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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds

You mean the Volvo versus the BMW? That may be true but the BMW doesn’t feel underpowered to me on the freeway while the Volvo felt distinctly underpowered, at least the 2021 did. (That is important, my understanding is that the 2022 is a little different).

One interesting tidbit on that: the BMW won’t let you put the car into pure electric mode if you are drawing too much power. When I was test driving, I tried both cars in electric on the freeway. The BMW would not let me do it. The Volvo did, but I then had to push the accelerator literally to the floor to keep going and even then it was slowing down. I am surprised the Volvo let me switch to all-electric on the freeway. It is not all that relevant because nobody would normally do that, but I think the BMW has more thought into mode-switching in general.

Sounds like you had the Volvo in the wrong mode, electric will make it accelerate sluggish as it reduces gas consumptions as much as possible. If you leave it in default it performs as well as the bmw, if you put it in power it will charge the batteries with gas so that it can keep it topped off to allow for extreme Tesla like acceleration that destroys all other SUVs except Tesla Lambo and maybe the Porsche s

No, I didn’t have it in the wrong mode. I tried all modes when I was driving, both on freeway and street, in both the BMW and the Volvo. I wanted to try all modes in a direct comparison. The Volvo felt much more underpowered than the BMW in a mode-to-mode comparison across the board, for those modes where I could compare (e.g. the car would let me use a particular mode). The Volvo felt underpowered to me relative to the BMW in all the modes, in other words.

I could not compare the BMW in electric-only on the freeway to the Volvo in electric-only on the freeway because the BMW will not let you switch to electric-only on the freeway. If you are going fast enough in the BMW such that the electric-only mode could not power the car at the speed you are maintaining, the BMW will not let you switch. The Volvo does let you switch, which frankly, it probably shouldn’t because you immediately lose power. Like I said, I had my foot pressed entirely to the floor when I did that, and was still slowing down. It felt unsafe.

It was actually pretty disappointing to me because we’ve had Volvo XC90s for years, and I went into this assuming I would buy another Volvo.

something is wrong, i drove both and they were the same to me and i never experienced a drop off in power, i have both

You have the BMW X5 45e and the xc90 recharge?

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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds

You mean the Volvo versus the BMW? That may be true but the BMW doesn’t feel underpowered to me on the freeway while the Volvo felt distinctly underpowered, at least the 2021 did. (That is important, my understanding is that the 2022 is a little different).

One interesting tidbit on that: the BMW won’t let you put the car into pure electric mode if you are drawing too much power. When I was test driving, I tried both cars in electric on the freeway. The BMW would not let me do it. The Volvo did, but I then had to push the accelerator literally to the floor to keep going and even then it was slowing down. I am surprised the Volvo let me switch to all-electric on the freeway. It is not all that relevant because nobody would normally do that, but I think the BMW has more thought into mode-switching in general.

Sounds like you had the Volvo in the wrong mode, electric will make it accelerate sluggish as it reduces gas consumptions as much as possible. If you leave it in default it performs as well as the bmw, if you put it in power it will charge the batteries with gas so that it can keep it topped off to allow for extreme Tesla like acceleration that destroys all other SUVs except Tesla Lambo and maybe the Porsche s

No, I didn’t have it in the wrong mode. I tried all modes when I was driving, both on freeway and street, in both the BMW and the Volvo. I wanted to try all modes in a direct comparison. The Volvo felt much more underpowered than the BMW in a mode-to-mode comparison across the board, for those modes where I could compare (e.g. the car would let me use a particular mode). The Volvo felt underpowered to me relative to the BMW in all the modes, in other words.

I could not compare the BMW in electric-only on the freeway to the Volvo in electric-only on the freeway because the BMW will not let you switch to electric-only on the freeway. If you are going fast enough in the BMW such that the electric-only mode could not power the car at the speed you are maintaining, the BMW will not let you switch. The Volvo does let you switch, which frankly, it probably shouldn’t because you immediately lose power. Like I said, I had my foot pressed entirely to the floor when I did that, and was still slowing down. It felt unsafe.

It was actually pretty disappointing to me because we’ve had Volvo XC90s for years, and I went into this assuming I would buy another Volvo.

something is wrong, i drove both and they were the same to me and i never experienced a drop off in power, i have both

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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds

You mean the Volvo versus the BMW? That may be true but the BMW doesn’t feel underpowered to me on the freeway while the Volvo felt distinctly underpowered, at least the 2021 did. (That is important, my understanding is that the 2022 is a little different).

One interesting tidbit on that: the BMW won’t let you put the car into pure electric mode if you are drawing too much power. When I was test driving, I tried both cars in electric on the freeway. The BMW would not let me do it. The Volvo did, but I then had to push the accelerator literally to the floor to keep going and even then it was slowing down. I am surprised the Volvo let me switch to all-electric on the freeway. It is not all that relevant because nobody would normally do that, but I think the BMW has more thought into mode-switching in general.

Sounds like you had the Volvo in the wrong mode, electric will make it accelerate sluggish as it reduces gas consumptions as much as possible. If you leave it in default it performs as well as the bmw, if you put it in power it will charge the batteries with gas so that it can keep it topped off to allow for extreme Tesla like acceleration that destroys all other SUVs except Tesla Lambo and maybe the Porsche s

No, I didn’t have it in the wrong mode. I tried all modes when I was driving, both on freeway and street, in both the BMW and the Volvo. I wanted to try all modes in a direct comparison. The Volvo felt much more underpowered than the BMW in a mode-to-mode comparison across the board, for those modes where I could compare (e.g. the car would let me use a particular mode). The Volvo felt underpowered to me relative to the BMW in all the modes, in other words.

I could not compare the BMW in electric-only on the freeway to the Volvo in electric-only on the freeway because the BMW will not let you switch to electric-only on the freeway. If you are going fast enough in the BMW such that the electric-only mode could not power the car at the speed you are maintaining, the BMW will not let you switch. The Volvo does let you switch, which frankly, it probably shouldn’t because you immediately lose power. Like I said, I had my foot pressed entirely to the floor when I did that, and was still slowing down. It felt unsafe.

It was actually pretty disappointing to me because we’ve had Volvo XC90s for years, and I went into this assuming I would buy another Volvo.

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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds

You mean the Volvo versus the BMW? That may be true but the BMW doesn’t feel underpowered to me on the freeway while the Volvo felt distinctly underpowered, at least the 2021 did. (That is important, my understanding is that the 2022 is a little different).

One interesting tidbit on that: the BMW won’t let you put the car into pure electric mode if you are drawing too much power. When I was test driving, I tried both cars in electric on the freeway. The BMW would not let me do it. The Volvo did, but I then had to push the accelerator literally to the floor to keep going and even then it was slowing down. I am surprised the Volvo let me switch to all-electric on the freeway. It is not all that relevant because nobody would normally do that, but I think the BMW has more thought into mode-switching in general.

Sounds like you had the Volvo in the wrong mode, electric will make it accelerate sluggish as it reduces gas consumptions as much as possible. If you leave it in default it performs as well as the bmw, if you put it in power it will charge the batteries with gas so that it can keep it topped off to allow for extreme Tesla like acceleration that destroys all other SUVs except Tesla Lambo and maybe the Porsche s

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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds

You mean the Volvo versus the BMW? That may be true but the BMW doesn’t feel underpowered to me on the freeway while the Volvo felt distinctly underpowered, at least the 2021 did. (That is important, my understanding is that the 2022 is a little different).

One interesting tidbit on that: the BMW won’t let you put the car into pure electric mode if you are drawing too much power. When I was test driving, I tried both cars in electric on the freeway. The BMW would not let me do it. The Volvo did, but I then had to push the accelerator literally to the floor to keep going and even then it was slowing down. I am surprised the Volvo let me switch to all-electric on the freeway. It is not all that relevant because nobody would normally do that, but I think the BMW has more thought into mode-switching in general.

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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds

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Anonymous wrote:I test drove the 2021 not the 2022 and was not impressed. It felt weak and underpowered on the freeway, so much so that it felt a little unsafe for the size. I’ve heard the 2022 is much better though. Also, the range of the 2021 was weak, something like 17 miles which is useless.

I ended up getting the BMW X5 45e which I love. It feels like a much better car.

both SUVs have the same 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds