Side by side · 2027 model year

Mercedes-Benz GLCvsVolvo EX60

350 mi EPA · 25 min 10–80%330 mi EPA · 19 min 10–80%
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The Mercedes-Benz GLC is rated 350 miles on the EPA test, the Volvo EX60 330. A 10–80% stop takes 25 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz GLC and 19 in the Volvo EX60. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.

At a glance

Mercedes-Benz GLC · GLC400 4matic electric (ST)

350mi EPA

25min 10–80%

Volvo EX60 · EX60 P10 AWD electric

330mi EPA

19min 10–80%

The short answer

The Volvo EX60 is the quicker car to charge.

1

The Mercedes-Benz GLC is rated 350 miles against 330 — 20 miles, 6% further. It uses 28.2 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Volvo EX60 needs 30.

2

A 10–80% stop takes 19 minutes in the Volvo EX60 and 25 in the Mercedes-Benz GLC. On a 50 kW post it is 71 and 76 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.

3

The Volvo EX60 makes 375 kW against 260.

Which one, in one line

Pick the Volvo EX60 ifit wins on charging (19 minutes against 25).

The priceNeither car has a US list price in the sheet yet, so nothing here claims an MSRP or a monthly payment.

2027 · GLC400 4matic electric (ST)Mercedes-Benz GLC

Mercedes-Benz GLC

SUV · 85 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range
350mi
Efficiency
3.54mi/kWh
DC peak
320kW
Boot
20.1cu ft
2027 · EX60 P10 AWD electricVolvo EX60

Volvo EX60

SUV · 91 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range
330mi
Efficiency
3.33mi/kWh
DC peak
370kW
Boot
18.5cu ft

Charging, raced

Two cars, one post, same clock

Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.

Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 143 kW for the Mercedes-Benz GLC, 201 kW for the Volvo EX60. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.

Volvo EX60CCS125min
Mercedes-Benz GLCCCS125min

At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 25 min in the Mercedes-Benz GLC and 25 min in the Volvo EX60 — a gap of 0 minutes. The station is capping the quicker car here, so the gap is narrower than the peak figures suggest — at a faster post it widens again.

Every figure

The numbers, with the version attached

A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.

Mercedes-Benz GLC and Volvo EX60, US model years as labelled. Sources: fueleconomy.gov for the EPA rows, evstats.org for the catalogue figures, Euro NCAP for the stars.
MeasureMercedes-Benz GLCVolvo EX60
Range and efficiency
EPA range350 mi✓2027 GLC400 4matic electric (ST)330 mi2027 EX60 P10 AWD electric
EPA efficiency3.54 mi/kWh✓3.33 mi/kWh
Energy per 100 miles28.2 kWh✓30 kWh
Battery, usable85 kWhMercedes-Benz GLC 25091 kWhVolvo EX60 P10 AWD (MY27)
Range left in the cold56%modelled envelope57%modelled envelope
Charging
DC peak320 kW370 kW✓
10–80% at peak25 min19 min✓
Average power, 10–80%(derived)143 kW201 kW✓
AC maximum11 kW22 kW✓
Full charge on 240 V11.5 h9 h✓
Fast-charge plugCCS1CCS1
Size and weight
Length190.7 in189.1 in
Width with mirrors82.2 in81.4 in
Height64.7 in64.4 in
Wheelbase117 in116.9 in
Kerb weight5,225 lb5,181 lb
Space and practicality
Seats55
Boot, seats up20.1 cu ft✓18.5 cu ft
Front trunk4.5 cu ft✓1.8 cu ft
Maximum cargo61.4 cu ft✓59.1 cu ft
Towing, braked4,850 lb5,291 lb✓
Heat pumpStandard EquipmentStandard Equipment
Performance and safety
Power260 kW375 kW✓
0–100 km/h5.9 s4.6 s✓
Battery warranty—8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km
V2L / V2HNot supportedReady

How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.

What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.

Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.

Your numbers

What this pair costs you, on your drive

Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.

The drive

Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.

Mercedes-Benz GLC
2

stops · 50 min charging

Volvo EX60
2

stops · 38 min charging

The year

Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.

Mercedes-Benz GLC
$1,186

$10 per 100 mi

Volvo EX60
$1,260

$11 per 100 mi

The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.

Your priorities

A verdict you can argue with

There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.

Weighted result

Mercedes-Benz GLC

wins 3 of 6 measures on these weights

Mercedes-Benz GLC67%
Volvo EX6033%

Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.

Questions

Short answers, then the reasoning

Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.

Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.

Which has more range, the Mercedes-Benz GLC or the Volvo EX60?

The Mercedes-Benz GLC. The Mercedes-Benz GLC is rated 350 miles and the Volvo EX60 330, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2027 GLC400 4matic electric (ST) and 2027 EX60 P10 AWD electric respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.

Which charges faster?

The Volvo EX60. Going from 10% to 80% takes 25 minutes in the Mercedes-Benz GLC (320 kW peak) and 19 in the Volvo EX60 (370 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.

Do they use the same plug?

Yes. Both list CCS1 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.

Which is cheaper to run?

The Mercedes-Benz GLC, by about $211.91 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 28.2 kWh per 100 miles against 30. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.

Which has more space?

The Mercedes-Benz GLC: 20.1 cu ft of boot against 18.5 cu ft. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.

Is there a price comparison?

Not yet — neither car has a US list price in the current dataset. When a price source covers both, price becomes one more row in the table and one more slider in the weighting tool.

Other comparisons

All comparisons

Every figure on this page comes from the same records the Mercedes-Benz GLC and Volvo EX60 pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.