As an owner of a Tesla Model S Plaid and a Volvo XC 40 EP8 I do have a perspective, one that changes as I learn more:
Volvo (and the rest of Geely, for that matter) still have ICE and EV on the same platform. The CMA was designed to be all things. That does mean there are quite a few compromises in the pure EV:
1. Far lower efficiency Tesla 18.8 kWh/110km Volvo 32.1 kWh/100km. How can the Volvo use >40% more energy when it is smaller and has vastly lower performance?
2. Design not attempting to reduce drag. Volvo COD .28 Tesla .203 That worsens the Volvo disadvantage as speed rise.
3. Volvo use of Google Maps makes navigation easier than it is for Tesla, plus a wider variety of apps possible throughGoogle.
4. If you like games, Tesla appears way ahead. I detest games so I personally find them irritating.
5. regular small niggely things in the Volvo due to software integration, mostly. IME none are very important. Tesla doesn't have them much anymore. I cannot say that about my first one in 2014. Hence Volvo is on a learning curve but they ARE learning.
6. Everything important on the Tesla can be done in my phone app, including the key. The Volvo old fashioned key must be carried. Thus no automatic unlocking and locking. Wherever I am in the world I can manage almost all Tesla functions. No chance in the Volvo. That is an important feature for me since I leave one or the other for weeks at a time. I can manage my callbox remotely dos the charging control still can be done on the Volvo remotely.
The subject of recalls and defects seems to me to be inconsequential in both cases. Ultra-fans make great noise about one or the other. I personally find them both OK but different. Tesla is easier because of OTA diagnosis, but my local Volvo dealer is excellent. OTA this morning I had to go to my Volvo dealer to diagnose a trunk opening problem. The same diagnosis at Tesla would have been OTA, so no visit. The Volvo diagnosis was made by reading the API of the Volvo so could easily have been online OTA. That is irritating.
Everything else between the two is a wash, given the inherent differences between the two vehicle forms.
I like them both. I will replace the Volvo with something much more advanced when ti becomes available. That may be another Volvo, maybe a Tesla, maybe something not yet sold. Anyway that is at least years away.
Right now, like it or not, Tesla is leagues ahead. Wait times, though are very, very long. So long as their innovation continues I expect them to grow. I do think the Geely empire is making amazing progress and taking Volvo public to help fund the transition was a Good Move. I have not yet bought shares but I am considering it. Full disclosure, as a long time TSLA investor I'm quite well aware that their progress is astounding. The market is goring so quickly that many can do well, but most will not. I absolutely do expect that as Northvolt comes online the next generation fo Volvos will be far better. Think they'll thrive despite the long Volvo history of ownership instability. Volvo has both determination, deep pockets and very competent engineers, including the superb Geely-based electrical engineers.
The previous paragraph is essential for me, since I am a lifelong early adopter with the scars and euphoria that comes with that habit. Just think about that next time somebody complains too much about the XC 40 P8. This is their first effort! In that context it is quite brilliant! When the CMA is replaced the next one will be vastly more efficient. Of that I am positive.