New £53,000 electric Volvo XC40 Recharge is twice the price of the standard SUV

Order books opened today for Volvo’s first all-electric car – the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric P8 compact sports utility vehicle – costing from £53,155. That’s more than twice the price of the cheapest petrol-powered XC40 currently on sale. It is the first of five electric cars to be launched by the Swedish car firm over … Read more

RAY MASSEY: Volvo’s new XC40 family SUV is pure pleasure

Volvo’s  proud boast is that if you want to buy one of their cars, from now on you will be asked: ‘Would you like one with or without a plug?’ The Swedish maker, now owned by China’s Geely, is driving hard towards electricification (its ‘Pure’ mode) and to have a plug-in hybrid or fully electric … Read more