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Double award for Volvo SUVs in Auto Trader New Car Awards

Volvo SUVs have scored double honours in the 2020 Auto Trader New Car Awards. The mid-size XC60 dominated the Best Car for Families category, while the XC90 swept the board in its class to lift the title of Best Seven Seater.

Volvo Car UK extends reimbursed electricity offer for plug-in hybrid buyers

Volvo Car UK has extended its innovative Take Charge electricity offer, which allows buyers of new plug-in hybrid cars to benefit from a year's reimbursed electricity to charge their car*. The offer applies to every plug-in hybrid model in the Volvo range, from the funky XC40 premium compact SUV to the luxurious seven-seat XC90.

Volvo Cars Chengdu car plant powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80 per cent.

Volvo’s first all-electric car – the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric – now available for UK customers to order

The first of five fully electric cars to be launched by Volvo Cars over the next five years, the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric P8 is capable of a travelling more than 249 miles on a single charge, and can be charged to 80% of its battery capacity in as little as 40 minutes using a fast charger.

Every Volvo model now comes with a 112mph speed limit and Care Key

Every new Volvo car now comes with a limited top speed of 112mph, as Volvo Cars delivers on its promise made last year to introduce such a limitation and goes beyond regulation and legislation to help close the remaining gap to zero serious injuries and fatalities in traffic.