00:00hi today i'm in gothenburg sweden this gothenburg is volvo's home and behind me is volvo world a
00:08museum dedicated to the swedish brand's history and heritage but i'm not here just for sightseeing
00:12the main attraction is the secret studios in the heart of the torslanda factory where i'll be one
00:18of the first journalists in the world to see the refreshed 40 series and the xc60 models what's new
00:25let's find out i will start with the smaller of the two models presented today the xc40 when talking
00:38about the 40 series i'm referring to the xc40 ex40 and ec40 the latter being the coupe version of the
00:44electric crossover all three are manufactured primarily in ghent belgium additionally models
00:51for the malaysian and thai markets are assembled in malaysia while the dimensions remain virtually
00:58unchanged volvo is highlighting exterior tweaks including a refreshed front and rear end and of
01:04course the new version of the tor hammer headlights led matrix they currently feature 15 sections which
01:13light the road with a beam which is wide and long but without dazzling everybody
01:19it's just a dazzling design
01:23to say that volvo's been lazy with its second facelift of the xc40 is not saying much we have
01:30refreshed grille or whatever you call the front end in case of the ev variant there are new ish headlights
01:37and tail lamps new wheel designs back in the day volkswagen was criticized for not making the mark
01:436 gulf sufficiently different from mark 5. there are also some modest changes on the inside we have
01:52new more premium says volvo upholstery uh some clever storage like it was but maybe you haven't
01:58seen it before so there you go there's your trash gun yep we've got some ambient lighting down here but
02:06the
02:06uh main change the highlight feature is the new screen which has the same interface as again quoting volvo
02:16here volvo's evs but to be honest it's the same interface in every volvo this one is just the last
02:24one to
02:24receive the new screen the new software and the new interface otherwise if you've seen the old xc40
02:35it is old um it's yeah same old same old i mean you know if you liked your car before
02:41you will like
02:42this one real leather and by the way real leather only on the sorry mild hybrid models the electric one
02:51gets uh like half alcantara have something and you can't have light upholstery in the other one
03:03xc40 is probably the last volvo model to finally get the new interface the car also gets updated
03:09safety features including the beeper warning you against cyclists when you open the door fortunately
03:14it doesn't block the door yet pilot assist which is the advanced adaptive cruise control with lane
03:21keeping assist gets optional lane change assist i asked about the conditions that need to be met for
03:27the system to work in order for the lane change assist to work you need to be on a road
03:32with at
03:32least two lanes in one direction duh and a barrier separating you from oncoming traffic you do not
03:41have to be on a road classified as a motorway as is the case with some of the competitors optionally
03:48there is a 360 camera with a 3d view and guess what it didn't work in the pre-production model
03:55all-wheel drive in petrol cars is for u.s market only in europe we're getting front-wheel drive mhevs
04:02all-wheel drive is available only in the most powerful ev variants of the ex-40 and ec-40
04:11so why did volvo waste its money in our time to show us a car which barely changed
04:19in 2021 volvo announced that by 2030 it would sell exclusively electric cars however just three years
04:25later these plans were revised and the new target is 90 to 100 percent electrified cars by 2030 volvo
04:35adopted a definition similar to the chinese new energy vehicles category meaning electric vehicles as well as
04:42plug-in hybrids mild hybrids are not counted as electrified vehicles according to volvo even though
04:48many car makers also consider this type of drivetrain electrified especially in case of the latest
04:54generation mhevs but that's a topic for another day the point i'm trying to make here is that for a
05:00couple
05:00of years volvo wasn't really focusing on internal combustion engine lineup and now instead of new
05:06generations we're seeing incremental updates to the existing model line like
05:15okay these are mainly new evs but you get the point
05:22meanwhile in the second studio the volvo xc60 awaits this model is manufactured here at the torslanda plant
05:30where we're at and also in charleston us where we're not at here the most important update is the
05:40new generation of the plug-in hybrid powertrain which allows for zero emissions range of up to 200
05:46kilometers versus less than 80 in the previous generation this is made possible thanks to the use of
05:52new electric motor but above all by increasing the battery capacity from less than 15 kilowatt hours
05:58to almost 39 kilowatt hours both are net values and this is where you charge 11 kilowatts ac
06:08but despite the larger traction battery both in terms of capacity and physical size
06:13the luggage space was not compromised
06:17big volvo boot me likey
06:21okay so the new volvo xc60 user interface is basically the same as you've seen in 2025 model but
06:32yeah the screen is mounted slightly different they say it's better integration now of course you get
06:39google with gemini so you can ask it silly questions and
06:43uh yeah hardware on the hardware side we've got new cameras new ultrasonic sensors we've got lane
06:52change assist within pilot assist uh of course we have the new bowers and not new optional bowers and
07:01wilkins audio system premium audio system which i always confuse with wilkinson shaving products
07:08oh you're welcome volvo did their best to tell me what's new here so we've got cloth and wood
07:18in sort of one car as a combination we've got better accent lighting down here and on the doors front
07:26and
07:26rear and um yeah they were really struggling to to tell me uh what's new oh isa isa is easy
07:38to turn off
07:39you just press the left arrow here and uh isa is disabled so yay
07:47there is a change in the back here now i asked about the battery the battery
07:52battery in the phcv is mounted now in the floor across the car and they didn't want to compromise
08:00the ground clearance so they compromised height the rear seat height let's say so the floor is
08:09four centimeters higher than in the previous generation phcv however they did manage to lower this
08:17middle sill it's not like it's the same height but the floor is higher they actually lowered the
08:25sill the the the tunnel regardless of raising the floor now the important business because i mean you
08:33can't really fit your feet here still anyway but the important thing is that you now get four zone
08:39climate control in the xc60 ph ev which apparently was impossible in the previous generation because of
08:48the high tunnel and the battery battery and everything so that's that and yeah now my thighs are in the
08:57air which isn't brilliant but uh there we are then and again refreshed front and rear new paint new wheels
09:07european clients get the b5 mhev with 250 horsepower and all-wheel drive as well as phcvs t6 and t8
09:14both
09:15all-wheel drive with system power output of 262 and 339 horsepower respectively the americans only get the b5
09:24and t8 now the t6 offers around 200 kilometers of electric range while the t8 around 190 kilometers with a
09:3371
09:33liter tank you can expect a total range of more than 1200 kilometers the xc60 can tow up to 2400
09:42kilograms
09:42and take up to 100 kilograms on the roof price of the refreshed volvo xc40 and xc60 go up by
09:51between
09:511000 and 1500 euro depending on the model and the powertrain
10:00and what do you think about the updates introduced to current volvo models is it enough to remain
10:06competitive or maybe you expected more let me know in the comment section below
10:30this is so much fun oh yeah see you next week
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