Volvo’s new XC40 Recharge brings added efficiency and range
Volvo has given the drivetrain of its XC40 Recharge a big tweak and Jack Evans has headed to Sweden to see what difference it has made.
Volvo isn’t often one for radical changes. You only need to look at its current line-up of cars to see that over the years this company’s approach has been more about steady evolution ra-ther than ground-up revisions. So it comes as little surprise that the car we’re looking at today – Volvo’s XC40 – has undergone the mildest of changes for 2023.
But where the edits have taken place are designed to make a real difference – but more on that shortly. As an entry into the very competitive SUV segment, the XC40 needs to deliver – but does it? We’ve been finding out.