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Everyday Driver Car Debate

TestDrive: Volvo C40 Recharge Twin

Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Hobbies, Automotive, Leisure

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The Volvo C40 test drive. Write to us with your Car Debates, Car Conclusions, and Topic Tuesdays at [email protected] or everydaydriver.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are in the 2022 Volvo C40, the first full electric, all electric model.

0:06.4

They have other hybrids, but this is the one fully developed as an all electric vehicle

0:11.1

based on the compact modular architecture platform, which shares most of the Geely cars,

0:16.3

all of the Lincoln co-cars, the Polestar 2 and the XC40.

0:20.0

I want to start with a couple of things.

0:22.2

First off, we've driven a lot of the electrics in late, and we have electrics we like.

0:26.8

True.

0:27.8

We've driven a lot of Volvo's.

0:28.8

A lot of Volvo's we have praised.

0:30.9

This is an all-electric Volvo, and it made me start thinking about what am I looking for

0:35.1

in an electric car?

0:36.1

OK.

0:37.1

We're reviewing these.

0:38.1

What do I want it to do?

0:39.1

And I want every electric car we drive to be as good or better than the equivalent model

0:44.8

from the same manufacturer in gas form.

0:47.4

And if it isn't equivalent or better than the gas version of the same approximate model,

0:53.3

I don't see the point.

0:54.9

And they do have an XC40 that is an all-electric as well, which has obviously the more normal

0:59.6

hatched shape.

1:00.6

Of course, this has got the coupe shape, which, yes, is worse for visibility, just worse across

1:06.5

the board.

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