2023 Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electrical facelift now in Malaysia – 438 km EV vary; revised styling and equipment checklist

Volvo Automotive Malaysia (VCM) has introduced it’s now accepting bookings for the facelifted Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electrical (or XC40 EV for brief), which is priced at RM278,888 on-the-road with out insurance coverage and provided in Final guise for the 2023 mannequin 12 months (MY2023). This joins the gentle hybrid B5 Final and plug-in hybrid Recharge T8 Final – each retailing at RM268,888 – within the native XC40 line-up. For an additional RM10,000, would you make the change? Remark beneath.

Anyway, the most recent XC40 EV receives some refined design adjustments that aligns it with the C40 that is because of be launched right here. Highlights embody sleeker LED headlamps which are joined by a sportier bumper with shaper contours and triangular fog lamp surrounds in addition to a blanked-off grille that loses its trim encompass.

Past the styling tweaks, the remainder of the XC40 EV stays acquainted, though the equipment checklist has been revised. In line with VCM, the design of the 19-inch five-double spoke black diamond reduce wheels has been altered and the largely Charcoal inside now will get Charcoal Join Suede textile upholstery as an alternative of the earlier mixture leather-based/Nubuck textile to go pair with the leather-free gear shifter.

There’s additionally backlit Topography trim décor instead of the earlier R-Design Chopping Edge décor, a PM2.5 air air purifier with distant pre-cleaning perform and an up to date foot motion detection module for the hands-free powered tailgate.

As for out there colors, the XC40 EV beneficial properties a brand new Fjord Blue which can also be provided for the non-EV variants, together with Black Stone, Thunder Gray, Crystal White and an unique Sage Inexperienced (non-EV variants get Silver Daybreak as their fifth hue as an alternative). Like its non-EV siblings, the XC40 EV additionally makes the change to a passive Dynamic Chassis from the earlier Touring Chassis.

Past these adjustments, the remainder of the gear seems to be the identical as earlier than. You’ll nonetheless get an Android Automotive OS-powered infotainment system with a nine-inch touchscreen and built-in Google companies, a 12-inch digital instrument cluster, a 600-watt Harman Kardon sound system with 13 audio system, a Qi wi-fi telephone charger, dual-zone local weather management with rear vents and powered entrance seats.

Identical goes for security and driver help, which incorporates the Metropolis Security suite (collision avoidance & mitigation with intersection assist; pedestrian, bike owner and huge animal detection), entrance and rear collision warning and mitigation assist, Driver Alert Management, Lane Preserving Help, Run-Off Street Mitigation with Street Edge Detection, Oncoming Lane Mitigation, Blind Spot Info System (BLIS) with Steer Help and Cross Visitors Alert (CTA) with Autobrake.

The powertrain continues to function two electrical motors – one on every axle – for a complete system output of 408 PS (402 hp or 300 kW) and 660 Nm of torque. These permits the XC40 EV to get from 0-100 km/h in simply 4.9 seconds and on to a high velocity of 180 km/h.

The electrical motors draw energy from a lithium-ion battery that retains its 78 kWh power capability, though VCM notes the SUV will now journey as much as 438 km on a single cost following the WLTP cycle, up from 418 km.

For charging, the XC40 helps AC charging at 11 kW with a Kind 2 connection, which takes about 7.5 hours for a full cost. Alternatively, there’s DC quick charging as much as 150 kW with a CCS2 connection, the place a 0-80% state of cost (SoC) is achieved in simply 33 minutes.

The all-electric XC40 has been effectively acquired because it was first launched right here in pre-facelift type in March this 12 months, with VCM asserting later that the complete MY2022 allocation was bought out and that clients who had been would get the facelifted MY2023 mannequin as an alternative.

In line with the corporate, all MY2022 models had been delivered by June, with every retailing at RM262,460. Whereas it might look like the value of MY2023 XC40 EV has gone up by a sizeable margin, remember that the pre-facelift mannequin’s worth factored within the gross sales and repair tax (SST) exemption that was energetic on the time.

The brand new XC40 EV will proceed to get pleasure from the federal government’s EV incentives till December 31, 2025 as it’s a locally-assembled (CKD) mannequin – fully-imported (CBU) EVs will cease benefitting from incentives on the finish of 2024 as an alternative.