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Volvo's electric model XC40 Recharge is officially launched, the new car is based on XC40, the new car is equipped with 78kwh battery pack, the front and rear axles are equipped with a motor, the comprehensive power of the system is 305kw, and the comprehensive battery life is 400km.

It is worth noting that the Volvo XC40 Recharge is the first pure electric vehicle under the Volvo brand. From this XC40 Recharge, the Recharge will become Volvo's new new energy sub-brand, the Recharge series or the suffix of Volvo's future new energy vehicle models.

In terms of appearance, the new car is based on the fuel version of XC40, continuing the design language of the Volvo family. As a pure electric car on the computer, the details of its appearance will be more like new energy vehicles, such as the fully enclosed intake grille design, the word "RECHARGE" engraved on the C-column and the charging interface under the C-column on the left. In addition, the new car also offers 8 body colors, including the new SageGreen metal paint.

In terms of interior decoration, the pure electric version of XC40 also continues the design style of the fuel version, and the minimalist design style highlights the characteristics of the pure electric version. It is worth mentioning that this pure electric version is equipped with Google's Android operating system for the first time, has applications such as Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Play stores, and provides Volvo's digital connection service platform Volvo On Call, which can display information such as travel time in pure electric mode.

As the first pure electric, XC40 pure electric version is based on CMA module architecture and has a series of safety designs. It is understood that the CMA module architecture is a trail car basic module architecture jointly developed by Volvo and Geely. Under the CMA module, the wheelbase, length, width, height and other parts of the vehicle can be changed, with a variety of body forms and sizes.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a motor before and after, the comprehensive maximum output power of the system is 300kW, and the maximum torque is 660Nm zero-100km/h acceleration to 4.9s. In terms of batteries, the new car is equipped with a 78kWh power battery and has a range of 248mph (400km) based on the WLTP standard; it takes 5.5 hours for slow charging from 0 to 80 per cent using 11kW and 40 minutes from 10 per cent to 80 per cent with 150kW DC charging posts

Volvo is the first traditional carmaker in the world to say it will stop producing cars with internal combustion engines altogether. As early as 2017, Volvo announced plans to "end pure internal combustion engine cars". At the time, Volvo planned to launch only pure electric and hybrid cars from 2019.

Volvo plans to equip each new Volvo model with electric motors. Today, Volvo has become the only luxury traditional carmaker in the world to popularize plug-in hybrid technology. Over the next five years, Volvo plans to launch five new all-electric models.

Pure electric vehicles are expected to account for 50% of Volvo's total sales by 2025. This is one of the most aggressive electrification goals of traditional carmakers. At the same time, Volvo will also launch a series of incentives to encourage its plug-in hybrid owners to adopt pure electric driving mode as much as possible.

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