This is the new addition of the volvo, etc. 40. What . Familiar . Maybe at 1st glance, but not upon closer inspection. The horrible except for the re charge has hit the streets in 2019 and after a small facelift in 2022, its an all gets a bigger revision. Lets take a closer look at all the details. And lets try to answer a question thats been tormenting our car test for decades. Volleyball is known for safety and full, swedish european engineering. And since the acquisition by and julie some years ago, every one things, oh, how long will they stay . Swedish and not become chinese. Cxc 40 is based on volvos compact, modular architecture, platform cma. The platform can vary in width and length, but the distance between the front wheels and the pedals always remains the same. It can be equipped with Combustion Engines as well as hybrid and fully electric power trains. The cars that use this platform include the volvo, c 40 some lincoln, koa, 01. But g, leasing your way. And the julie preface a now with a switch to electric cars. The question of cause is, is this really a suite is called or if this its a nice car with a swedish design. But lets come back to that question later. For now, lets check out what the x the 40 has to offer when it comes to driving the driving behavior. It doesnt offer any surprise, a little bit off on the steering in fast driven curves, but very, very small with right, good to control. Busy the exploration also, if i go up in the mountains, is very good. Although the car way small, then 2 tons thats not surprising when you consider that the twin motor version were testing has 110 killer watts of power at the front axels and 190 at the rear. Of the major advantages of the 2024 model is the. Busy bet, sorry, the battery is now able to be charged at 200. 00 kilowatts, and the battery offers more range and combination with the new eddings. And so the x, the 40 can go up to 575 kilometers without recharging. But thats only possible in the extended re james version with a 185. 00 kilowatt rear axle drive and a light foot board was not integrated. This mont recuperation system in this kind of vehicle is in front of you because were recuperate up to 2. 5 meters per 2nd. And its best no one in front of you with the car, just rolls down the hill. And if the car in front of you brakes, this one recuperate stronger, as i just said up to a 2 and a half meters per 2nd. If he breaks honda, you have to break yourself. Thats something you have to get used to the if you rely too much on the automatic breaking, you might find the gap between you and the vehicle in front of you closing too fast for comfort. Next to me, this looks the class. He is the head of development of all electric Propulsion Systems for this car. Lots this cars, the 1st guy and 24 by fuse that is available with a rear wheel drive 25 years ago. Volleyball said, oh, we dont build rear wheel drives anymore because front wheel drive is safe. If this wrong ill just do the physics is of course the same, but a lot of changes have happened time. Namely its kind of chronic stuff developed tremendously. So all the controls and the video Stability Systems on much, much better than 25 years ago. And the other fact is that as an a battery electric vehicle is much easier to control when it comes to driving dynamics and driving step in it to you on the outside details like the grill differentiate, cxc 40 recharge from its Combustion Engine powered siblings. Of course the, the fee for the with its coup like shape is somewhat more elegant, about the ex c 4. 00 and its somewhat more practical, especially when it comes to the receipts your passengers has much more had room in this car. Some trim levels come with a contrasting glossy black route. What i like is that the seats are not completely made of fabric on the back rest, but with a little bit of plastic here in between. So if you have children with you and they are sitting in their children seeds and they are playing with the feed and im hitting the seed and from low them, you can clean it up much easier. The interior of this and all future electric volvos is leather free. So panoramic roof of course is an extra charge, but i like the roomy feeling that it gets to the passengers. Like many cars, cxc, 40 offers the front storage space. 31 leaders spit in here. The large luggage compartment in the rear holds 419 to 1295 leaders. And there are more storage compartments under the floor, the equipment. Well lets come back to our 1st and question. Lets how much china is in this car. How big is the influence of the chinese model . Yeah, yeah and, and i would say that its a nearly 0 that car like the other mobile is that we have on the roads today is 100 percent developed in speed and nothing broke. That platform is still locked in in death and broke. It is of course, used in other cars, also on the, in the, within the daily group. But its european design, european engineering. What is behind that, the car, the manufacturer to have the car in all plugged in again. For other markets, its also manufacturers and china. In those 2 regions, are the main components of the costs are localized. So it has to be produced local, 4 local according to volvo, the quality of the cars is identical, whether they come from europe or china, where a particular vehicle comes from will depend on import regulations and availability. The car were driving today comes from belgium. And our tester had a clear opinion about it. Its really a great guy. It drives good. Lets see, its comfortable as well. The overall performance is great. The look and feel on the inside is good. You have to get used to the input Payment System and to the Climate Controls in the infotainment system. But if you have found that theres nothing really to complain about. And unfortunately, i would love to complain about something, but i cant find anything. Sounds like both of those legendary suite is quality. I have learned that although theyre out, so im used cars that use the same platform as this one is not a chinese car. It is of the swedish car, the material, the quality of the overall look and feel the design, everything is just as you expected in avoidable. Unfortunately, also the price is of all volleyball costs, but never famous for being cheap. To be precise, the model we tested goes for 69200. 00 euros in germany. But for that you get a car with lots of safety and comfort features, a powerful power train, and an appealing interior. 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Bus people like momma video as keyless, remind us that a new road is on its way. The the van line motivated, the van is a home and the way of life it appears to be slightly unusual and it does have any challenges, but i like its literally nice chance to shape our lives, but its not as simple. Thats what it is. You think of the as the okay then show me she a name to be in this 1st van life couple intent to go to london by then they began the journey with the aim of travelling around the wood in the market, the uneven and have already seen nearly all of india states and the phone of hometown is to assure it. And caroline, but it isnt just india that we can sit at home country because we travel is weve gone all the way up to the portage and theyve called to the china bowed into baton, onto the boat of me in mind. These are one of the kind experiences to have an experience for the nice little man ever since i was very young, i always wanted to travel, but my payments are bit straight and the family is always the dogs. So that desire that i have is a young girl to go and travel the world wasnt something i could follow on. I never believed that as a go. I could travel number in things changed up to up to 10 or not. But he was the one who said, hey, you can do it or not. And thats why weve been traveling a lot across india as a van live couple live in delaware, thats out in front of the canada on tom engineer. Im an automobile engineer. As soon as my course was over, i moved to cots are to start working, but i had no Job Satisfaction some so i quit and came back to india for name. Whats the message we want to send to people with our travels and you know, they, well how to live a minimalistic lifestyle in and not for everyone . Its pretty well and you can only adhere to a lifestyle if youre passionate about it in depend. This is our passion and theyve been the best thing that was a boy you then im road of you can see this is the southern when we as in this do, the 1st thing youll see is off the edge of a model. Number 4, we solved a better way like this in order to make the most of the little space we have to sun life for you and youre going to get all the electricity we need from the side of the panel on the roof of photo for now do we need to think of the fact that im a woman and that we travel as a couple . It really seems like its only fun all through. But there are issues my safety, for example, safety and hygiene to thats important if it is, is were on the road. We have to use Public Restrooms on option is im not compose issues that i use. One of them we have to sanitize the bathrooms before using them all on the glass and traveling like this one needs to cook all of ones meals, the surveys, the challenge of finding a safe spot to do that isnt going to put on there on several such issues, but since were passionate about traveling, were able to overcome those obstacles and weve proved that we can achieve things with passion funding. This is the happy idea to travel like this during the kind of attend demik at the time whose business wasnt doing well. But the initial investment we needed to make was huge. Since we needed to convert a re she only into emerging market a whole month on board for i was able to sell some of my goal to raise to get the funds we needed on the phone funded the other than the gotta sit. Im on the dream for the future is to travel to london, and that is fine golardo to deal with the plans on line. Good. And then we dream of traveling across the whole world. 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