I don't know when it started, buying a car only to see the joint venture brand slowly became buying a car to look at the domestic brand first, and in the era of new energy vehicles, our first choice is the domestic brand and Tesla. Only from the perspective of model configuration, the new energy vehicle joint venture brand at the same price is more often playing the role of "green leaf" to set off the domestic brand, so is Volvo XC40 "flower" or "green leaf"?
On February 14, two Volvo XC40 pure electric single-motor versions were launched, plus the two dual-motor versions previously on sale, and the Volvo XC40 pure electric version has a total of 4 models on sale. After subsidy, the prices are 257,000 for the P6 two-wheel drive pure electric Zhiya Sports Edition, the P6 two-wheel drive pure electric Zhizun Sports Version 276,000, the P8 four-wheel drive pure electric Zhiya Sports Edition 286,000, and the P8 four-wheel drive pure electric Zhizun Sports Version 315,000.
It should be noted that when the Volvo XC40 RECHARGE was launched at the 2020 Guangzhou Auto Show, it was priced at 357,000 yuan! 357,000 buy a compact SUV? The sales volume of the market also reflected the unreasonable pricing, so Volvo officially announced price cuts in March and August last year, with a total price reduction of 71,000 yuan. At the same time, a new high-end model was added in August - P8 four-wheel drive pure electric Wisdom Zun Sport Edition (315,000), but unlike the BMW iX3, Volvo's two price cuts did not exchange for a large increase in sales in 2021, and sales of less than 100 vehicles in January this year!
Is it "fools don't know cars" or Volvo XC40 wine is afraid of the deep alley?
Let's start with the Volvo XC40
The Volvo XC40 is positioned as a compact SUV with a length, width and height of 4425mm, 1863mm, 1651mm and a wheelbase of 2702mm. The overall shape is derived from the fuel version of the XC40, and the front of the car adopts the family headlight design of the closed front grille and other elements such as "Quake", of course, in the pure electric version. The rear part of the car does not use a somewhat aesthetically tiring through-type taillight design, but adopts two "V" shaped boomerang style taillight design, the body color has a total of 5 colors to choose from, the overall appearance of the Volvo XC40 is still very capable.
The interior material is made of environmentally friendly materials, and the design is still a minimalist style, which I personally prefer. In terms of multimedia configuration, the central control screen is only 9 inches! This point of bad reviews, equipped with the Android system cooperated with Google, the voice recognition system is used by iFLYTEK (control: air conditioning, navigation, telephone, music, etc.), Zhizun Sports version of the two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive model with Harman Kardon (Harman Kardon) sound system, in terms of human-computer interaction is weaker than the same price of domestic brands, such as Xiaopeng, Weilai, BYD, GAC, Ideal, Great Wall, etc.
In terms of power, it is divided into two versions, namely, the two-wheel drive version with a maximum power of 170kW for the motor to accelerate by 7.4 seconds and the four-wheel drive version with a maximum power of 300kW for the zero hundred acceleration for 7.4 sides. In terms of endurance, the two-wheel drive version is equipped with a 69kWh battery pack with a nominal cruising range of 529 km under CLTC conditions, and the four-wheel drive version with a nominal cruising range of 420 km under THEDC conditions is equipped with a 71kWh battery pack. In terms of power, the Volvo XC40 is the best in the class (compact SUV), right? Unsatisfied readers please "deduct 1" in the comment area, but the performance of models in the same price range is average, such as the Tang EV zero hundred speedup for 283,500 can accelerate to 4.6 seconds, and the Feifan MARVEL R zero hundred for 261,800 can accelerate by 4.8 seconds.
Pure electric vehicles can not touch the reverse scale "oil to electricity"
Volvo XC40 pure electric version is based on the CMA architecture of the product, CMA architecture has a high degree of flexibility and scalability, can be applied to a variety of body forms and sizes, support traditional energy and new energy powertrains, including HEV hybrid, PHEV plug-in hybrid system, because the architecture of scalability and flexibility XC40 pure electric version of the space utilization is not limited to other traditional oil-to-electric models like the crotch, the front cover opens and there is a small storage space, At the same time, security can also be guaranteed under the CMA architecture.
But can not change the Volvo XC40 is "oil to electricity" is the fact, from the consumer's point of view, "oil to electricity" is also the consumer's reverse scale, CMA architecture platform is very good, but consumers want more is the pure electric platform to build the model, this is a qualitative thinking has not been able to change until now. If there are still car companies that use "oil to electricity" models to fool consumers, only dismal sales will come.
Before the emergence of the MEB platform, Volkswagen launched what pure electric Bora, golf pure electricity, Langyi! In the end, all of them were discounted. No matter how people mock the Volkswagen ID series, people now sell more than 10,000 per month, and it should be noted that people are mocking the pricing of the Volkswagen ID series rather than the Products of the Volkswagen ID Series. So I think the Volvo XC40 pure electric version of the wine is very fragrant, has made the pure electric version cheaper than the fuel version of the price, but the "oil to electricity alley" is deeper, so deep that the mellow wine can not smell.
XC40 pure electric version as Volvo's first pure electric model, its mission is more to consumers or to the market to convey a voice, we have also begun to enter the new energy market, although it is not brilliant enough, but in the same type of model it has been enough care.
Users with a keen sense of smell smell the fragrance of the Volvo XC40 pure electric version, which model is suitable?
As mentioned earlier, volvo XC40 pure electric version of the new two models add two models a total of 4 models can be selected, so there will be no selection difficulties. If you like a strong power, choose the P8 four-wheel drive version, and those who are eager for battery life will choose the P6 two-wheel drive version.
The price of the p6 extreme version is 19,000 more expensive than the p6 zhiya version, and the same p8 extreme version is 19,000 more expensive than the p8 zhiya version, with a price difference of 19,000 yuan, in exchange for the configuration of 360 panoramic images, steering wheel heating, the impact of harman karton cards, and the standard heating nozzle. If you are a novice, I still recommend spending 19,000 more, after all, there are 360-degree panoramic images, and it is worry-free to reverse.
Write at the end
Volvo will sell 698,693 vehicles worldwide in 2021, accounting for 34% of the sales of electrified models in the fourth quarter. The "flag" that can be predicted that Volvo Cars will strive to achieve full electrification by 2030 is not just talk, the giant ship U-turn and the elephant turn around will always take time.