Experience charging Volvo XC40 with an electric SUV belonging to young people.

When it comes to Volvo cars, our first thought must be safety. Indeed, in the development history of the past 90 years, safety has become the core value of the brand, which is one of the remarkable characteristics that distinguish Volvo cars from other brands.

However, the safety label is also a double-edged sword for Volvo, and people will only think of safety when they mention this brand. However, compared with comfort, power, luxury and design, safety is invisible and intangible, so consumers often ignore other advantages of vehicles when choosing cars, so that products and users pass by.

Volvo seems to be aware of this. Now, in addition to continuing to emphasize safety, product design ideas are gradually changing to young fashion. The spokesperson of the new XC40 is Hua Chenyu, a post-90s musician. This time it is obviously aimed at young people. So is XC40 suitable for young consumers? Today we brought the pure electric version of Volvo XC40. Recharge to see if he is suitable for you who are still young and are about to buy a car.

High value, suitable for yearning for fashion?

Volvo XC40? Charging is the pure electric version of XC40, and charging is charging. In terms of design, we can see that there are still some design differences between the pure electric version and the fuel version. The most obvious is the semi-closed grille with the same color on the front face.

The semi-enclosed grille adopts a three-dimensional design style, and an air inlet is also designed at the bottom. This design is the finishing touch, which makes the whole grille have the effect of suspension, and the same color design of the car body increases the visual integrity of the front.

The iconic Raytheon hammer headlights are highly recognizable. The internal light source adopts full LED design, but it is not equipped with a lens. The lighting effect is not bad, but the focusing performance is slightly poor.

Many straight lines are used in the front of the car. Seen from the oblique side, the whole vehicle is designed vertically as far as possible. Although the size of the whole vehicle is very small, this design makes the whole vehicle look very tough and imposing, even more advanced than the XC60 of the same door.

Many straight lines are also used in the side modeling, the most obvious is the window line, which almost forms two parallel lines with the black decorative panel on the side, making the side of the car look very stable. C-pillar adopts suspended roof design, and the window line rises rapidly from the middle of the back door, which not only ensures the view of the back row, but also adds more design details to this founder SUV model.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the body are 4425 *1863 *1651mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2702 mm ... Many people will mistake it for a small SUV. In fact, the positioning is a compact SUV, but it is relatively small in the photo. When you see the real car, you will find that it is really not small.

In terms of side details, the new car has an AC charging interface above the front fender and a DC charging interface on the rear fender.

The wheel hub adopts double five-spoke and two-color wheels, and the size reaches 20 inches, which makes the visual effect of the car side more full. Is the tire made of Pirelli P? ZERO series, tires adopt ELECT technology designed by Pirelli for electric vehicles. Low rolling resistance can increase vehicle life, and tire noise and grip performance are also excellent. Porsche Taycan uses this series of tires, XC40? 235/45 equipped with recharge? There is no specific market price for the size of R20 at present, but it is definitely more than 1,000 yuan.

The overall design language of the rear is still tough. The black plastic bumper gives the vehicle a strong cross-border wind, but if it is changed to the same color as the body, it is more in line with the positioning of the sports SUV. At the same time, I believe that the exquisiteness and luxury of the whole vehicle will be improved.

The tail detail design also adopts the classic elements of Volvo products, such as the L-shaped rear taillight and the letter logo extending to the C-pillar, which is a good continuation.

The taillight light source adopts full LED design, which is highly recognizable after lighting. No matter day or night, I believe you can recognize this car when you see the taillight shape. In fact, regarding the appearance of the whole vehicle, the design tends to be younger. To give people a feeling, I think I should quote the comments of other owners when I drove this car to the charging station, that is, "this car looks really straight."

The interior is simple and stylish? Details reveal personality

Interior part, XC40? RECHARGE adopts a simple design method, and its overall layout and design style are the same as those of other Volvo products. There are several aspects to be praised about this interior. First, the materials used for work are very solid. Second, you can hardly smell the new car when you enter the car.

The lack of odor in the interior is mainly related to the use of many environmentally friendly materials in the car. For some consumers with children at home, it is very important to have no odor. Imagine the price difference between environmentally-friendly and tasteless furniture and ordinary furniture, and you can better understand the value of Volvo models.

We can also see from the picture that the interior of the new car also uses orange elements, including carpets and door panels. I touched it with my hand and found that the materials of the floor and the door panel are exactly the same, which has a sense of freshness. But this design always makes people feel that the door panel and carpet are made of the same material. I don't know whether to use carpet material or door panel material. I think if there are some color differences in two places of the same material, this problem will not appear.

The steering wheel is designed with three spokes, and the leather feels very delicate. Multi-function buttons are designed on the steering wheel, the left side controls the intelligent driving assistance function, and the right side can control the audio and full LCD instrument menu. What needs to be praised here is that Volvo XC40? Recharge All models come standard with L2 intelligent assisted driving function, and many other brands will only be equipped with top models. This shows that Volvo brand attaches importance to safety.

The size of the central control large screen is 9 inches, and the periphery is decorated with piano paint and chrome-plated materials. The whole area looks very upscale. In terms of internal system, it is equipped with Android system, and the operation process is smooth and smooth, which is equivalent to the current flagship Android phone.

The internal application has built-in software and applications from Internet companies such as Huawei, Ali, Gaode, Iflytek and Tencent. It also supports online music such as cool dog music. More interestingly, it has built-in Huawei's application mall, which supports the function of "fast application", that is, it can run in the car without downloading applications, which not only saves system space, but also can experience a variety of applications. Friends who use Huawei's mobile phone can * * * enjoy the quick application in the mobile phone after scanning the code and logging in. If you are a Huawei mobile phone user, it goes without saying.

Young people's sports SUV

In power system, XC40? RECHAGE's front and rear axles are equipped with permanent magnet synchronous motors provided by Valeo Siemens, which can realize all-wheel drive. The maximum power of the system is 300kW(408 HP), and the maximum torque is 660Nm. It only takes 4.9s seconds for the vehicle to accelerate from zero to 100 kilometers.

In terms of driving experience, let's first talk about driving mode, XC40? RECHAGE has only two driving modes: normal and single pedal. The driving experience of the vehicle with the accelerator pedal depressed in the two modes is exactly the same, and the key point is when to release the accelerator pedal.

In normal mode, when we slowly release the accelerator pedal, the vehicle has no kinetic energy recovery, and the whole driving process is almost the same as driving a fuel car. In the single pedal mode, when we release the accelerator pedal, we can obviously feel that the braking force is gradually increasing. When we completely release the accelerator pedal, the braking force of kinetic energy recovery will become the strongest. In this mode, if we control the distance well, we can control the acceleration and braking of the vehicle through a pedal, and there is no need for a brake pedal at all.

Many consumers will ask: Does the vehicle have no kinetic energy recovery intensity adjustment? Not really, but I believe that when you get used to the single pedal mode, you will find the whole car very easy to drive.

In terms of handling, XC40? RECHAGE's performance can be described as excellent. The front-to-rear ratio of the vehicle reaches 50:50, which greatly improves the dynamic handling performance of the vehicle. Suspension can suppress the vehicle roll well when driving violently. When the vehicle passes through the ramp quickly and runs in parallel at high speed, the vehicle appears very calm, and its limit cannot be tested under normal road.

Suspension vibration filtering, XC40? RECHAGE is a tough training style, which gives drivers a very tight feeling. No matter how bumpy it is, the suspension can be simply filtered. Although you can feel the process, this simple action can make the vehicle have an excellent sense of obedience when driving on bad roads.

Speed up the feeling, I think the score of 4.9s has explained everything. The proportion of the accelerator pedal is calibrated very well. At the same depth, we will have a completely different dynamic response when we step on the vehicle quickly and deeply. Lightly stepping on a vehicle will accelerate slowly, unlike a powerful vehicle. But when we quickly step on the same depth, the vehicle will suddenly burst into power, followed by a strong sense of pushing back.

During the experience, I also feel that the focus of this power system is the ability to interrupt acceleration. The feeling of static acceleration is not particularly fierce, but it is simply wonderful to suddenly step on the accelerator pedal during driving.

Measured maximum 106kW DC fast charge? The endurance performance is expected.

Endurance and charging performance are also one of the excellent conditions for a pure electric vehicle. In terms of endurance, we have carried out endurance tests of vehicles on flat roads and congested roads in cities. The test method is to drive 80 kilometers in each of the two working conditions, during which warm air is turned on and wind is blocked at 23℃.

Because of XC40? RECHAGE's remaining cruising range display is dynamically adjusted according to the specific working conditions and the energy consumption level of the previous mileage, so we can only calculate it according to the percentage of electricity.

In the case of urban traffic jam, the test starts with 70% electricity. After 80km, the average speed is 34km/h, the remaining power is 39%, and the power consumption is 3 1%. 100% power can travel 258 kilometers in urban congestion, which is above average for the same car with a battery life of 400 kilometers.

Under the condition of flat roads in the city, the test starts with 87% electricity. After 80km, the average speed is 46km/h, the remaining power is 63%, and the power consumption is 24%. 100% power can travel 333 kilometers in the city under stable working conditions.

In the charging part, we also tested the vehicle, using the mainstream fast charging pile with the highest power of 160kW. It takes 45 minutes to charge from 30% to 80%. We can see that the curve changes greatly during the charging process, hovering around 30kW most of the time, and climbing to 107kW at the highest. Considering the influence of temperature, I believe that the charging speed will be faster in spring, summer and autumn.

Summary: Volvo XC40? Recharge can be said to be a product with distinctive personality. Although the appearance looks ordinary and lacks some eye contact compared with Tesla and Weilai, when you sit in and drive, you will find that the advantages and fun of this model come from driving, with excellent workmanship and almost no odor in the interior. I don't think any product except Volvo can bring you such an experience. If you are still young, if you have high requirements for the workmanship of a car, then this XC40 from Volvo, a traditional car-making company? Recharge may be more suitable for you.

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