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  • 400mi range on EPA cycle!
  • EX60 can add up to 168 miles of range in just 10 minutes on an 800V, 400kW charger
Volvo has separately stated it'll have price parity with it's XC60 PHEV due to major cost reductions via Geely meaning you're looking at base MSRP in the low $60K range.

"EX60 might not have a design to current Volvos liking. I heard it will raise some eyebrows and maybe not in a good way. It is more a large EX30 than an electric XC60... will EX60 be the naive unsophisticated digital car with no buttons like the EX90... It sounds like it."
 
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Saw a post that Jeep just canceled their plug in hybrid line, citing changes in demand and fire risk. Kind of trying to poison the well - don't buy an EV or your house might burn down. Build up public fear of fires, and that could set EV's back a long time. Push the narrative hard enough, they could become uninsurable - maybe even make your home uninsurable. Or in reality - just don't buy a Jeep EV...
 
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Saw a post that Jeep just canceled their plug in hybrid line, citing changes in demand and fire risk. Kind of trying to poison the well - don't buy an EV or your house might burn down. Build up public fear of fires, and that could set EV's back a long time. Push the narrative hard enough, they could become uninsurable - maybe even make your home uninsurable. Or in reality - just don't buy a Jeep EV...
The Wrangler only got like 26 miles of EV range. It seemed like it was more trouble than it was worth.
 
I guess it depends. While it hardly was worthy of the title "plug in hybrid" (and people who purchased it as such were largely disappointed) - I did talk to at least one who really liked it's performance as a hybrid. They thought it got good performance and mileage.
 
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  • 400mi range on EPA cycle!
  • EX60 can add up to 168 miles of range in just 10 minutes on an 800V, 400kW charger
Volvo has separately stated it'll have price parity with it's XC60 PHEV due to major cost reductions via Geely meaning you're looking at base MSRP in the low $60K range. Not sure if the 400mi range is included on the base model, however I would expect base model range to at least start with a 3 which is really where the industry is headed anyway. Hopefully base Scouts have range figures that start with a 3 as well.

This is the top of my "I'll lease this as a precursor to the Scout if I find myself needing a new vehicle" list
 
"EX60 might not have a design to current Volvos liking. I heard it will raise some eyebrows and maybe not in a good way. It is more a large EX30 than an electric XC60... will EX60 be the naive unsophisticated digital car with no buttons like the EX90... It sounds like it."
Interesting comment and before I reply I'm going to have a look at the EX30 and EX90 interiors below...
EX30 interior
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EX90 interior
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Not sure why the interior of the EX60 would be anything other than a middle ground split between the two. In other words, nobody should be surprised here. That said, I'm not a fan of the comically large iPhone glued to the dash look and hate portrait mode screens in cars but it doesn't matter, China is Volvo's largest market and this is the kind of stuff they prefer.
 
Interesting comment and before I reply I'm going to have a look at the EX30 and EX90 interiors below...
EX30 interior
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EX90 interior
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Not sure why the interior of the EX60 would be anything other than a middle ground split between the two. In other words, nobody should be surprised here. That said, I'm not a fan of the comically large iPhone glued to the dash look and hate portrait mode screens in cars but it doesn't matter, China is Volvo's largest market and this is the kind of stuff they prefer.
It just looks like an iPad.
 
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