Video Summary
- It's an all electric vehicle, built on SPA 2 architecture, developed and engineered by Volvo.- Three trim levels available: base, rear-wheel drive; mid-trim, all-wheel drive; upper trim, all-wheel drive.
- The middle and upper trim get torque vectoring rear motors, splitting torque left and right through clutches. The middle trim has long-range vehicle, and the power level is more for the upper trim.
- Range is around 300 miles at 100% charge, but utilization shows about 2.4 miles per kilowatt hour and not efficient.
- This car competes with vehicles like the BMW iX.
- The outside and inside have a lot of engineering put into this. It has a lot of forged aluminum, tons of extrusions, and forged wheels with even the center caps forged.
- The fit and finish are great on the outside and inside
- Material choice; wood veneers, dash, everything feels solid and built like a brick.
- Drag is way down, has front wing, and real thought went to engineering how to smooth out airflow around the car from front and rear, with the underbody being perfectly flat.
- This review found it is 'tech-forward' but not driver-friendly. It has Android Automotive, and it's fast in this iteration.
- Infotainment is Android Automotive, Android 12. Is better than previous versions, but core functionality broken by trying to cram everything on screen. Basic functionality buried too deeply in menus.
- There are enormous storage nooks in the doors. Also, one of the biggest pros of this car is it has a great audio system and it's very quiet.
- Needs updates due to hardware retrofits.
- Overall, it feels the same as the average luxury EV, lacking the unique identity and refinement of competitors.
- The reviewer mentions that that their rear-wheel biased implementation is nice for throttle modulation.
