Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine

2019: Updating of a line of hybrid XC90 power units

The company updated in February, 2019 the existing T8 and T6 Twin Engine power units for the connected hybrid electric vehicles and confirmed that the connected versions (plug-in hybrids) will be available to each offered model.

To the coming months of Volvo Cars will also provide a line of soft hybrid models (mild hybrids), starting with petrol and diesel versions of XC90 and XC60.

New Volvo XC90 Inscription T8 Twin Engine in Birch Light Metallic

In soft hybrids the system of recuperation of kinetic energy when braking which in combination with traditional internal combustion engines forms the new electrified power unit mentioned by the letter "B" will be for the first time implemented.

The power unit created using technology of electric control of the brake system will provide to 15% more economical fuel consumption and the reduced amount of emissions in the environment in actual practice of traffic.

The system of electric control of the brake system interacts with the system of energy recuperation, turning kinetic energy when braking into electric, used then for acceleration of the car. It allows to reduce costs on fuel and amount of emissions in the atmosphere.

According to the strategy of electrification and in response to unprecedentedly high demand of Volvo Cars redistributed the production capacities in such a way that up to 25% of total production will fall on the connected hybrid electric vehicles with Twin Engine power units. In addition, the company expects that power units with the designation "B" gradually will become the new standard of a complete set of cars that will allow to approach even more strategy implementation of electrification of all lineup by 2025.

The full-size Volvo cars created on the basis of architecture of the scalable SPA platform (Scalable Product Architecture) will receive new and advanced power units.

The updated connected hybrids of T8 Twin Engine with a power up to 420 hp will be equipped with the new battery and the system of electric braking and energy recuperation. Thanks to it it was succeeded to increase approximately by 15% a run without refueling for cars with the T8 unit available on all models of the 60th and 90th series.

Will receive the battery and the system of electric management of braking as well upgraded version of the connected hybrid of T6 Twin Engine. This version of the power unit available to the V60 station wagon and the S60 sedan, also gives 15 percent increase in range of an autonomous run.

The full-size XC90 SUV in option of a complete set B5 will be available in the form of a diesel or petrol soft hybrid.

For XC60 at choice soft hybrid B5 power units with the diesel or petrol engine, B4 with the diesel engine and B6 with the petrol engine will be offered. B5 option with the petrol internal combustion engine will be made both with front, and with the four-wheel drive.

Electrification will not avoid also compact cars of the company. It is about XC40 model created on the basis of the platform of compact modular architecture (Compact Modular Architecture). It will be equipped with the hybrid connected T5 Twin Engine power unit with petrol DVS. Soon after that the second option of a complete set with the connected hybrid T4 Twin Engine installation will become available.

2018: Hybrid XC90 T8 Twin Engine SUV

On September 6, 2018 in Moscow the Volvo Car Russia company provided the XC90 SUV recharged from the power supply network with the hybrid T8 Twin Engine power unit. The car was shown in the exclusive four-seater version of Excellence.

In 2017 the producer of cars of a premium class Volvo Cars announced intention to completely electrify the lineup. According to the statement of the company, since 2019, each produced Volvo model will have an electric motor and to be made at least in one of three versions: completely electric car, a soft hybrid (mild hybrid) or the connected hybrid (plug-in hybrid).

According to the strategy of the Swedish car maker, to the middle of the next decade net electric cars will make 50% of total sales of Volvo Cars. By 2025 a third of sales volume will also be made by models with a standalone mode of driving, and its half — cars on a subscription.

"Volvo Car Russia is going to adhere to the global strategy of electrification of Volvo. We gradually will pass from cars only with DVS to the soft hybrids which are not requiring existence of charging infrastructure. In September, 2018 we offered clients our hi-tech XC90 T8 Twin Engine SUV. This car can be used and as the net electric car for trips around the city and as the economic hybrid car for distant travel". Michael Malmsten, president and CEO of Volvo Car Russia

Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine is the hybrid SUV equipped with the petrol engine and an electric motor and also the li-ion cell with a possibility of external recharge from the normal power supply network. The innovation power unit does the dynamic city car of more than two-ton SUV, the producer claims. The two-liter petrol T6 engine of the Drive-E family (320 hp / 400 nanometers) together with an electric motor (87 hp / 240 nanometers) reach total power in 407 hp and 640 nanometers of a torsional moment that about 100 km/h in 5.3 seconds allow XC90 T8 Twin Engine to disperse. Average fuel consumption is 2.5 l on 100 km that does XC90 T8 Twin Engine, according to the producer, by one of the most effective SUVs in terms of a ratio of power and profitability. The recommended retail prices on Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine begin from 5,469,000 rub.

In September, 2018 in Moscow XC90 T8 Twin Engine was presented in the luxury version of Excellence. This exclusive four-seater version of XC90 model is customer-oriented which moves in the car with the driver. As noted in Volvo Car Russia, the inside of the car differs in finishing from Nappa genuine leather and a tree of high-quality sorts. In the second row two chairs with a broad set of personal settings are set (massage, ventilation, etc.). Passengers can use the put-forward touch screen, folding tables, the refrigerator, department for a bottle and glasses, a coaster with function of heating and cooling and also handmade crystal glasses from the Swedish company Orrefors. The recommended retail prices on the car in the luxury version of Excellence begin from 8,510,000 rub.

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