Volvo teases second Recharge EV design strategy
Chris Davies - Dec 29, 2020, 9:10am CST
Volvo is readying its second new electric vehicle for its big unveil in early 2021, though don’t expect it to necessarily be cheaper than the XC40 Recharge. The automaker plans to use its new “Recharge” branding for a whole family of EVs, much in the way that it standardized on a smaller portfolio of gas engines back in 2014.
Then, it was the arrival of Volvo Drive-E that marked a significant shift for the Swedish automaker. Rather than a variety of four- and six-cylinder engines, Volvo announced, it would focus instead on a single inline-four gas engine. That would then be turbocharged and, in some cases, both turbocharged and supercharged to give it V6-levels of power.