When are you going fully electric?
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Well off you go to a comparison website then
Soldato
It’s means nothing without frontal area.
Soldato
Drove an etron 55. Porridge car and horrible thirst. Please never compare to an IPACE again.
You mean lovely comfortable family car, thought it was perfect for its intended use tbh. It's not trying to be anything it isn't
Can't disagree about thirst
Soldato
Holy Moly
7 seat Volvo EX90. Nice simple design, not so nice price, starts at £96k
I only watched at bit of it. Looks amazing!
My XC90 Recharge retailed at just shy of 60k new, where have they got another 30k from
Soldato
The Volvo looks great and like a good place to be.
I’d rather have the lotus for the same price though at the various pricing options.
I’d rather have the lotus for the same price though at the various pricing options.
Having used and owned both an E-Tron 50 and an I-Pace and also had a loaner E-Tron 55 for a week. I have to say there are plenty of things the E-Tron does much better than an I-Pace.
It is a much better motorway cruiser, more refined and a lot more practical. It is about 15% less efficient, but that hardly makes it considerably worse than the already thirsty I-Pace. Regardless I doubt anyone owning/leasing either EV did so with efficiency in mind.
Overall I prefer my I-Pace but I won't deny there is a lot I miss about the E-Tron that the I-Pace just isn't as good at.
Soldato
Yeah does the car stuff nice enough, just felt reluctant to do much away from driving in a straight line, the camera mirrors are awful. The Haptic Touch on the screens is well judged though. Rest is subjective but glad it got a response. 
Haven’t seen anything to suggest it has LIDAR? You are talking about the Q8?
Haven’t seen anything to suggest it has LIDAR? You are talking about the Q8?
Holy Moly
I only watched at bit of it. Looks amazing!
My XC90 Recharge retailed at just shy of 60k new, where have they got another 30k from
I think the list on my XC60 is 69k, Volvo prices are a bit comical, reckon it is to allow for big discount to make you feel like you have made a great deal when you get 10k etc off
On that note mine finally arrives next month. 
I do like that EX90 though.
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Hiya, sorry for the hijack - tried to send you a PM but can't!
Which polestar do you have, are you happy with it? I'm considering one on a company ev scheme, but can't get a test drive anywhere near where I live!
Holy Moly
I only watched at bit of it. Looks amazing!
My XC90 Recharge retailed at just shy of 60k new, where have they got another 30k from
Battery size is a large part of the cost
XC90 Recharge : 18 kWh
EX90 EV : 111 kWh
It also has another 100bhp over the XC90
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Also the prices of the recharge models have risen by a lot in 18 months depsite a lot of cost cutting and rationalization of the range, the XC90 starts at £71k now, choose fully loaded Ultimate it is £84k, so in that context the EX90 is not much of a bump, if you felt Volvos new pricing was good value. You immediately get >10k off just walking in the door though and as an existing Volvo owner you'll even get further loyalty discount to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
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Soldato
To be fair It’s a fraction of the cost delta rather than a large part. Look at the XC40 recharge.
toyota R&D article I posted a while back - full EV's are cheaper to produce than phev's now, they just make a bigger margin on the EV
delta ICE drivetrain cost outweighs the extra KWh's ..... it's all good for the climate, the low BIK also facilitates this.
Yeah does the car stuff nice enough, just felt reluctant to do much away from driving in a straight line, the camera mirrors are awful. The Haptic Touch on the screens is well judged though. Rest is subjective but glad it got a response.
Haven’t seen anything to suggest it has LIDAR? You are talking about the Q8?
yeah although I can’t find mention of it since I first saw it. All I can find mention of is 5 radar sensors plus tonnes of cameras and ultasonic. So it seems like it just radar only, my mistake
Soldato
Yeah cool, was gonna say. LIDAR on the EX90 is interesting.
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Hiya, sorry for the hijack - tried to send you a PM but can't!
Which polestar do you have, are you happy with it? I'm considering one on a company ev scheme, but can't get a test drive anywhere near where I live!
I have the only model that was available when I ordered it
300KW Pilot/Plus (Dual motor).
Mine doesn't have the heat pump that the newer models get.
I upgraded it 'Over the air' to get the 350KW of power, it's very quick and grippy. Cabin space in the front is a bit lackluster, but the boot is decent - I get two dogs in there (Labrador and Vizsla)
Charging isnt the fastest, though it has improved over time. Never really had any technical issues with mine, though some people on the Polestar Facebook group do
In some ways it's the best car I've ever had. But I do wish it had 25% more range.
Hiya, sorry for the hijack - tried to send you a PM but can't!
Which polestar do you have, are you happy with it? I'm considering one on a company ev scheme, but can't get a test drive anywhere near where I live!
I've had my Polestar 2 two years now.
Easily the best car I've owned. A few minor problems in Dec 2020 to Jan 2021 with the data network dropping out, due to Polestar not having enough data subscription
but otherwise it's been flawless.I didn't have a test drive and didn't even see one in the metal - just watched a couple of YouTubes videos and knew it was right.
Polestar got it perfect with the brake regen - 3 settings, you can disable lane assist and it stays off, the voice control is really nice & works, heated front & rear seats and steering wheel are great in winter, the large central low mounted screen is perfect and love the matrix headlights.
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