NEW Volvo EX90 review AND range test! How far will this electric SUV REALLY go?? | What Car?

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46 responses to “NEW Volvo EX90 review AND range test! How far will this electric SUV REALLY go?? | What Car?”

  1. @robertwalker1742 Avatar
    @robertwalker1742

    I run a XC60, superb underated car, no problems at all in five years build quality is second to none, and although I’m not a EV convert, this is the only one I would consider would be a Volvo. To slam the door the door is the best test.

  2. @stevenbarrett7648 Avatar
    @stevenbarrett7648

    So this Chinese Volvo sells for around £100,000 here in the UK with a range of about 370 miles. Meanwhile in China Zeekr and Nio offer 500 to 600+ miles of range. Nio battery swap 150 kWh batteries are now available across their range of cars offering around 660 miles of real world range but for a fraction of the price. No doubt the China on the road prices will be doubled for Europe and the UK but still far less than this ‘Volvo’. I can see this being bought as a Company Car to deal with Corporation Tax but it’s not going to be a mainstream car for Joe Public to buy or Lease.

    1. @Decranz-sb7pg Avatar
      @Decranz-sb7pg

      It was never meant to be a mainstream car. This is a super modern luxury SUV.

    2. @anemeth9281 Avatar
      @anemeth9281

      Agreed
      Also, pls check the Polestar 4’s price in China and here in the UK… 😂

    3. @stevenbarrett7648 Avatar
      @stevenbarrett7648

      @@anemeth9281 dropped like a rock!

    4. @thejfg7741 Avatar
      @thejfg7741

      You could be right but it’s lazy of motoring journos to keep talking about range. They should be talking about efficiency.

    5. @andrisromanovskis9363 Avatar
      @andrisromanovskis9363

      @@thejfg7741 Right you are!

  3. @homobohemicus Avatar
    @homobohemicus

    LOL… The Ikea bit is funny. I guess a Škoda Kodiaq test must be with kegs of tasty Pilsner beer 😅

  4. @vp272 Avatar
    @vp272

    Volvo no longer look “premium” inside (perceived quality, seat materials and dash touch points) or out (the face without a grill and awkward lights no doubt are the main factors). When manufacturers like Mercedes are dropping their EQ range due to customers not liking the swoopy styling volvo seem to be pushing ahead. Pains me to say it but the KIA EV9 looks just as posh in real life and substantially cheaper

    1. @anemeth9281 Avatar
      @anemeth9281

      I saw and sat in the EX90 prototype last Summer. It is not as big as you would think

    2. @benjaminsmith2287 Avatar
      @benjaminsmith2287

      Looks quite premium to me.

    3. @anemeth9281 Avatar
      @anemeth9281

      @@benjaminsmith2287
      I sat in the prototype last Summer. It is premium, but cannot compare to BMW, Merc or Audi

    4. @benjaminsmith2287 Avatar
      @benjaminsmith2287

      @@anemeth9281 I think it compares fine to those cars. Some BMWs are very nice. Audi isn’t as nice as they used to be. Mercedes are becoming borderline gaudy IMO. Volvo continues to be understated Scandinavian and I like that.

    5. @anemeth9281 Avatar
      @anemeth9281

      @@benjaminsmith2287
      I LOVE Volvo! But I guess you have not seen this car personally. It just does not feel as upmarket as other Volvos

  5. @cabottaxi Avatar
    @cabottaxi

    Far too big for your average UK roads.

    1. @dorsetdumpling5387 Avatar
      @dorsetdumpling5387

      Quite right! – and while we’re at it let’s get buses, ambulances, lorries, and fire engines off them as well – waaay too big.

  6. @Jii-gc7zy Avatar
    @Jii-gc7zy

    So real range is almost 20% lower than promised. Not good.

    1. @Kurre. Avatar
      @Kurre.

      No gas car will get its advertised MPG at 60-70 mph… And your gas car doesn’t have 500 bhp

    2. @lungulet Avatar
      @lungulet

      Drive at motorway speed on a winter day and you will be lucky to get 60% of what Volvo promises.

  7. @johndinsdale1707 Avatar
    @johndinsdale1707

    How can this possibly be the future? Why does this get BIK 0% and counts towards the ZEV mandate. Where as the Suzuki swift hybrid is fined £15k per sale? Think about the amount of stuff the world had to move / mine / refine / manufacture to make a 2.7 Tonne tank?

    1. @InternetExplorer-s9g Avatar
      @InternetExplorer-s9g

      Suzuki swift is for peasants , Volvo is for rich people

    2. @alisonauchterlonie8212 Avatar
      @alisonauchterlonie8212

      It’s bonkers. Far more environmental damage than an ice engine, especially keeping and maintains an older car.

    3. @leegoodman297 Avatar
      @leegoodman297

      Pretty straightforward, despite being a hefty beast it doesn’t produce emissions on the road so pedestrians aren’t breathing in any health damaging chemicals. As vehicles are being produced with an ever increasing percentage of renewable energy the emissions caused from manufacturing are always decreasing, unfortunately for the Suzuki swift hybrids green credentials it’s built in Japan which has one of the highest percentages of electricity generation from fossil fuels. So to sum up the Suzuki swift hybrid is both polluting on the road and its manufacturing produces a lot of emissions due to Japan’s high use of coal and gas.

    4. @TheVintageApplianceEmporium Avatar
      @TheVintageApplianceEmporium

      @@leegoodman297 And American manufacturing runs on love and pixie dust right?

    5. @ed234e Avatar
      @ed234e

      Hybrids are for fairy’s. I would rather cycle behind the Volvo that isn’t churning out all the carcinogens that a crappy hybrid is.

  8. @Decranz-sb7pg Avatar
    @Decranz-sb7pg

    It’s a dream car! Very beautiful and future safe! It will give you many years of excellent and safe driving!🤩

    1. @anemeth9281 Avatar
      @anemeth9281

      Well, time will tell

    2. @InternetExplorer-s9g Avatar
      @InternetExplorer-s9g

      environmental nightmare

    3. @rjw4762 Avatar
      @rjw4762

      Are you a Chinese bot , speaking like that ?

  9. @Forester15 Avatar
    @Forester15

    You do not have to buy an electric Volvo to experience repeated problems with electronics, current XC40 of my experience has never been fully sorted by Volvo including early problems with the steering. The electric efficiency of this latest model is disappointing, even in California which is generally regarded as car heaven for climate.

  10. @openmindedbloke Avatar
    @openmindedbloke

    ‘Hey Google, set temperature to 21.5’. Very easy.

  11. @jea1034 Avatar
    @jea1034

    I really hate those HUGE IPADS. Give us some physical buttons!

    1. @leslielewis5376 Avatar
      @leslielewis5376

      You ain’t never lied!

  12. @androo4519 Avatar
    @androo4519

    When there are no buttons it’s good you mention the voice activation but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a test of whether a car’s voice system is good enough to make up for a lack of physical controls.

  13. @JG-ib7xk Avatar
    @JG-ib7xk

    Imagine if half the investment that’s been put in to electric vehicles had been put in to developing alternative fuels. They already exist but are ludicrously expensive. We could all keep our ICE engined cars and not pollute. Instead of pushing the pollution further down the road and relying on children mining cobalt.

    1. @SusieSmart Avatar
      @SusieSmart

      eFuels at the moment require around 20kWh of energy to produce a single litre of fuel.

      The fuel tank of the current petrol powered B6 XC90 is 71L so you’re going to need to use around 1,420 kWh of energy just to produce the fuel needed to fill the tank never mind transport it etc.
      That 71L of fuel will give the XC90 a range of around 519 miles according to the WLTP efficiency figures or just 0.37 mi/kWh. The official range of the EX90 is 364 miles from a usable battery capacity of 107 kWh which gives it an efficiency of 3.4 mi/kWh.

      Increases in efficiency can obviously come with time and research, but not an 800% improvements!

  14. @urbanstrencan Avatar
    @urbanstrencan

    Just simply Volvo, but the battery tech and efficiency isn’t really it’s strong point.
    We need wagons from Volvo V90 or V6 Cross Country ❤❤❤.
    Great video 👍😉

  15. @jkkchow74 Avatar
    @jkkchow74

    This was one of the best long reviews ever presented I reckon. Even better than Mr Watson’s 😅

  16. @limpet7r63 Avatar
    @limpet7r63

    People will buy this 2.7 tonne hulk of metal, lithium and other materials and think they are saving the planet. What a time to be alive!

    1. @Kurre. Avatar
      @Kurre.

      Well gas cars like the Mercedes GLS and Audi Q7 are only about 200kg lighter and consume huge amounts of gas and emit a lot in urban environments. The local emissions cause cancer and other respiratory diseases which electric cars don’t contribute to. Fracking which is used to drill oil destroys entire ecosystems and water supplies for millions of people every year. The metals in EVs aren’t always clean but they can only be dug up once and the they will be recycled infinitely which gas can’t be…

    2. @OrionAerospaceKSP Avatar
      @OrionAerospaceKSP

      Not yet. Once we can recycle the batteries and material the car’s made of, and power the car with renewable electricity, then it makes more sense. Despite all this, it’s still significantly better for the environment than a gas equivalent. Take a look at what Polestar is doing to make their entire vehicle body recyclable.

  17. @aye3678 Avatar
    @aye3678

    I’d rather the EV9 to be honest 🙂

    1. @podge5555 Avatar
      @podge5555

      You’re on your own there

  18. @sevensixtysteve8662 Avatar
    @sevensixtysteve8662

    Fantastic review, I guess the location helps but even so, an impressive episode. Taxi light aside, I think it’s a good looking machine although the interior is perhaps playing the ‘understated’ theme a bit too strongly at this price point. It’s also looking a little out of step, with many manufacturers abandoning the no button approach after strong negative feedback. I think there could be a wider problem for Volvo though, the car is late and feels like it’s been around a while now. Some of interest has inevitably waned as other interesting alternatives from the likes of Kia and Hyundai have come along. Those manufacturers also seem to be capable of making their software work. Ultimately, Volvo’s about turn on scrapping saloon and estate production and a facelift for the XC90 tells you all you need to know about EVs – the path to electrification is expensive and not enough people are prepared to pay the cost to convert.

  19. @kellypaws Avatar
    @kellypaws

    I’ve had nine Volvos. Not wowed.

    Palitoy dash leads the parade of disappointments. For that money, this needs to be a better car.

  20. @anthonyliddle9305 Avatar
    @anthonyliddle9305

    “It does look and feel like an expensive car”

    Well yes that’s because it is 🤔

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