The 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge is meant to be a really secure automobile – as we count on of all new Volvos – nonetheless, a current “moose check” revealed a comparatively weak and disappointing end result.
In accordance with km77.com, the automobile was in a position to efficiently full the check at a most preliminary pace of 70 km/h (44 mph), which is among the lowest preliminary speeds amongst plug-ins examined up to now. At larger speeds, the Volvo C40 Recharge, with Pirelli PZero Elect tires, was hitting the cones.
- preliminary half: 70 km/h (44 mph)
- center half: 60 km/h (37 mph)
- ultimate half: 43 km/h (27 mph)
Let’s be aware that at 70 km/h (44 mph) the check was accomplished by a 2016 Tesla Mannequin X, which is a considerably bigger and heavier car, in addition to a number of years older.
In accordance with the report, perhaps the Volvo C40 Recharge was affected barely by the excessive temperature of 35°C, nevertheless it could be a extra common situation with the CMA platform, because the Polestar 2 just lately additionally famous end result decrease than anticipated – 74 km/h (46 mph). The distinction to the Tesla Mannequin Y at 83 km/h (52 mph) is fairly huge.
Within the second a part of the video, we are able to see that within the slalom check, the Volvo C40 Recharge was in a position to obtain a time of 24.4 seconds, which is affordable – simply 1.6 seconds behind the Polestar 2.
Earlier outcomes of the km77.com’s moose check for reference (preliminary pace):
