Once again, an absolutely fantastic video. Sir you should be a trainer at corporate. Simple yet with clear explanations, making for such a useful video. These vehicles are intimidating and your presentation style demystifies the cars.
Thanks so much, your kind comments have come at a particularly burnt out and low point in life. Being a trainer or working in marketing at one of the manufacturers would literally be my dream job. I have spent years trying for those kinds of jobs but unfortunately I'm realistic and know that will never be a door that will open. These videos are therefore the one creative outlet, to do what I really enjoy. It makes me so happy to know that you and others are getting value from them. Merry Christmas and thank you.
The thing I needed to know was not covered in this video. I am curious which plugs come with the US model. He showed two but mentioned a third. What does that third look like??
For level 1 charging it is a standard US plug which is 120V. For level 2 charging it is a 240 V plug similar to what is found on many dryers. Lastly level 3 charging is DC fast charging which is only available from commercial chargers. Hope that helps
Jeb, great videos. In cold weather, do you know if the Volvo will preheat the batteries if a charge location is set as a destination? Some EV‘s will preheat the batteries to allow for quick charging, but only if the car is “aware” it’s going to a charger. Otherwise with cold batteries the charge could take 3 times longer.(50 kW/Hr Vs. 150 kW/Hr) Or is there another way to warm them while driving, and so could be done say 30 minutes before arriving at the charging station?
Hi Jay, thanks for the comment. Preconditioning in the XC40 only works when the car isn’t running. In my car it uses the parking heater to heat the car. As soon as the car starts driving this stops and it is not connected to the map. I would also only buy an EV with a heat pump. However if you have preconditioned the car and then drove it for 30 mins then your battery will be much warmer by the time you get to the fast charger. The opposite is true if you didn’t precondition and then drove 5 mins to a dc fast charger then it will likely take much longer in cold weather. The topic you brought up is very relevant to a recent weather event in the US. Recently most of America has been going through a deep freeze and there have been a lot of doomsday articles about EVs. I think a lot of it is over blown. Norway is the largest adopter of EVs in the world. most people have home chargers and only really use DC on longer drives. In addition they know how to operate an EV in the cold. Although the Volvo doesn’t have the map feature that you are talking about if drivers adopt the right habits - home charging if possible, preconditioning, cutting back on climate to reduce consumption, using seat heaters more, range assistant at 50% battery, correct tire pressures and ensuring that battery is warmer if fast charging etc. Then I have no doubt that it makes it very possible to own a car in cold weather. If that weren’t the case it wouldn’t be adopted as much in Scandinavia. Thanks for an interesting and relevant topic.
Hi, i have a Volvo c40 and i would like to ask you if i can recharge in the convencional home charging every day. There’s any problem with that? Regards from Colombia
Hi Jose thanks for the question. I think you might be asking about whether recharging every day is bad for the battery. A battery has limited number of charging cycles but a a single charge cycle is when it is fully discharged to 100% so whether that is 2 charges of 50 or 5 charges of 20 then it is still one charge cycle. If you Google charge cycle there is a tonne of good articles about it. I don’t drive long distances so I typically limit the battery to 70-80% and plug in every day. Hope that helps and thanks for the watching.
Is it recommended to always intermittently charge the car when there is a charger whilst keeping it capped at 80%? Or only charging it through once it hits 20% ish and back to 80%?
Charge as many times as you want. A charge cycle is a complete by completing 100 % usage. It doesn’t matter if it is 5 charges of 20% or 1 charge of a 100% it is still one charge cycle. I cap at 70 and charge every night which is perfect for my short commutes and preserves the battery for the next buyer of my car next year.
What is the difference between blue light and yellow light in the cars charge port ! I previously thought that blue meant it was waiting for the cars charging schedule to kick in , but recently mine is showing yellow not blue .in the app , even though it is blue in the charge port. ? XC40 recharge MY23
Michael thanks for the comment. Blue is scheduled charging and yellow means it is in waiting state. My charger is scheduled to only come on at 8 pm for off peak. If I plug in at 6 I will get yellow light till 8 when it turns green. However if I schedule a charge then I get blue. Hope that helps. Enjoy your car!
@@JebRevsUp so if my charger has no scheduling set at its end , and my car has a schedule set in the car charge scheduler eg 1.30am to 8.30am , if i plug it in at 10.30pm to charge overnight , what light would you expect in the charging port , yellow or blue ?
I would expect blue like you. But you know, I actually want to try this out now. Since my charger is programmed I don’t usually schedule and always get yellow prior to time of use rate start time. But I will give scheduling a go and see too.
Dale, the procedure is very similar for a PHEV. There is still an indication in the driver display and the app. Main difference is that there is no button to release the cable. It is connected to the unlock system. Also there is no need to set battery limits such as the 90% in the XC40. Also as you mentioned no fast charging. Hope that helps. Thanks again for your questions.
I have a question about amps settings. I have the Current Limit amps feature set to 48. But when I use a public dc fast charger (Canada) should I be changing the setting to increase the amps? I have to admit that I don’t fully understand this stuff yet 😅
Thanks as always for your post! 48 is unfortunately the limit along with 150 Kw charging. You can still use a higher powered DC charger but the system will limit the amps to 48. Most of the time just leaving it in 48 will be fine. The main reason anyone adjusts amps is if you are doing level 1 charging. My home as an example is 1950’s and the regular outlets are 15 amps. If I plug in at 48 the breaker will trip. However if I match the amps limit under charging settings then this will prevent that. Hope that helps and thanks again.
@@JebRevsUp that makes sense thank you. After owning the XC40 now for 4 months, I find myself REwatching your videos and learning more new things that I missed the first time. TY!
Appreciate that very much. Since you gave me the trick about the pass holder just above the wireless charger, I want to give you a new XC40 hack. Try saying “hey Google, turn off or on one pedal drive”. Not sure if this is new, so you might want to make sure software is updated.
Lalit, thanks for this comment. It is a very good topic. Your friend is right that a battery does degrade in performance with charge cycles. However, the real issue is what is a charge cycle. I’ve heard many views on this and the one that makes the most sense to me is this. A charge cycle is when a battery completes a full charge and discharge using 100% of it capacity. It doesn’t have to do this in one go. If you use 80 down to 30% two days is a row and recharge to 80, then each time was 50% and the two days make 100 and one charge cycle complete. Secondly batteries like to be close to 50 and don’t like huge variations in charge. Since I regularly use 30 a day in regular commuting, I limit charge to 80 and 50 every day. I am definitely not going to claim any expert status on this but if you do some searching on the subject, typically the good sources such as reliable auto journals tend to say this and I have adopted it as a result in my own use. I also figure every laptop and cellphone manufacturer would probably warn against short charging too. Hope that helps and thanks for a great comment.
@@JebRevsUp Thank you Jebbie. This makes sense. Also, thank you so much for the informative videos on Volvo. I am learning and enjoying my XC40 a lot more because of your videos.
