Video Summary
Specs- Both cars come all-wheel drive and fully electric.
- Both use a 78 kW 396-volt lithium-ion battery.
- Both have 402 HP and 490 lb-ft of torque.
- 0-60 in about 4.9 seconds.
- 0-80% fast DC charge in about 45 minutes.
- Slow 220-volt charge takes about eight hours.
- Both length and width are nearly the same: 175-inch long by 75-inch wide.
- Both have digital dashboard screen with a map displayed
XC40 and C40 MPG:
- C40: 94 city, 80 hwy, with 226 miles per charge.
- XC40: 92 city, 79 hwy, with 223 miles per charge.
Exterior:
- Front-end styling and pixel LED headlights were essentially the same.
- The XC40 Ultimate features headlight washers that the C40 PLUS does not have.
- Both have a 360 camera integrated right under the Volvo badge.
- The XC40 Ultimate has 20-inch Pirelli Scorpion Zero tire wheels.
- The C40 Plus uses 19-inch Continental tires.
Interior
- Both use vegan-based suede and leather in interior and has heated front seats.
- There is a manual steering column in both vehicles.
- Infotainment system, Google Assistant, Apple CarPlay, and Bluetooth are the same.
- All are generally the same inside.
- C40 has almost 1.7 inches less space on the roof of the interior area of the back seat.
- Both share “new gear-driving system" where you only have to put it in “drive” and the regenerative one-pedal braking system regenerates on release, reducing reliance on the brake pedal and pads.
- There is a small trash bin on both models.
- Neither the C40 PLUS nor the XC40 ULTIMATE has heated back seats or the Harmen Karmon premium sound.
- A fixed glass pane is over the C40, rather than a tilt and slide sunroof as in the XC40.
