Volvos second electric vehicle will be the slimmed down C40 Recharge

The Volvo XC40 Recharge is barely out of the gate and the Swedish automaker is already unveiling its next electric vehicle. The C40 Recharge is only Volvo’s second pure battery-electric car. A slightly shorter and more streamlined version of the XC40 Recharge, the C40 Recharge will be built on the same modular platform as the automaker’s first EV and will go into production at Volvo’s Ghent, Belgium, factory in fall 2021.

Volvo says that the C40 Recharge “has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design.” The roof line is lower and the rear portion tapers off more gradually than the XC40 Recharge. The most significant difference is the height, with the C40 Recharge measuring a full three inches shorter than its...

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