Volvo C40 Recharge: the electric native with fashion lines

Volvo C40 Recharge and the casus belli of the Swedish company to declare itself ready to face all the challenges of the new electric mobility in the name of the maximum sustainability. There are many ongoing projects that will see the light as early as this 2021. By 2025, Volvo aims to have 50 per cent of its global sales volume in fully electric cars, and from hybrid models for the rest. part. By 2030, it expects every Volvo sold to be 100 percent electric.

Volvo C40 Recharge with home charging
Volvo C40 Recharge with home charging

The powertrain di Volvo C40 Recharge

The Volvo offensive starts with the production of the all-new C40 Recharge by 2021. It will be made in the factory Volvo Cars di Ghent in Belgium where the XC40 Recharge is already produced, in the electric version. The propulsion system consists of two electric motors positioned on the two axes. They discharge to the ground more than 400 cavalli for a speed limited to 180 kilometers per hour; like all Volvo cars.

The powertrain is powered by a 78 kilowatt hour battery which can be charged fast to 80 percent in about 40 minutes. This offers aexpected autonomy of about 420 kilometers (WLTP). Mileage that the president of Volvo Italy Michele Crisci ensures will improve over time thanks to continuous updates. But the news of this electric crossover is not over.

The Google infotainment system of Volvo C40 Recharge
The Google infotainment system of Volvo C40 Recharge

L’infotainment it’s from Google

Like its sister XC40 Recharge, the C40 Recharge is also equipped with a infotainment system developed jointly with Google and based on the Android operating system. A system that provides consumers with integrated Google apps and services, such as Google Maps, Google Assistant, and the Google Play Store.

The use of data will be unlimited. This will ensure superior connectivity and allow C40 Recharge to receive software updates in modality over-the-air. This means that each C40 will continue to improve over time even once it has been off the production line.

Volvo Cars' online sales site for electric cars
Volvo Cars’ online sales site for electric cars

Only available online

The fully electric Volvo C40 Recharge will be only available online. However, this does not mean that dealerships will be excluded from the customer’s shopping experience. The goal of the House of Gothenburg, in fact, is drastically simplify the offer with a view to maximum transparency.

This way, it will be easier for the customer choose the variants preselected by Volvo. In addition, the new C40 Recharge will be provided to customers with a service package which includes items such as assistance, warranty, breakdown assistance, as well as insurance and home charging options.

A garment from Gilberto Calzolari's collection made with Volvo's crash test airbags and seat belts
A garment from the Gilberto Calzolari collection made with the airbags and seat belts of the crash test by Volvo

Sustainability is new black

Never like now, there sustainability has gone from being a trendy concept to aneed and a business opportunity. The same levers that led the designer Gilberto Calzolari to use for his collections of gods reuse materials such as the fabrics of the airbags and the seat belts crash test by Volvo. A collaboration born with the Swedish company precisely for the union of intent of the two realities that have always been sensitive to the aesthetics of beauty combined with an environmentally friendly production.

To tell it are the same stylist and the president of Volvo Italy Michele Crisci during theEthics Meet Aesthetics. An unprecedented parallel between the world ofautomotive and that of fashion to outline the how ethical and aesthetic values ​​cooperate to the definition of products or creations capable of speaking to the most advanced public. That is why, for example, the C40 Recharge will be the first Volvo model with a fully interior leather-free.

Rendering of Volvo's first fast charging station in Milan Porta Nuova
Rendering of Volvo’s first fast charging station in Milan Porta Nuova

The Volvo Recharge Highways project

To travel by electric, you need an adequate infrastructure. This is what prompted Volvo to create, in collaboration with its Italian dealers, theinstallation of over 30 175 kilowatt fast charging stations. They will be located at Volvo dealers near the exits of the main Italian motorways.

The charging points of the progetto Volvo Recharge Highways they will therefore be easily accessible and, although branded Volvo, will remain open to all users of electrified or electric vehicles. The installation of the first 25 stations is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2021. They will be located in the 15 motorway axes main to allow to reach every corner of Italy, including islands.

A fast charging station Volvo will also come to New door in Milan, the symbol of smart mobility and the headquarters of Volvo Studio. The charging station will be, also visually, an advanced example of sustainable urban furniture. It constitutes the first step of a larger project. This involves installing over 50 Volvo branded 22 kilowatt charging points in residential car parks and garages. The goal is, in fact, to electrify the entire district.

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