Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Motor - 130 km/h range test on the Autobahn

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Video Summary

- This is a review of the Volvo C40 twin motor with 408 horsepower.
- The car's top speed is 180 km/hr.
- It has a 78-kilowatt-hour battery with 75-kilowatt-hours usable.
- AC charging is 11-kilowatt and DC is up to 150-kilowatt.
- The car looks good and is preferred over the XC40. It has amazing power and all-wheel drive.
- Tires are all season: 235/50R19 in the front and 255/50R19 in the rear.
- The car has a frunk that is of good size.
- The C40 is a good-looking car.
- The reviewer likes it a lot.
- The car's heat was set to 21 degrees Celsius, but it felt like the car was not heating much, and the outside temperature was 15 degrees Celsius.
- There is a range mode that affects the climate behavior.
- When driving on the highway, the reviewer notes that the steering assist steers too much to the right.
- The car has a steering assist, but it steers way too much to the right. The reviewer would prefer way more left, but it wants to go way more to the right.
- At 72%, or after using 25% of the battery, the car had driven 80 kilometers, with an average speed of 120 km/hr.
- At 47%, or after using roughly half the battery, the calculated range was 294 kilometers, though the driver had to turn the heat up to 23 degrees Celsius to be comfortable.
- The ride is pretty comfortable, and the noise level is also good.
- Driving at an average speed of 124 kilometers per hour yielded 239.1 kilometers. This required 27.1 kWh/100km with the heat at 22 degrees.
- The rear window makes it hard to see far away.
- Google Maps states that the drive covered 244 kilometers.
- After driving 130 kilometers per hour, the range was calculated as 297 kilometers with an average consumption of 271 Wh/km.
- The car arrived with 15% battery and a calculated range of 80.6 kilometers.

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