Great car! A proper allround usable electric SUV. Thank You Volvo! This is what's needed to get people to buy EVs, a car that you can use for everything.

Great video Kris (as always) enjoying the positive content! Also very happy that there are now multiple reasonable electric cars in this segment! It means people can get cars according to their needs and not have to default to the only available car type they want! Very enthusiastic about the EV future!

this is awesome news and leaves hope that OTA updates can improve things even further in the future ;) great car! happy i have one on order - but unhappy having to wait 9 months for delivery :)

Hi Kris: congratulations. This is THE best test I’ve seen so far. Realistic, down-to-earth information. Honest, enthusiastic, unbiased. The sort of information an older Dutch guy wants to have for his first full electric car. Driving more or less the same way you’re doing (in the test at least...). Hartstikke bedankt (ask Google for a translation!). Keep on!!!

@KrisRifa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I’ll have to ask Google to translate that 😊😊

@gamebuster800

3 жыл бұрын

En, heb je m al gehaald? Ik heb mijne sinds zaterdag

@alkedeboer4787

3 жыл бұрын

@@gamebuster800 can’t wait: very likely Monday next! Garage waiting for paperwork, license plates etc. Spannend

@gamebuster800

3 жыл бұрын

@@alkedeboer4787 leuke auto hoor :) heb je de laadpaal al staan? ik kreeg er geen “granny charger” bij, dus ik sta nu om de paar dagen bij FastNed/mcdonalds

@alkedeboer4787

3 жыл бұрын

@@gamebuster800 I just guess that such an “expensive”(…) accessory is not included in my subscription agreement. But I have a public charger around the corner at 43,34 meters! Mazzel dus

Thanks for this video Kris. I have this car in The Netherlands since December and the consumption/range is much better after the update. And also important, I did not have any problems, it's really a great car.

Thank you Kris. Great video! I am impressed and also happy to own this car.

@lordat

3 жыл бұрын

Do you like it my mom wants it but the UI and miles are a concern to me

Good test! Thanks, subscribed :)

Great, Thx for the test :)

Merci Kris pour ce vidéo traitant de l'autonomie possible de ce véhicule. J'ai hâte que l'hiver soit terminée ici au Québec (Canada), afin de pouvoir tester Mon Xc40 Recharge 2022 en pneus d'été. Vos essais routiers sont toujours appréciés.

@kris it seems Volvo has now implemented pre-heating of battery in the latest update. When you charge with 90-100% limit it will also heat up the battery to lower the consumption of the first 20-50 km a lot to even more extend the range the car gives :)

Great test.

I like your true range tests, going down to 0-1%... Nice.

Getting mine in August. Can't wait!

@matttweed8961

3 жыл бұрын

Me too bro, can't wait! See how it handles UK roads (bumpy and narrow!)

great video again! My PS2 is now down to 17.5KWH/100KM around 15 degrees, it can run up to 400km

Thank you Kris - and THANK you VOLVO for a fantastic car. I am currently waiting for my P6 version, and I am expecting it to be even better. Had the P8 for testing for 2 days, and it was hard to let go of it. Man what a car. Fantastic build quality, relaxing drive, peace and quiet (actually I won't need my headset in the car anymore), and best of all, it will save me a lot of money in the daily economy, and save my fellow citizens for a lot of emissions, when I drive by. Will you be doing a test of the P6 version?

Bonjour Kris J'ai été en mesure d'atteindre ces résultats dans des conditions similaires avec mon Volvo Xc 40 Recharge 2022.. Un peu de déplacements en ville et sur autoroute . !00km/h sur autoroute dans une direction et 95 km/ sur autoroute au retour. 390 km au total. Votre vidéo est très formative . Elle permet de prévoir ce qui arrivera au véhicule en fin de charge. Super!

If i could afford it, it would be my first choice. This is one of the very few electric cars that look and function totaly normal like any other convensional car......and underneath there always 400bhp!!!

Very impressed and perplexed at the same time as so many people are putting the P8 at 25-30+kw/100km for average driving. I have no doubt you got this, but this seems to be the best case range I have seen. Would love to see more around town numbers as as thirsty as this thing is to get moving I wonder if city driving is better or worse than what you are getting.

OMG drove one today, and left a brand new BMW X5 performance behind easily. Great car 🚗 👌

This is a great review! Very informative and just what I was looking for. Do you get the XC40 T5 Recharge over there? If yes, how would you say that compares to the P8 and which would you prefer if you had to own one for 5 years?

Kris are we getting a full charging video? I am curious to see if there are any improvements in the average vs the top charging speeds.

In this video we learn that if you go really slow, consumption is low! Marvelous!

Just bought the c40 love it

also still on wintertyres. Perhaps different size winter tyres can explain distance difference? Nice video again.

Pfffhhh,, 0% SOC, huh,, 😅. Cheers and have an excellent weekend Kris,, 🍻😎👍‍‍

Kris, you commented on the seeming less on the roadway. Actually it is when there is traffic. The kinetic forward movement of the vehicles creates drag and pushes the air forward. If you are one of the lead cars, and/or driving faster than the others, you will have more drag, lower efficiency. However, you were driving slower and following, so you were receiving the advantage of drafting off the other cars. That helps the efficiency a lot. Someone commented on how low efficiency the P8 is at 125 km/h. That would make sense.

While it is quite easy to calculate what the car will do range wise and so forth, it is interesting to see how the systems of the car handles if they are pushed. Important information.

Impressive :)

Me gustó y fue muy informativo thanks

Now imagine the Polestar 2 LR single motor with 19‘ wheels...

For a bulky SUV that's not bad at all. Im taking this vehicle into consideration. What I did notice is you did hit traffic. Is there a regeneration brake feature on this vehicle?

I’m sorry Kris, were you talking about the Volvo? I got sidetracked seeing the Taycan at 12:10 😆 I guess they are commonplace for you in Oslo.

I thought you were going to tell us what happened as in, it stayed at 1% for longer than the said 2km so you got to the charger or you coasted into the destination?

How many miles ?

Wife wants an ev. So is the xc40 p8 recharge reliable? (or maybe xc60 T8 phev but likes the xc40 much more) My wife commutes 45miles a day and would like to get an ev that's not a telsa, plus she's from Goteborg, Sverige and loves the xc40 recharge and represent Swedish autos...lol.

Can these cars be fitted with special solar panels on the roof, as it would make sense, charging as it's driven?

@ChristianMansfield

2 жыл бұрын

No, and it would only make sense to use solar panels to charge the small 12V battery or maybe help cool the cabin. You might be able to get 400W of power from a rooftop panel (in ideal conditions), so it would take a minimum of 2.5 hours to add 1kWh of charge to the battery, and this car has a 77kWh battery. On the drive shown in this video, 100%-0% SoC, a solar panel would not be able to contribute more than 2% charge to the battery. Not much, unfortunately.

I think this EV is too thirsty for that speed. Otherwise, superb video man !! I was sweating at the end :=)

I own a P8. This video proves that even with bad aerodynamics you can get decent consumption _if_ you are willing to slow your speed. However, set 125 km/h to the cruise control and those percentages start to come down much more rapidly. One other thing: Volvo has some work to do in the thermal management. When the car and the cabin are cold, the consumption figures for the first 10 km are just plain ugly. I don't know how well the heat pump works, but it sure looks like that making heat to the cabin puts the consumption to +40 kWh/100 km easily.

@TheNittah

3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to preheat the car while being plugged in before starting the drive to avoid this?

@villho

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNittah Yes it is and it indeed helps in those first few kms to lower the consumption. My comment was more to say that it in P8 the heating seems to use absurdly high amount of electricity. I'm guessing that the resistive element is on full power, even though it necessarily shouldn't need to be. Also, pre-heating P8 at the moment is a bit cumbersome due to the complete lack of mobile access/Volvo OnCall app (latest "promise" is for July), as pre-heating requires either setting the timer beforehand or going to the car and putting the pre-heating on immediately. To be noted: car doesn't necessarily need to be plugged in for pre-heating.

@nicotut88

3 жыл бұрын

@@villho that is a good observation. I own a P8 as well. Setting the temperatur to 18 degrees in the cabin still makes it blow out really warm air the first 15 min of driving, even though the cabin feels warm and comfy. That indeed uses a lot of power

@villho

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicotut88 Do you use AUTO setting in HVAC? Just asking because I use manual 18-19, fan speed 1-2 and often AC off (as it hasn't gotten that warm in Finland yet), because this seems to help to mitigate the high HVAC consumption a bit.

Well I have a xc 40 recharge 22. I managed to do 345km with 1% left driving more 95/100 on highway and it was closer to zero Celcius on winter tyres. I'm from Quebec Canada. But on a day to day normal driving faster accellerations its more 280km average. I think its fine specially I dont have to drive like a 90 yrs old.

Hi Kris, Great video! I'm also driving an XC40 P8 and the driving is a feast every day 😃 I'm wondering if the range is improved with the 1.7 update. A new test propably? ;-)

Good result. Still prefer Polestar 2...

what was it wh/km?

@XLoaferY

3 жыл бұрын

19.6 for the entire run.

Love this car.. went from a TM3 and i Will not go back

waiting for C40...

I’m not sure who drives like that. I’m no speed 👑 but I usually accelerate and brake much more. Range is a big issue here

that equals out to be 239 US miles.. that is absolutely crap. I talked to the local Volvo dealer and he told me a story, trying to sell the cars range as very good, about how he went to a town about 100 miles away during the dead of winter.. He only had a small amount of charge left after getting there and had to recharge. So, this same EV went, or would have gone, roughly 150 US miles in the winter. That is just crap!

I hope you drive your car with two hands!! 😉🙃

Now let's see how the C40 performs!

@rvind92g

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe slightly better due to the more aerodynamic shape

@paulholterhaus7084

2 жыл бұрын

Same car.............Paul

Plenty of recycled material on the car, very eco....But the no-option Black interiors. from trash bags ?

Hallo Kris Nice Video, thanks, but in Germany nobody drives 90 Km/h on the german Autobahn If you are driving 120-130 Km/h the consumption accelerates to about 30 kW!

@XLoaferY

3 жыл бұрын

no it doesn't. Under ideal conditions it's around 21.5 @130km/h. if you get 30 you are either driving "wrong" or have bad conditions.

@alexanderbaltzewitsch2690

3 жыл бұрын

Time for a change - not only to electric ride but also to reduced speed!

@tunkunder

3 жыл бұрын

XLoaferY Yes it does Did you drive it jet? I did! I do know how to drive an EV, i owne one But ideal conditions are not realistic If i want to drive under ideal conditions i take my C70 But if you buy a car you want to drive it under all conditions And reduce speed on a Autobahn to 90Km/h ? In which Country do you live? 120 is really slow!

@Rattlepiece

3 жыл бұрын

@@tunkunder 120 is the max speed in just about every country except for Germany with the Autobahn.

@XLoaferY

3 жыл бұрын

@@tunkunder I own this car. Test drives are a lousy way of measuring since you're not used to the car or the power. My first weeks consumption was way higher (without sw updates). My figures are from an actual longer run at high speeds. I also didn't mention 120 so don't know where you got that number.

Thirsty.. I prefer 500 Km range...

Still thirsty

@XLoaferY

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree. sub 20 is not "thirsty". What are you comparing to?

@ShampooDelicious

3 жыл бұрын

@@XLoaferY My M3 LR 2021

@XLoaferY

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShampooDelicious ah, so a car in a completely different class. That's simply not relevant for the discussion. The Renault twizy consumes around 10, so by your definition the Tesla M3 LR is also thirsty.

@ShampooDelicious

3 жыл бұрын

@@XLoaferY Twizzy is not a family car. Polestar is in the same class as the M3 LR and is also thirsty. Even an model X is more efficiënt than the P8.

@martinterhorst6718

3 жыл бұрын

Quick questions: what tires are on the car (winter, summer)? What’s the tire pressure? Does the test car have the heat-pump option?