Volvo XC40 Recharge becomes more powerful in select global markets

Swedish luxury car brand Volvo has updated the XC40 Recharge for the international market. The updated Volvo XC40 recharge comes with a larger battery pack and more powerful electric motors, promising higher range and more power output. The new Volvo XC40 Recharge introduced to the global market gets an 82 kWh battery pack that offers a 32 km additional range for the single motor variant, while the dual motor variant gets 64 km of extra range. Also, the 2022 Volvo XC40 Recharge now supports up to 200 kW fast charging that can juice up the battery pack from 10-80 per cent in just 10 minutes, claims the automaker.

Volvo further claimed that the single motor variant of the XC40 Recharge now packs 235 bhp of peak power, up from 228 bhp. The dual motor version has the same overall power output of 402 bhp, but the front and rear motors now churn out 161 bhp and 242 bhp power output, respectively. Volvo also said that the latest update brings a new rear-wheel drive setup for the single-motor variants.

The latest update for the Volvo XC40 Recharge comes just a few weeks after the automaker pulled the covers off its new EX90 flagship electric SUV. What's more interesting is that the automaker has updated its C40 Recharge as well, which is expected to launch in India sometime in 2023. The C40 Recharge shares several components with the XC40 Recharge, and the updates on both cars are identical.

Volvo Car India currently sells one electric car in the country, in the form of the XC40 Recharge, which is available in the dual-motor P8 variant here. There is no official word yet if the updated XC40 Recharge will also make its way to India.

The luxury car marquee has decided to phase out its existing plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) in favour of electric vehicles. The XC40 Recharge being one of the most affordable luxury EVs, could play a crucial role in that strategy.