volvo's XC40 and is the first Volvo vehicle to be fully electric. The electric-powertrain drive features 408 horsepower, helping it go from 0-60 mph in 4.7 seconds.
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XC40 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$53,550 |
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Range |
223 miles |
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Seats |
Five |
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Cargo Capacity |
57.5 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
C40 Recharge – The Volvo C40 Recharge has an all-electric powertrain and comes with two electric motors total, one in the front and one in the rear. Volvo says the vehicle has all the benefits of an SUV, but with a lower and sleeker design. The C40 Recharge is the company’s first model designed from the ground up to be a purely electric-only vehicle.
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C40 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$55,300 |
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Range |
226 miles |
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Seats |
Five |
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Cargo Capacity |
49 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
S90 Recharge – Volvo’s S90 Recharge was unveiled in 2016 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The S90's design was so well received, it won the Production Car Design of the Year award for the previous year. The hybrid has quickly become Volvo’s flagship sedan.
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S90 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$71,795 |
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Range |
490 miles (21 all-electric) |
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Seats |
Five |
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Cargo Capacity |
13.5 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
S60 Recharge – A performance-oriented plug-in hybrid, the S60 Recharge combines a turbo and supercharged four-cylinder and an electric motor at the rear, giving the vehicle a combined 400 horsepower.
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S60 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$51,250 |
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Range |
530 miles (41 all-electric) |
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Seats |
Five |
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Cargo Capacity |
11.6 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
V60 Recharge – The Volvo V60 Recharge is the company’s only compact wagon model that is strictly hybrid. These were so popular upon release in 2012, Volvo says that the first 1,000 units were sold out before the model year 2013 vehicles were even delivered to dealerships.
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V60 Recharge |
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Base Price |
$70,550 |
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Range |
523 miles (41 all-electric) |
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Seats |
Five |
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Cargo Capacity |
60.5 cu. ft. |
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Base Drive |
AWD |
