Volvo Cars is streamlining and standardising its model names for fully electric cars, in line with its ongoing transformation towards becoming a fully electric car maker by 2030.
The fully electric XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge models are renamed to EX40 and EC40 respectively, now seamlessly fitting in with our other fully electric models: the EX30, EX90 and EM90. The XC40 name remains for internal combustion-powered variants of the model, the company said.
The move reflects our transformation towards becoming a fully electric car manufacturer. In 2023, fully electric cars represented 16% of our global sales volumes, an increase of 70% versus 2022. The EX30, EX90 and EM90 will all hit roads this year and bring the number of fully electric models in our product portfolio to five, with several more new models to come.
The update also includes the removal of Recharge badging from our plug-in hybrid models, which are now denoted simply by the T6 or T8 suffix indicating different levels of power output.
The new and streamlined model name standard makes it even easier for existing and new customers to understand which of our models are fully electric and which are hybrids, as they shop for a new Volvo car, the company said in a media release.