The XC40 Recharge is Volvo's smallest battery-powered SUV - Will_Rimell sets out to see if it can be a useful motorway commuter and a weekend companion
Other people clearly agree, because this was Europe’s ninth-best-selling EV last November and Volvo’s best-selling model overall last year, with a total of 84,132 cars shifted.
Volvo promises a 262-mile range from the XC40’s 69kWh battery for that price. Not bad. However, that dream was shot down straight away after my first 100% charge – that had to be undertaken a 10-minute walk away, given my lack of a driveway/home charger – with the range reading 170 miles. Granted, it was 6deg C outside, but that is a big chop. And with a 120-mile commute, the plan to charge every other day seemed to be in tatters.
The range is once again zapped when you hit 70mph , showing that this car – the 228bhp single-motor version – was designed more as an inter-town shuttle rather than a longer-distance commuter.Yet if you order any EV variant of the XC40 now, waiting times mean the model you get will come with a new rear-wheel-drive set-up rather than the front-wheel-drive one of this model. Volvo says that change improves efficiency and therefore range, which rises to 286 miles.
Regardless, these are minor problems in an otherwise problem-solving car. With space for five adults , a trip from Southampton to Bristol was a doddle and no leg room gripes were heard. The heated rear seats were particularly loved by passengers.
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