2023 Volvo C40 Recharge EV

Volvo Car has abandoned its target of selling 1.2 million cars by 2025, confirms CEO Jim Rowan in an interview with Automotive News Europe. “The China market has changed dramatically in the last two or three years,” said Rowan. “The new car market there has diminished because there is now a big second-hand car market, which China never really had before”. This comes after the company slashed its 2024 full-year sales growth forecast by 3 percent. Volvo had initially forecast a 15% growth in retai

Volvo is exiting the car subscription business, transferring its Care by Volvo programs in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway to new operators while phasing it out in the U.K., as confirmed by an Automotive News Europe report This marks another shift in Volvo's strategy, following its decision on announced earlier this month to abandon plans of becoming an all-electric automaker by 2030 and its earlier move away from aiming for half of global sales via online channels. The program was

Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia’s (VCMM) Shah Alam plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation, is throttling down output as the export of Volvo internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to Thailand slows. The VCMM plant produced zero cars in three out of the first six months of this year (January, April, and June), according to production data compiled by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA). Between January to June 2024, the VCMM plant produced just 438 cars, 88% lower than th

Volvo Car Malaysia has introduced an update for the 2024 Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric. While it hasn't adopted the name EC40 just yet, the updated electric SUV gets a few enhancements, while pricing remains unchanged at RM 288,888. One of the key improvement lies in the Volvo C40's battery capacity, which has been increased from 78 to 82 kWh. Despite the seemingly modest increment, coupled with more efficient cooling, this adjustment extends the range by 100 km, now up to 550 km (WLTP). The

Volvo Cars is making changes to its electric vehicle lineup, part of its strategy to transition to a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030. The company has announced a streamlined and standardised approach to naming its fully electric models. The fully-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge will now be known as the EX40 and EC40 respectively. This aligns them with Volvo's other electric models: the EX30, EX90, and EM90. Note that the XC40 name will still be used for internal combustion

Volvo’s 40-series compact cars, including the Volvo XC40 and C40, are built on the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) platform. This platform was co-developed with Geely, specifically through its Sweden-based subsidiary, China Euro Vehicle Technology AB (CEVT). Volvo Cars’ CEO Jim Rowan has now confirmed that it will be dropping the CMA platform in favour of an all-new Nvidia core computing-compatible Volvo exclusive platform. The name of the new platform has yet to be decided but it will be an