C40 Recharge Charging in the vehicle's center display

To access the charging view in the vehicle's center display, tap iCup-2037-Settings symbol and then Charging. The charging view in the center display is also activated when charging begins.

Important

Volvo strongly advises against charging the vehicle with alternating current of 100–120 V in combination with an amperage under 10 A.

Setting a charging limit

Important

Follow the recommendations for high-voltage battery handling to optimize its lifetime and performance.

Schedule charging

When charging using alternating current, it is possible to schedule and set start and stop times for charging.

iCup-22w22-BEV-Scheduled charging overview

Select Charging → Set timer in the center display and then activate the scheduled charging in Schedule charging. Drag the iCup-22w22-BEV-Starting time scheduled charging and iCup-22w22-BEV-Ending time scheduled charging controls to set start and stop times for charging.

Deactivate scheduled charging using the control next to Schedule charging.

Temporarily overriding scheduled charging settings

It is possible to override active scheduled charging settings without needing to deactivate the scheduled charging. This can be useful, for example, if the vehicle has a charging session scheduled during the night but you would like to charge it at another time, such as while it is parked after driving.

Plug the charging cable into the vehicle. The LED indicator in the vehicle's charging socket will glow blue when the vehicle is set to charge at the scheduled time. If this is done outside the scheduled time, no charging will take place.

Unplug the cable and then plug it in again.

The LED indicator next to the charging socket will flash/glow steadily green and the vehicle will be charged. The scheduled charging will still be activated the next time the vehicle is plugged in for charging.

Note

The charging socket's LED light indicates the status for charging the high voltage battery and not whether the vehicle draws power, for example when the climate system is used. Even if the LED indicates that charging is complete, or that scheduled charging is activated, the vehicle can still draw current from the outlet. To avoid affecting the vehicle's range, current is first drawn from the outlet and not from the battery to supply any extra vehicle loads (parking heater, etc.).

Unlocking and locking the charging cable

Tap Unlock cable in the center display to unlock the charging cable and cancel charging. You can lock the cable into the charging socket by tapping Lock cable in the center display. When charging using a wall outlet/charging station (AC charging), charging will resume automatically. During rapid charging (DC charging), charging will not resume automatically.

Setting amperage

When charging with alternating current1, it is possible to limit the maximum amperage the vehicle can be charged with.

Select Charging and the arrow next to Current limit (amps). Tap + to increase amperage or - to decrease amperage2.

For charging with more than one phase, an average value for the set amperage will be shown in the instrument panel3.

Note

The amperage may be limited by the charging station, charging cable or the vehicle's high-voltage system. It is not guaranteed that the vehicle can be charged with the specified amperage if this is higher than what the charging station or charging cable allow.