«Finally, it is rechargeable», We wrote in March 2020 after testing the Volvo XC40 T5 Twin Engine – the car that was first launched in the summer of 2019. The rechargeable hybrid has become a popular model in Norway, but has in the last year received competition from an all-electric variant of Volvo’s smallest SUV.
After only a few years in Norway, it is actually over.
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Had become 50,000 kroner more expensive from New Year
Earlier this week, Volvo was able to reveal that they are cutting out their diesel sales in Norway in 2022. At the same time, the company announced that the rechargeable version of the XC40 will disappear from the Norwegian market, writes the Broom website.
A quick look at Volvo’s Norwegian websites reveals that it is no longer possible to order the XC40 rechargeable hybrid, and so far it is only in Norway that this is being phased out.
Erik Bosby, Volvo’s Norwegian PR and communications manager, tells Broom that the reason why this model is being phased out of the Norwegian market is a combination of price and that customers have turned their attention to the all-electric XC40 and upcoming C40.
– The decision is a combination of the rechargeable hybrid becoming disproportionately expensive due to the new charges, compared to the all-electric XC40. We see that sales are turning more and more in the direction of electric XC40 and C40, so it is a partly natural development that that car is phased out, he says to the website.
According to Trosby, the XC40 rechargeable hybrid would be over 50,000 kroner in Norway from 1 January next year with the new fees.
