Does XC40 make sense as a company car?

Check the longer route for erxisting charging resources before you decide;m seems you would need to charge once on the way and overnight at the destination. If you can, I'd suggest you rent an EV, any EV, for a week or two. There are many folks here on and on the many other Volvo owners' forums who have Voilvo EVs for comapny cars, hopefully some of them will chime in.

Get at least a 32 amp single phase 230 V wall box and I believe you can recoup the 80 miles just fine in 4 hours. Max out the OBC at 11 kW (48 amps ) if you can for the fastest charge speed. Though I do not know if you can charge the car using 3 phase power in the UK, and that may be better for your home leccy situation to get at least ~7.4 kW. I would imagine BIK rate is enormous for an EV, though I do not know the current terms.
The 250 mile journey will require one rapid charge stop - can you stop at one of the Gridserve sites or Tesla superchargers? I suspect those are the most reliable but I have heard good thinks about Instavolt, too, listening to Martyn Lee’s EV News Daily podcast.

Thanks, the BIK difference is certainly over £100 p/m in my favour so the real factor is just recouping thr mileage over the 4 hours cheap charging each night plus the additional nights I am working from home, I have a feeling I should be ok, but a 4 year commitment on the lease I don't want to end up massively out of pocket.
Certainly the long journey can incorporate a stop up the M40, so Tesla/Gridserve etc should be fine plus I have free charging at destination so would only require a quick blast.

Can you get a shorter lease?

My XC40 Recharge is a company car that I received this past January. I don't have a lot of local driving but do take longer work trips (200-750 miles) on average 2x a month. I have a 40amp home charger that I use to top off every 2 or 3 days and obviously use DCFCs for my road trips. I also try to book hotels with destination chargers. If you are going EV for your trips, invest in a Tesla to J1772 adapter because many hotels have only Tesla destination chargers. The adapter allows you to use these destination chargers on our CCS cars. Honestly, I enjoy the roadtrips in my XC40 Recharge. Driving an EV long distance forces me to slow down (to maximize range) and to stop every 2-1/2 hours or so to stretch my legs while charging. Which is a good thing at my age (54 in a few days). I enjoy it thoroughly and I don't think I would ever go back to an ICE.

Bear in mind that the Tesla chargers here in Europe (including the UK) are CCS or AC type 2 already. No need for any adpters here to use Tesla destination chargers.

skilltom said:

Thanks, the BIK difference is certainly over £100 p/m in my favour so the real factor is just recouping thr mileage over the 4 hours cheap charging each night plus the additional nights I am working from home, I have a feeling I should be ok, but a 4 year commitment on the lease I don't want to end up massively out of pocket.
Certainly the long journey can incorporate a stop up the M40, so Tesla/Gridserve etc should be fine plus I have free charging at destination so would only require a quick blast.

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My commute is 120mile round trip, mostly M25/dual carriageway in a twin motor XC40. I leave with 100% and return with 30-40% remaining (season depending). It takes almost all of the next two Octopus Go 4-hour slots at 30 amps to return to 100%.

I would expect to charge on a 250mile journey (assuming mostly motorway), say 50mile worth. This keeps enough in reserve for surprise detours and avoid turtle mode on the return. I can get away with 200 mile round trips without charging, but not 220miles.

Remember to account for the cost of installing the charger (if any), it can add up if extra work is needed (e.g. earth bonding)

LDIR_16384 said:

My commute is 120mile round trip, mostly M25/dual carriageway in a twin motor XC40. I leave with 100% and return with 30-40% remaining (season depending). It takes almost all of the next two Octopus Go 4-hour slots at 30 amps to return to 100%.

I would expect to charge on a 250mile journey (assuming mostly motorway), say 50mile worth. This keeps enough in reserve for surprise detours and avoid turtle mode on the return. I can get away with 200 mile round trips without charging, but not 220miles.

Remember to account for the cost of installing the charger (if any), it can add up if extra work is needed (e.g. earth bonding)

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Perfect, sometimes my days out don't make 80 miles, it could be 40-50, so the day to day should work.
My dads an electrician so once I buy the initial charger itself anything additional should be minimal outlay

Also, if you are able to lease a 2024 XC40 Recharge, Volvo made drivetrain refinements that improve efficiency as well now a RWD is offered with more range and efficiency than the AWD model. It is possible (but probably would be at a very low SOC) to make that 250 mile trip without charging in a 2024 model due to drivetrain improvements.

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Also, if you are able to lease a 2024 XC40 Recharge, Volvo made drivetrain refinements that improve efficiency as well now a RWD is offered with more range and efficiency than the AWD model. It is possible (but probably would be at a very low SOC) to make that 250 mile trip without charging in a 2024 model due to drivetrain improvements.

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Good point given the timing for the production lines. My understanding is that it's the other way round in the UK though. The larger battery is being offered in the AWD and Volvo are not offering the extended range RWD option. I may have misunderstood this though.

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Though I do not know if you can charge the car using 3 phase power in the UK

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It's possible in the UK, but uncommon. 3 phase tends to be reserved for businesses and the very largest houses (mansions or those with multiple out buildings)

Even if it is installed, 3 phase smart meters (required to operate the EV cheap overnight tariffs) are only just being rolled out.

On top of that, electricians may not be practiced with 3 phase given the lack of household appliances and installations and might avoid the work.

The cost and effort of retro fitting 3 phase will probably outweigh the benefit of charging one car 50% faster, but new/re-builds present a good opportunity to connect the extra two phases. However, the growing number of multi EV households may put the necessary pressure on the infrastructure/suppliers to make 3 phase more easily available.

f1geek said:

Also, if you are able to lease a 2024 XC40 Recharge, Volvo made drivetrain refinements that improve efficiency as well now a RWD is offered with more range and efficiency than the AWD model. It is possible (but probably would be at a very low SOC) to make that 250 mile trip without charging in a 2024 model due to drivetrain improvements.

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Also it's a good bet that the new twin drive train will solve a MY 23 vibration issue.