PHEV Increased range

[segakid]

Volvo announced today that all of the PHEV's will be getting a larger range on battery (by increasing the battery size) only power from today forwards. I'm waiting for a call back from my dealer on my open order V60 T6, as i want to know will mine be an increased range one, or the old one. As I want the new increased range model. Anyone got an open order and confirmed if they will be getting the increased range or not?

So far i only have £500 down for the car to reserve it but i hope if it means cancelling and reordering i can get this back.

The website is updated to show the new range but the builder online and the price list has not been updated yet for the V60 to reflect any change to the range or price.

[Familyman 90]

Cool. Have they given any indication of the size of the extra capacity?

[Director76]

‘Up to 68km’ (42 miles) for XC90

That is a very useful uplift, if realistic (and would lower the BIK too)

With the archaic charging system, that’s a slow charge up though, especially off 13amps!

D76

[Familyman 90]

Originally Posted by Director76

‘Up to 68km’ (42 miles) for XC90

That is a very useful uplift, if realistic (and would lower the BIK too)

With the archaic charging system, that’s a slow charge up though, especially off 13amps!

D76

It' a bit of a bummer, but not a major hassle with a petrol engine on board as well. Its not as if people need to stop mid journey to refill the electrons.

[PaulBendall]

Originally Posted by Director76

With the archaic charging system, that’s a slow charge up though, especially off 13amps!
D76

Is it really only 13 AMP? Six hours is ridiculous for charging the battery from flat minimum should be 16A and preferably 32A. Maybe that will come next year?

[Director76]

Originally Posted by PaulBendall

Is it really only 13 AMP? Six hours is ridiculous for charging the battery from flat minimum should be 16A and preferably 32A. Maybe that will come next year?

It’s not even 13A - I used that terminology as the standard charger is fitted with a 13A plug, the maximum current draw is actually 10A!

The battery doesn’t go ‘flat’ - with the current 11.6 kW battery I’ve measure a full charge at around 9.8 kW, but the new one will still take 16ish kW to charge up.

[sk546]

Originally Posted by PaulBendall

Is it really only 13 AMP? Six hours is ridiculous for charging the battery from flat minimum should be 16A and preferably 32A. Maybe that will come next year?

Its only 13A if charging the car using the 3 pin domestic plug charger. If a type 2 charging box and cable is used, the T8 is capped at a 3.6kw/hour charge speed due to the 3.6kw on-board charger installed. Its alot quicker on a type 2 charge but still half the speed it could be if we could utilise the full 7.2kw's supplied by most type 2 wall boxes.
The new 18kw battery will take 4-5 hours to charge if its still only fitted with a 3.6kw on-board charger and much longer using the 13a domestic plug charging cable.

[PaulBendall]

Originally Posted by sk546

Its only 13A if charging the car using the 3 pin domestic plug charger. If a type 2 charging box and cable is used, the T8 is capped at a 3.6kw/hour charge speed due to the 3.6kw on-board charger installed. Its alot quicker on a type 2 charge but still half the speed it could be if we could utilise the full 7.2kw's supplied by most type 2 wall boxes.
The new 18kw battery will take 4-5 hours to charge if its still only fitted with a 3.6kw on-board charger and much longer using the 13a domestic plug charging cable.

Thanks for the additional info, it does seem an oversight to increase the battery capacity but not the charging. I guess it could be due to supply and this is something that may change in the MY23 models. Fitting charging of the battery into a four hour window seems to be the sweet spot and certainly advantageous if on the Octopus Go tariff (4 hours overnight at 5p /kWh)

[segakid]

Originally Posted by Familyman 90

Cool. Have they given any indication of the size of the extra capacity?

I understand it is 11.6kwh to 18.8 in terms of battery capacity/size

More details here: https://netherlandsnewslive.com/volv...teries/234517/

[Director76]

455hp combined for new T8…new 145hp electric motor.

That will be quite a transformation.

Oh well…only 30 months of the lease left on my MY21.5!! 🤣