Overview
Coming in Hot, This Year’s Volvo XC60 t8 Polestar just got upgraded for production. How you ask? Because now it comes with a bigger battery and a stronger electric motor. That’s not just it, the Hybrid powertrain just gives you extended mileage, shocking the world of cars.
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What’s New
Clashing with BMW X3 M and Mercedes-AMG GLC63, the Volvo XC T8 Polestar is a serious piece of machinery with a combined output of 455 horsepower and 523 pound-feet of torque. That’s 40 horsepower and 29 pound-feet of torque more than T8 Polestar models that lack the Extended Range label. Earlier, previous T8 plug-in models consist of a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine augmented by a supercharger and a turbocharger, plus an 87-hp electric motor on the rear axle that provides all-wheel drive. But now the new Extended Range versions, which replace the non-Extended Range versions as of mid-2022, ditch the supercharger and upgrade to a 143-hp rear motor that makes up for the missing blower’s assistance at low rpm. An unobtrusive eight-speed automatic transmission fitted with a second, 46-hp motor is standard.
Even the battery is on a greener side as per the increase in capacity from 9.1 to 14.9 kWh. This helps boost its EPA combined rating from 25 to 28 mpg while also earning a 36-mile EV range estimate, up from the previous 19 miles. Well this seems promising for the extended range of the car but also comes with the downside for a slower-charging as the charger more or less remains the same.
Dimensions
- Wheelbase: 112.8 in
- Length: 185.4 in
- Width: 75.4 in
- Height: 65.3 in
- Passenger Volume: 103 ft3
- Cargo Volume: 30 ft3
- Curb Weight: 4731 lb
Performance
- 60 mph: 4.2 sec
- 100 mph: 10.2 sec
- 1/4-Mile: 12.6 sec @ 111 mph
- Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 4.7 sec
- Top Speed (gov): 113 mph
- Braking, 70–0 mph: 165 ft
- Braking, 100–0 mph: 337 ft
Pricing
Well the Price figures are to be around as $71,990 and also coming with the options for metallic paint-jobs for an additional of $695 and also a power-operated tail-gate for another $200.
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