- The Volvo XC40 Recharge becomes the Volvo EX40 in the United States.
- The automaker’s first mass-produced EV also gets a larger battery and more range.
- That said, the price is lower.
The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the Swedish automaker’s first mass-produced electric car, is getting a new name and a bigger battery in the United States. For the 2025 model year, the battery-powered crossover will be sold as the Volvo EX40, dropping the Recharge moniker and getting in line with all the other electric cars in Volvo’s portfolio–the EX30 and EX90.
Its coupe-like brother, the C40 Recharge, will also be renamed to EC40 so that all the electric models in the automaker’s portfolio will start with the letter ‘E.’ That said, the EC40 will take a break this year only to return as a 2026 model. Moreover, the XC40 name will be used on mild-hybrid models, while plug-in hybrids will wear the T8 badge.
Volvo implemented the same name changes last year in Europe, but the United States was left out until now, causing some confusion among global customers. That has been sorted, so we can all agree on what the two cars are called.
Getting back to the 2025 Volvo EX40, it gets a bigger battery to go along with the new name, as well as a slightly higher DC fast charging speed. The Twin Motor versions of the crossover come with an 82-kilowatt-hour pack, up from the previously available 78 kWh pack–however, the smaller battery is still installed in the single-motor versions. Both the single- and dual-motor variants get a slight bump in the maximum charging speed–from 200 kilowatts to 205 kW.
Range-wise, the 2025 Volvo EX40 Single Motor has an EPA rating of 296 miles on a full charge–up from the 293 miles of the 2024 XC40 Recharge. The dual-motor variant can drive up to 260 miles, according to the EPA, up from last year’s model’s 254-mile rating.
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Interestingly, despite Volvo saying the newly-renamed EC40 coupe-like EV is taking a break before returning as a 2026 model, the EPA still lists two versions of the 2025 EC40 on its website. The single-motor version has an estimated range of 298 miles, while the dual-motor is rated as 268 miles–up from the 2024 model’s ratings of 297 miles and 257 miles respectively.
The 2025 Volvo EX40 starts from $52,500 (excluding destination). This kind of money gets you an entry-level single-motor version–if you want to splurge on the top-spec dual-motor variant, it will set you back $60,750. Compared to the outgoing model, the 2025 EX40 is slightly cheaper, with a $1,245 cut for the entry-level model and a $1,095 for the top-spec model.
Since 2020, the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge have been Volvo’s sole all-electric offerings. That changes this year–in the U.S. at least–with the introduction of the slightly more affordable EX30 and the luxurious EX90. The new EVs couldn’t come soon enough, seeing how Volvo’s EV sales plummeted last year stateside.
