Volvo has announced the start of production of its first electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8.
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The crossover was shown last year.Since then, Volvo has been collecting pre-orders for the new product and preparing for production at the plant in Ghent, Belgium. By the way, according to the company, all the cars that will come off the assembly line this year have already been sold. The first buyers will receive their cars at the end of October.
In case you didn't know, the Volvo XC40 RechargeThe P8 has two electric motors and a 78 kWh battery pack. The crossover is capable of driving up to 400 km on a single charge (WLTP cycle). It supports fast charging (0 to 80% in 40 minutes) and can accelerate to 100 km/h in just 4.7 seconds.
Among the interesting things in the new product is a multimediaa system that runs on the Android Automotive platform with built-in Google services. For example, the system supports the Google Assistant voice assistant, the Google Maps application and even the Google Play Store. The car can also receive over-the-air updates. They are asking about 60 thousand euros for a Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 in Europe.
Source: Volvo
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