Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric: One of the best SUVs turns Electric
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2021
- The Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric is a fully electric version of one of the most highly rated premium compact SUVs on sale. It features a 78kWh battery and delivers 402bhp from its twin electric motors, allowing a 0-62mph time of 4.7 seconds. The official range from a full charge is 259 miles, although having tested the car we think you're more likely to see around 200 miles in typical real world driving. In this CarGurus UK review, Vicky Parrott test drives the XC40 Recharge Pure Electric to see how it compares with rival electric SUVs.
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Vicky's reviews are some of the most elegantly succinct of any professional out there. My neighbor just got the XC40 Recharge and she loves it. It's a sleeper of a hotrod and can go toe-to-toe with a Model Y from the stoplight to 35mph drag race. The range is silly though. Really limits the Volvo to shorter day trips before a charging stop is needed.
thanx for the review
Great review 👍
Your reviews are always spot-on and comprehensive. Look forward to them even on cars I would never buy. For most consumers, however, most of these 'luxury' EVs are just too expensive. What most consumers need are more EV models that are well under the 35k mark that are large and functional enough to handle their daily needs. Something around the size of a Tiguan perhaps? As it is, 40k for a KIA Niro (for example) only has limited appeal. Even the new Audi Q4 is expected to be closer to 50k than 40, and the new Chevy Bolt EUV is still too small for many families.
It might be wise to mention that the car can also tow a maximum of 1500 kg. That is a clear difference compared to, for example, the VW ID 4.
Being a Swede, patriot and a Volvo-enthusiast I am really disappointed with how Volvo is developing. Volvo used to be the people's car here in Sweden but is now on a level where you can only dream about it or buy something that is way more speced. I understand they want to reach the premium market place and yes they are succeeding but I still don't understand why they opt out the safety-features on lower trim-levels.
This is a non family car, with a non family price and a low interior space.
What if Volvo would have decided that they would make a competetive family electric car that would rival with VW, Skoda, Audi and even Tesla. That would have been an exciting car. But that's just my humble opinion...
They have, the P6 is 230bhp, much more efficient and a lot cheaper too.
You should have reviewed the P6 since that's what most people will buy. It's an entirely different proposition given the price.
Does anybody hear a strange sound when the Lighting is set to Low intensity? I was told this is a common ‘feature’ because of resistor
Thank you for a Nice presentation of this car....mvh Magnus Lemhage Skövde Sverige 🙂
Great review as so many others already have pointed out. Volvo is Swedish Chinese but to me there actually is something Swedish about this Vicky. No nonsense, no BS, calling it straight. Well done Vicky.
This Volvo is not efficient any day of the week. Its not for your average Swede or wherever you re from. For the money I would prefer the iX3 but the Volvo does look cooler. Subscription yeah too messy family for that...
Is this available in India
Stop saying "Buy the car"... you are just renting or leasing it. It is, and never will be your car.
You can always get a loan from a bank and "pay cash" for the car. You just can't get financing from the dealer and they don't offer leasing - which was used as a subscription by most people anyway.
Great review as always. It will be interesting to see if the sales model works.
Volvo xc40 p8 recharge pure electric is my dream car
Sorry but what's the point in a subscription for a car that you won't own forgetting about the thrown in maintenance which ultimately you're paying for anyway as part of said subscription. If the government/car manufacturers want folk to take up EV ownership en masse then they have to make them affordable. This is not affordable.
The affordability factor is arriving slowly Steve. A Nissan Leaf can be had these days for around £25k, which stacks up fairly well price-wise against petrol Astras or a Focus. A base model MG5 Astra sized electric estate car can be had for £20k brand new from Autotrader with a 7 year warranty. I've also seen the new Vauxhall Corsa E being pushed at £22k, with 30'000 miles worth of free electricity, so we are getting there......
Have a petrol XC40. Very happy with it. May sell it after 3 years owned, pocket the cash and get the latest XC electric via Volvo Care. For me, simply renting a car makes sense. Everyone loses money one way or another when they buy a new motor.
As a company car is where this car shines. I have just ordered the P6 form my work. At the moment I pay £180 per month in BIK for a diesel Nissan Qashqai with no fuel card. With the P6? Even with a personal fuel card I will be paying £17.63 a month ...
Surely with voice controls being as good as they are now you just ask it to change the regen settings.
exactly,I never touch the info system (after setting my ideal things) and always use voice to do temp, fan speed navigation and calls
I've ordered one on the subscription model, massive fan of Volvo and I'm fully anticipating upgrading at the end of it to an all electric XC90
Shocking they don't have Adaptive Cruise Control as standard on all models - it's a great car even in basic spec. - just could do with this extra feature! Deal breaker for me :(
Nice review! But maybe something about it’s infotainment system would be useful.
Vicky's presentation is excellent!
Great review (as usual), nice car but mental sales model
What color is this vehicle?
Thunder Grey
Have Volvo owners evolved into 'buyers' that want expensive rocketships? I thought Polestar had that covered.
Nice review , but the pricing for EVs is a joke..
Subscription would not be for me and I suspect a lot of people.
Quite interesting reading the FAQs by the way.
It seems like the subscription price is too high.
Great review . Disappointed that Volvo, a safety conscious family oriented manufacturer, chooses to focus its electric option on a Tesla like ridiculously fast product.
This model cost around 80K AUD to own it. Which would roughly cost 1.5K AUD a month in repayment for 5 Years.
Yes... but both you and I know that in 5 years... the depreciation on the vehicle will be practically zero when you can't buy an electric car as fossil fuel cars are rapidly depreciated.
You'd be made to pay that kind of money and not own anything at the end of the day.
1:18 after the contract is over you don't own the car?! So I can't buy this XC40 and own it?
One of the best? Is that why I've only seen about 4 on the road within a year?
700 for 3 years that’s 25K, and you still don’t own anything, a three year phone contract includes ownership of the handset, however if you predict the value battery like phones to be 1/3 of the value in 3 years. Perhaps you can decide?
I guess it's down to how you see your car ownership. If you're the sort of person who buys a car and keeps it for 5+ years, then you may prefer to own it outright. Generally though, people who buy, and then keep a car for that length of time are few and far between. Forking out £700 per month isn't something I'd want to consider personally. It's aimed more at business users I think....
That’s what leasing is. Banks have predicted it will hold 50% residual value in 3 years.
Six serious safety recalls including brakes. No thanks.
I wish there were 10 a penny
Subscription means interests... not good option for the wallet...
Sorry I can’t pay my bills or mortgage I have to pay for my car
Care would be good but their prices keep fluctuating and they still don't cater for business.
That said EV's are like laptops they are old by the time they are released.
These volvo's are all the same design, but different size. Like Russian Dolls.
Overpriced even compared to other premium lease options.
Only worth doing if you get salary sacrifice as BIK is 1% this year and 2% next year so you can get a saving of nearly your tax rate. If the lease does not allow salary sacrifice then that is moronic, look elsewhere
Glad you noticed oil tanker terribly wide XC40.. Also the rear seats still look like your knees stick up on the air, so rear comfort is compromised. Why does the rear side visibility get compromised by the silly design language.
My hunch is the the Kia e-niro offers greater comfort at substantially better value, that the South Koreans do so well.
Why you keep announcing false numbers about the range... in real life, at the autobahn (130/140 km/h) you won't get more than 150 miles of range. That's poor consumer service, especially when people don't have that much knowledge about this new technology.
Did you even watch the whole review?
@@CptSpears007 I did. And near the end she just said what I just wrote.
Exactly, so she gave the claimed range by the manufacturer and then gave some real world ranges. So what are you complaining about.
No thanks to this one as I had a mate try one out and the mileage he achieved was no where near as far as everyone reckoned and it's over priced now that we are out of the EU rulings so therefore pay higher import charges.
voh.fyi
great
Way way too expensive using this method of ownership. Not for me, yes I can afford it, but I do not want this method of ownership/usership.
I had an XC90 once, it was not very good, always breaking down, even though I had it from new, 3 new turbos in one year, I spent months driving a crappy courtesy car, so sold it after just 18 months.
Silly name calling it “Recharge”. It’s as if Audi was calling the RS “Refuel”.
What I don’t like about the subscription is that it’s not as flexible as they say. Some grays (there’s no colour anymore in cars) have weeks of lead time. If subscription was something like a long term rental it could be attractive- rent a car for the summer, another for winter, chop and change every few months…
Good review. Don't like the car though, even less for that kind of money.
But £700 A MONTH !!!!!!
Nope.... Nope NOPE NOPE.... Will not do subscription service for owning an asset like a car.
Google Maps is not nearly as good as the previous maps in the XC40, which I think was Apple.
Wasn't Apple if it was better...
VERY rare I disagree with you (In fact, I think this is the first time!), but I think this looks horrid (and I generally LOVE Volvo's 'Scandi Cool' design!). But hey, would be very boring if we agreed on everything!! 😂😂
The usual flaws Iof EVs are there.. Super high price and totally unrealistic range figures.. Of course that's before we consider the charging issues... So despite all the savings you still have to pay out so much.. Then you must not forget that your electricity has to be generated somewhere and those batteries need some expensive minerals dug out of the ground under deplorable working conditions and quite ofter by child slave labour....
Northvolt
These ev's are too expensive and it's all about gimmicks n speed for rich folk who's driving thus green agenda 700 quid a month is a joke us in North take home 1200 quid a month that's to pay all bills rent council tax shopping food etc etc these prices are a joke n shows they're wanting working man off road
Lower priced EVs are already available and more are coming. Cheapest I have seen is less than €10k purchase price after state and dealership subsidies.
@@eugenelawrence8517 In United Kingdom the cheapest ev is either a Vauxhall Corsa or Renault Zoe both around £30k unfortunately due to import duties we don't have cheap ev's nor are we likely too the Mustang Mach E starts at around £45k for bottom model again way more expensive than in USA so unfortunately cheap ev's is a none option in UK
@@stevewalsh-balshaw1727 check Carwow and both the E-up and Zoe come in around 21K. In total it lists more than 20 brands with cars below the 30k mark. Fiat500 below 20k
@@eugenelawrence8517 Mm I'll have a look bought many vehicles and never yet found ad price to be on road price but will look I still think this is expensive though there is a vast choice of ice engines vehicles on offer from a few £k to £8k many only a few yrs old ev's need to come down how the heck do folk on minimum wage buy an ev my neighbour who earns a crap wage bought a beautiful little toyota aygo for £2k that's all they can afford don't get benefits and don't earn even a decent wage
@@stevewalsh-balshaw1727 agreed that the second hand market needs to develop, but that is also why lease contracts are pushed to allow the second hand market to benefit from well maintained, three year old vehicles. They have been doing it that way for years here in Germany to allow access to great condition 3 year old vehicles to second hand buyers at much lower prices.
Did I hear that right? - starts at £50,000 to buy, or £700 a month to "rent" - a joke - but not even remotely funny.
5:56 "A real weapon" not sure that is an appropriate description of any road going vehicle. There were over 1,400 UK road casualties in 2020.
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