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Best car purchase ever!
shk, 02/07/2024
2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge
Three years, 30,000 miles, and still loving this car. I had one of the first deliveries in spring 2021, ordered in late 2020. Meanwhile, I test-drove the few brands of EV available locally back then: Tesla's Model Y, BMW i3, Audi Etron, Ford Mustang - far and away, the dealer's xc40 demo was the most pleasant to drive due most noticeably to visibility and handling. But there are also … just subtle aspects like lane-centering behaviors. Having a 2nd navigation screen in front of the steering wheel is far more convenient when compared to many other brands having the map on the center screen - there's also no conflict between the driver needing the navigation and the passenger wanting to control climate or adjust the media settings. Our car had some software quirks early on but those have been ironed out with software updates since. We have had a number of volvos: 2017 all-gas xc60, 2000 xc, 1996 850, and 1979 242, but this is the most satisfying of the lot - smooth, quiet, and reliable. Every morning, it's all charged up and ready to go. Have driven it on several multiday road trips and in ice and snow. Certainly, I would prefer a greater range on the road trips. If you do a lot of those, then this probably is not the car for you: one thing to remember is that the rated range on an EV is for 100% charge and discharge. On road trips, you'd rarely charge more than about 80% on the road because charging slows down as the battery gets full; and it's not recommended to discharge to below 10%. So, you have to take that range and multiply by 70% -- an ~220 mi range (it depends) becomes 154 miles per charge while on the road in practice. So at 75 mph, you'd charge at least every 2 hours & more frequently if charge stations aren't perfectly spaced along your route. Other than that, I highly recommend this car!
PS: over four years; still trouble free.
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