We have had a Volvo XC 40 Recharge for 3 months, and also love it. My wife calls it her Serene Mobile, for the quiet, luxurious way that it goes down the road. I am impressed by the acceleration and handling/cornering, in excess of anything that we will use. The seats are extremely comfortable. A friend picked up a Tesla in midwinter and came close to an accident because he couldn't find his way through the menus to turn on the windshield defroster. In our car we can do it with voice control without ever taking our eyes off the road. There are EVs with longer range, but we don't need that with this car (we have a gas-powered car for long trips). We too love ours.

There IS auto climate. Just press that prominent AUTO button. After you do that, the fan speed buttons just control the level of fan intensity for the auto image. I advise keeping it in 3

Thanks for the review. I’m glad you could only find 5 dislikes because I allready ordered a XC40 recharge.😅

3:14 I had the same thing with my XT5 Cadillac with the rear auto break. It needed up being a cable issue and a calibration need. It was sensing shadows even and reacting to them.

Good review, I’m thinking about getting my first EV and this is a serious contender after watching your blog. Thank you

I hope volvo listens to their customers for updates! I love Volvos and they are very underrated and very high quality even more than a lexus in my opinion! And yes!! the safety feel is just way different compared to other cars! I feels so solid its hard to describe!

6:49 with Cadillac (nit sure about all GM cars) you can leave the car running with climate on AND you can leave the car and lock it. Example leave the puppy dog in the car and run into the 7-11 for a soda pop. It’s great and I use that option daily!

Thanks for this - the XC40 Recharge is high on our list to replace our main ICE vehicle. Speaking of safety I’ve seen videos of the car being dropped from a crane on its nose with no crumpling of the passenger compartment. Impressive! I have read of a number of software glitches that worry me but hopefully those are being sorted over time. Have you experienced any of those?

Thanks for the video! Same dislikes about the lack of door locking when walking away (I can do that with my cheap Mazda CX-3), and the rear auto break (it engages when I back into my carport from the angled driveway!) Extra dislikes for me: - The center armrest doesn't go far enough forward; I'm used to rest my arm on it in the Mazda, now it's floating uncomfortably when holding the wheel. - Pilot Assist: It corrects with little jerks, not a nice experience. And sometimes it thinks I'm not holding the wheel and starts beeping madly; Once I had to fight it to prove I was there, and jumped half a lane! It's always off now, too dangerous.

0:30 "How the car Locks it self" - it doesn't. My XC40 has a menu option under Settings>Locking > Unlock Doors > All or One. Odd that yours is missing this feature. Wonder if yours has not had the most recent updates installed? That said, mine does not have walk away door lock.

About Dislike 2. You can easely use Voice command to adjust fan speed and temperature. I do it always, it’s perfect. (And by the way model 2024 will have a major update, for instance longer range.)

You missed my biggest pet peave... The poorly placed/angled back up camera. I find it unusable at times since it's tucked under a ledge and therefore cuts off some of the view.

Rear auto brake has been fixed with latest update for MY24 Model. Wireless charger has never been an issue in my MY24 maybe you can have it looked at by your dealer. Can you loose the jeering and chearing. Great videos though. Thanks

I'm surprised you didn't mention the awful sun visors, when flipped down, the outboard side of the visor is curved upwards, needing you do move your head to keep your eyes shaded.

1:30 if you hit auto you can select a temperature…

4:13 that unusable charging pad would drive me crazy! That would annoy me to no end