XC40 Winter Range Test 🥶 Magical View

Winter range test with my Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin 2024. This is the AWD version. Started with 100% in Gjøvik.
Temperature in the test was from
-3 and down to -14 d
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
04:12 Winter wonderland part 1
07:53 Update at 50% SOC
10:00 Winter wonderland part 2
12:30 Arrival at Dombås
📌Recorded 28th of December
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Holiday Music
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[@vitalyromas6752]

Great scenes, background music nice and not excessive, informative review. Thank you Kristian.

[@volvo_kristian]

Glad you liked it 😎

[@martinkjr3278]

I love Norway in the winter. I haven't been there skiing since 1991. The landscape is so beautiful. The car looks to be doing very well on the snowy roads.

[@hengn2072]

Love watching your KZbin. Enjoy driving and Happy New Year!

[@volvo_kristian]

Thanks so much 🙌 Same to you

[@jonjones6583]

Love the song, awesome! Thank you.

[@ufookoro1]

Beautiful scenery and range test Awesome

[@volvo_kristian]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@jimm5207]

Great video, lovely scenery and music Thanks PS I’m loving my new xc40 MHEV don’t know why I waited so long before buying one 😊

[@volvo_kristian]

Thanks, glad you liked the video 👌 The XC40 a great car. Personally I would prefer one of the older ones. Before the Android infotainment 😂 But beside that it's a great car.

[@mdshovel]

Beautiful video Christian - well edited with the music and the magnificence of nature. Reasonable range for the conditions .. in my view an excellent car. Happy New Year mate.

[@volvo_kristian]

Thanks so much. Took a while to edit it all together. So glad you enjoyed it. . Yeah decent range, but wouldn't mind even more. Or better SOC estimations.

[@mdshovel]

@@volvo_kristian The main thing for me is the driving experience .. no such thing as a perfect car

[@ts7902]

Utterly enjoyed this video, great scenery and music, makes me want to visit 😊. Well done Kristian. PS range compared to wltp appalling, but -7 on electric is no joke.

[@volvo_kristian]

Wow.. Super cool to hear. Appreciate your feedback. It's such a magical stretch of road, so wanted to show as much as possible 😎

[@ElectricCarAustralia]

Very cold compared to the recent 38 degree heatwaves Down under. Great video.

[@MR-vj8dn]

Thank you for the video. I’m looking forward to experience an EV in the winter. In the summer it is wonderful to drive.

[@joseolavo1]

Thanks Kristien. for the images and infos.... we are at Brazil totally different from here..

[@volvo_kristian]

My pleasure 😊 Yeah, king winter strikes hard in these areas

[@R1S0.]

when the journey is the goal...

[@volvo_kristian]

Yeah 😎

[@vincentmeier]

Yes!

[@patrickyum5790]

dose the newer xc40 still have a big power reduced when charge is below 10%?

[@pdgg7025]

VK nice video - Thanks. I was mentally comparing the total distance you travelled at your average speed of 60 km/hr and with my V40 D4 at 100km/hr I would still have 75% of fuel in the tank. I suppose the PHEV vs. ICE vehicles debate is going to be an on going one. I very much understand the rationale to go green, however the inconvenience and limited infrastructure, particularly in developing countries may not quite be palatable yet.

[@volvo_kristian]

Thanks. Yeah for me winter time are the worse time to own and drive electric cars. Such a huge drop in range.

[@andrei450]

Nice review, congrats! Damn, it seems to me freezing temperatures really kill the range, not only battery efficiency, but also winter tires, the extra power to endure the snow, the sliding, etc. In the state of the art EV are more indicated to tropical climates. Cheers!

[@volvo_kristian]

Yeah definitely. Cold weather and the connecting high climate usage really kills the range.

[@bernardrr]

Cold weather and snow also kill range in fossil cars. I use at least 33% more gas in winter in Canada. It's especially bad on shorter daily trips of course, because you need a lot of gas to warm 250kg of engine and transmission from -15°C to +100°C operating temperatures, but it's a factor even on long trips. At least with an EV you can charge at home instead of standing in the wind holding a freezing smelly pump handle.

[@volvo_kristian]

​@bernardrr The reduction aren't that major on fossil cars. In my opinion it's hardly noticeable on longer trips. Totally agree on the shorter local trips.. However. The refuelling goes much faster and more smoothly. Despite if the handle could be cold. It's better than sitting 38 minutes charging 😂 Pros and cons with both

[@shikoku14]

The problem (or amazing thing to consider) with an EV is that you are doing this trip with the equivalent of a 9 litre fuel tank (I’m using the calculation that 8.9kWh = 1 litre of fuel) although cars look the same comparing an EV to a fossil with its massive fuel tank and inefficient use of that fuel (even before the percentage loss of winter is factored in) will never be comparable

[@bernardrr]

@@shikoku14 The maths are even more interesting in the other direction. Fossil cars are 25% efficient at most (unless you drive at a constant low RPM, on a mild Summer day, on flat roads). A 60 litre tank only gives you 15 litres of energy. The rest is wasted.

[@fredrikzetterstrom2165]

Would be nice to know the settings of temperature inside the car,what temperature did you have during this trip ?

[@volvo_kristian]

Yeah, totally. Was only visible all the start. Had it on 22/23 degrees most of the time, but with a couple of full heat and blast towards my feet after stepping out in the snow.

[@peterhogstrom1636]

Hej Kristian. Tack för informativ video. Måste fråga. Var har du köp solen du tog bort snön med?

[@volvo_kristian]

Hei. Glad du likte videoen 👌 Usikker hvor jeg kjøpte den. Muligens Bilextra, men har hatt den i mange mange år. Sikkert 5 år.

[@peterhogstrom1636]

Tack för ditt svar. Ledsen att autokorrekt skrev solen då jag menade sopen. Såg inte det då jag skickade frågan. Sorry.

[@volvo_kristian]

​@@peterhogstrom1636Ingen problem 👌

[@GaboTX]

Really 28.3kWh? I have a Citroen e-C4X and it consumes 11-13kWh in summer and 15-16kWh in winter...

[@murattosundan]

Nice license plate!

[@volvo_kristian]

Yeah 🤣

[@volvomies1971]

Hello and thanks for the video. I am quite disappointed for the result if the car has the newer 82kWh/79kWh (netto) battery? Road driving electric consumption almost 30kWh/100km? What??? And the temperatures were not even close to what we have in northern Finland. There XC40 would perform even worse. I have XC60 T8 plugin 2020 and we have 4,5L/100km consumption. The electric Volvos are not ready yet in my opinion.

[@volvo_kristian]

Glad you liked the video 👌 Yeah this are a MY24 so got the updated powertrain with bigger battery. Regarding temperature the lowest was -14 degrees Celsius. I'm not sure if it gets worse if even lower temperature. But yeah. Understand your keeping your Plug-In a while longer 👌

[@volvomies1971]

Thanks for answering @@volvo_kristian! I also understand your point and it is easier to drive electric cars in Norway because you have so dense charging infrastructure etc. And to my mind Norway has probably the best winter testing conditions, because you have so many uphill/downhill sections and actually norwegian automobile union NAF tests electric cars there often and then the results are released also here by the finnish automobile union "Autoliitto". What I know about the results Volvo C40 and XC40 didn´t do that bad as your test could point out. But I am still little confused that how the actual electric consumption can be as high as +28kWh/100kms? Is there any tweaks or something that could be done to decrease the consumption? Volvo XC40 car manual/brochure says it should be around 16-17kWh so 28+ is way more than promised... We have really liked our plugin and even in wintertime the road driving consumption is not more than 7 litres/100km even batteries empty. But Volvo also has like Toyota a quite good hybrid system when driving. Happy new year 2024 from Finland and safe drives also to Norway!

[@volvo_kristian]

@@volvomies1971Volvo's claimed consumption are under ideal conditions. Summer time. We've working under completely different circumstances here. Colder temperature, snow/ice covered roads that requires both motors engaged, elevation/mountain passing, winter tires, higher speed (maximum 95km/h in my test) and lastly high usage of climate. All of this takes the consumption to high 20's. I was actually expecting to see it flip over to 30, but didn't. Happy new years 👌

[@Nizze011]

@@volvomies1971 I think the hills probably affect a lot. We have a XC40 MY24 AWD, did 320km x2 during Christmas in Finland and we got pretty good numbers I would say. One way around -8C, cruise control 85km/h, 22.8 kWh/100. Other direction, -23C with 27.1kWh/100 average consumption. And these numbers were not even with "range optimizer" turned on. AFAIK it turns off some of the internal cabin comfort functions, which gives even better consumption. Another reference point I have is around 0C, 250km trip, 20.0kWh/100. Car always pre-heated.

[@markpapadakis]

Incredible video, music+scenere. Curious, how do you get the headlights to blink ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpbGZ5d4eLdjmsk ) ?

[@jackrussellt2211]

So under 300km in cold conditions with one charge? Thats not really much.

[@husby25823]

Good video! But next time please without this theatrical music 🤣

[@volvo_kristian]

Would be pretty boring without music. Easier if you turn the volume down if you don't enjoy the music 🎶

[@isaachunt5799]

ev's are a joke in winter. i know i have one. my kia ceed can do 800 kms to a full tank costing 900 kr. fast charging costs more than running an ice car. 200 kwh batteries needed in a car like this. only buy an ev to get to and from work if you can charge at home. otherwise an utter waste of time and money. plus 8 years from now this car will end up being scrapped because the battery will kaput. so any money you think you have saved will be long gone on a new battery lol. evs are a scam. ice cars are going nowhere. i own an ev btw.

[@volvo_kristian]

Yeah, winter driving are quite challenging with an EV.. Let's see what the future brings

[@isaachunt5799]

@@volvo_kristian people spending 500 to 600 thousand krona on a stupid 2.5 ton ev to save money on fuel lol. then find out they are saving nothing if fast charging. even charging at home do you really save that much? you can buy a brand new toyota aygo for 160 000 kr. we just bought one. does 4.5l per 100kms. if serviced right it will last for 20 to 30 years trouble free. no electric car made today will still be running in 10 years from now. most if not all will be scrapped because the battery is worn out. ev's have a place ofc. we use ours to get into town and back and it only cost us 200 k krona. but if you work out the cost and the savings u think you are making it works out in reality you save nothing. batteries cost a fortune to replace. forget an ev. paying 700k for one is madness.

[@davidcottrell570]

How about factoring in the pollution you create with an ICE? While not having much of a winter so far in Canada is OK to some, the summer forest fires and shortage of water in the reservoirs is getting bad, even on the west coast. Sorry, but if it means putting up with the perceived shortcomings of EVs, think of it as a necessary price to pay. We could always go back to riding horses, with a range of 30km and average speed of 15-20kph if you prefer.

[@isaachunt5799]

@@davidcottrell570 everything you buy. everything you consume is transported and made using oil. you gonna give up modern living then? diesel is here to stay and cheaper than running an ev

[@davidcottrell570]

@@isaachunt5799 check out how Norway’s pollution is dropping thanks to 50% of all passenger vehicles on the road being EV now. It will take some time to move away from oil, but yes, let’s go after the low hanging fruit like personal vehicles first. Unless you think 40C temperatures and no rain are worth the price.

[@youxkio]

Christian music playing. Most Muslims went out of the chat.

[@volvo_kristian]

It's Christmas music.. but just skip to the next chapter. Or turn the volume down. Then it won't bother you, and you can still enjoy the magical scenery 👌

[@GaboTX]

Muslims hate Christians? And I thought they were tolerant.