Starts at $53,600
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What's New for 2024?
The C40 Recharge gets a new single-motor variant with rear-wheel drive. Note that this model will switch to a new name — EC40 — next year, so 2024 is the end of the line for the C40 Recharge nameplate.
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"The C40 Recharge trades the EX40's boxy profile for a fastback slope, which unsurprisingly takes a bite out of its cargo capacity. Otherwise, it's essentially the same vehicle, which means you get good acceleration with the dual-motor AWD version or nearly 300 miles of range with the single-motor rear-wheel-drive version — but you can't have both. We can understand the C40 Recharge's appeal, but like the EX40, it needs modernizing in the cabin-tech department, for starters, if it wants to shake its also-ran status."—Ranked #8 out of 13 Compact Luxury Electric SUVs
MotorDonkey's proprietary vehicle data identifies every significant version of each model so that you can compare and decide. Ordered by price from low to high, here are the versions of the 2024 Volvo C40 Recharge that you need to be aware of, along with our expert analysis and recommendations.
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The single-motor C40 Recharge is an EV worth considering, even though its starting price is rather high. Acceleration is middling by premium EV standards, but the range is healthy.
The dual-motor C40 Recharge, or "Twin Motor," in Volvo parlance, presents a familiar EV tradeoff: Much more power and considerably less range.
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