u/Superraket

The Volvo website has quietly been updated. Previously the car was listed as having "Communication in car" where the speech from the front seats are amplified for the rear seat passengers. This has been removed for all the local Volvo sites I've checked.

When trying to ask Volvo about it in their official website, they don't approve the post.

Also had a question about the filtering of charging stations, where the current software cannot filter between Volvo's own partners part of the paid subscription. You can select the Volvo Charging Network, but it will use all chargers in the network, not only the ones where you have paid to get a 30% discount.
So its not that user friendly, and it becomes hard to use your paid subscription. But again Volvo does not accept the post.

https://preview.redd.it/a1wfw4t1sm3h1.png?width=2168&format=png&auto=webp&s=2aabb1ce912b446b643da7268f83c367e99fd5fc

Data extracted from a Barcelona test drive.
Note that this is on a 350kW charger, but the car can take 370kW.
Charging starts at 10%.
Left and bottom axis belongs to the blue curve.
Right and top axis belongs to the orange curve.
Consumption at motorway driving at 120km/h with traffic is ~220Wh/km. Average speed is roughly 110km/h.

Main takeaways:
Charging kurve is very flat from 10% to 50%.
10-50% takes ~7min. (40% charged or 37kWh equal to ~170km of motorway driving)
10-80% takes ~17min (70% charged or 64kWh equal to ~300km of motorway driving)
The 10-80% time is 1 min more than claimed on a 400kW charger.

In 7 minutes you get roughly 170km (or 1.5 hour) of motorway driving.
In 17 minutes you get roughly 300km (or 2.5 hours) of motorway driving.

If you add 5minutes of additional time to leave the motorway, plug in the cable etc. Then the average charge per minute is 3.3% if you charge to 50% and 3.2% if you charge to 80%.
I.e. the dip after 50% is not critical. You will spend roughly the same time charging the extra 30% as you will by stopping twice with shorter charging stops.

Whatever you choose you will arrive in roughly the same time. So for most people charging to 80% will be best, as multiple charging stops also increase the risk of queuing and faulty chargers.

Will be interesting to see a charging curve from a 300kW charger, but also from a higher SoC.
Will the flat part be extended if the initial power is capped at 300kW, or will it still dip at 50%? If the curve is identical the charging time increases with roughly 2minutes.
Similar if you start charging at 20%, will it be able to maintain 350kW past 50%?

In any case this looks promising.

Har folk god erfaring med at leasing gennem Santander, eller en via en forhandler der benytter Santander?

Når man læser deres Trustpilot, så ser det ikke for godt ud. Her er de både slemme til at opkræve ekstragebyrer, har rod i slutafregninger og er svære at komme i kontakt med.