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you know volvo they sell bricks that are uncompromisingly safe but they have a

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bit of a problem almost all cars are safe now fortunately volvo is synonymous

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with something else sleeper and given the xc40 recharge has over 400

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horsepower and three and a half civics of torque

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this thing's a certified sleeper

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and fortunately this thing's not just fast with an infotainment designed by

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google and a commitment to no nonsense unlike other evs this thing's really

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12 years ago volvo was in a tough spot with ford nearly running them into the

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ground since being acquired by chinese car manufacturer geely in 2010 for a

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fraction of what ford paid things have been looking up gilly was able to turn

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around the company with a devious plan ford never could have dreamt of give

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volvo money and full autonomy the focus now is on beating the germans

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with scandinavian simplicity and the sales numbers show the plan has been

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working now volvo is aggressively investing in electric vehicles with all

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their models planned to be fully electric by 2030 so how good is their

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first entry from the outside i think the xc40

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recharge looks great sometimes when a car goes from gas to electric it ends up

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looking like a fish with its face smushed against a glass pane volvo has

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shown us that the grilled elite doesn't have to look terrible just

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take it in for a second it's pretty and you don't have to assemble it

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given the marketing photos you might think there is a generous frunk but uh

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yeah not exactly there's space for a charging cable and not much more but

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there's a very volatile reason for why the frunk sucks safety with the removal

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of the engine and addition of a couple thousand pounds they needed to put a

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massive reinforcement structure under here to improve safety and chassis

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rigidity but yeah less of a frunk and more of a furs

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the interior is simple it feels nice although not over the top luxurious if

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you have louis vuitton earbuds it might be a bit too plain but i'm a fan the

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suede and vegan leather seats are extremely comfortable and the start

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button is below my butt so let's give it a go

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flooring it not only sends you back in the seat but the whole thing sits down

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just planting the rear tires as the front scramble for traction it's uncanny

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how this can just put down power no matter the conditions we're on winters

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and in the wet it still can do like 4.9

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seconds 0 to 60 which is the same as the model y and other publications have

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measured 4.2 seconds 0 to 60 which is

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crazy given how much this thing weighs the way it silently accelerates allows

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you to be a bmw driver just chopping computers at lights and getting into

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those tight spots without feeling like one although it does get pretty mad when

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you don't use your turn signal there are two options for the go pedal

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standard and one pedal standard it acts pretty much like an automatic

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transmission in an suv you let off the gas it doesn't immediately slow down and

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you have to hit the brakes to stop i think it kind of sucks it has really

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aggressive creep that makes it kinda hard to stop smoothly

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that was pretty good though and you have to hold the brake because well it

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doesn't have brake hold i suspect most people will just settle on one pedal

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mode if you've never driven an ev before it will take

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a day or so to get used to but it is really worth it it makes it so that when

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you get off the gas it uses regenerative braking to slow you down instead of you

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having to hit the brake pedal it can increase your range allows me to drive

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smoother and it also allows you to have more fun

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in a corner you can just with your right foot change the balance from the front

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to the rear and really kind of feel what the car is doing or if you're me

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it makes it way easier to be an idiot

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unfortunately there is no way to disable traction control although like i get it

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you could definitely just do a comically large skid straight into a rollover if

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they allowed you to disable it but i really did not expect to have this much fun in

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a crossover suv that's not even advertised as sporty

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if you really want to get into it you can kind of cease all your way through

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corners you know going from understeer from overloaded front tires to you know

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you punch it and then you get understeer from not enough weight on the front tires it

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is without a doubt slower than the model y and corners but i'm leaving the end of

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the corner with a big grin on my face instead of just cursing the electronics

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oh jeez it's that guy

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sounds so good though

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our freshly minted volvo fanboy over there he's glossing over quite a few

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things give me the keys

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like see this here you think it's some nice felt or soft material but it's just

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floor liner you know the stuff they use to line floors and for how well thought

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out the interior is there are some comical oversights i mean look there is

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loads of storage space we've got a laptop holder a tissue holder trash bin

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cable holder phone charger purse hook but where do i put my sunglasses they're

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the one thing i want to have safe dedicated storage for not to mention the

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fancy harman garden sound system seems like it was tuned by a horny teenager

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that just discovered bass

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even after turning the subwoofer to its absolute minimum it's still a bit much

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for my taste once you start driving

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this thing hauls ass for something this size mind you the steering is not quite

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up to the same level although this is far from the worst electric steering setup i've ever felt it's got this

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terrible self-centering that dominates the first 1 8 of a turn or so like look

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turning turning let go and it goes straight immediately it's almost like

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the car has 12 degrees of caster or something past a certain point the self-centering

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kind of starts to chill out so determining whether it's understeer or just the weird tuning is kind of

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difficult it's just not confidence inspiring in fairness though i highly

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doubt the average xc40 driver is going to be too concerned about the subpar

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handling even if it makes dodging potholes or going around a left lane hog

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kind of sketchy what they might be concerned about is the ride quality

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which is a bit of a sore spot here even after accounting for the winter tires

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you can tell the dampers in this car were not designed for this much weight

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at low speeds the suspension is kind of busy and at high speeds

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oh let's go ah they're just kind of floaty it feels

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like a truck with the towing package but with nothing to tow

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potholes or bumps in the road make the entire car

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audibly shutter and when you punch it

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you can see how hard she tilts adjustable electronic dampers would have

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gone a long way to help alleviate these problems but those are typically

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reserved for cars in a higher price bracket than this

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so you hate it

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not exactly don't get me wrong there's a lot to like

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here the panoramic roof opens like a normal sunroof the on wiper washer fluid

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is great and you can even fit real human adults in the rear seats

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the trunk which can be opened with a foot opens and closes quickly revealing

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more than enough space for a hockey bag or maybe even four and for trips to the

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grocery store the floor folds up to create a shelf for your bags the cargo

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cover can even be stored below it the xc40 honestly could be a perfect car for

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a lot of people it's just not for me

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realistically for car enthusiasts like us the pole star 2 is what we should be

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driving review coming soon by the way get subscribed it's gonna be sick the

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thing that will have you coming back to the xc40 recharge is the simplicity and

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a large portion of that is thanks to google in here we have Android

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automotive different than Android auto and it is easily the best infotainment

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currently incurs the past 10 years or so automakers have struggled to figure out

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how to integrate your phone with the car and here you just don't need the phone

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hop onto the play store download the app that you want

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and bippity bop you can run it straight through the interface like look

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there's spotify having instant access to my music and

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podcast through the infotainment screen has been awesome and google assistant

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makes things like requesting guidance or texting super easy

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there are some notable omissions like audible and apple music aren't on it yet

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but this is very early days and the number of apps is rapidly increasing in

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some parts of the world they already have youtube and netflix running on this

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screen awesome for one you're stuck charging and i can't wait for it to arrive here

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overall the system has been stable and has a lot of nice features look at the

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car's settings can be changed based off of which google account you select and

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accounts can be assigned to different keys it does have some annoyances like

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the buttons down here are just too small and i regularly hit the wrong

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one on a bumpy road and i really wish there are physical controls for the

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climate because this just sucks like at least enable swiping if you're gonna do

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this come on volvo and google all in all though it only took me about

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a day to learn how all of this works and that's like a full week before i would

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have learned a german car now how well over the air updates will pan out is yet

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to be seen how long it takes some Android phones to get updates doesn't

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exactly inspire confidence but google has committed to monthly security

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updates and there's a lot of potential with the likes of gm ford honda and

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nissan all signing up for Android automotive in the next couple of years

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it's hard to imagine this program getting relegated to the cemetery there

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is one potential fatal flaw though without lte the whole thing is basically

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useless the xc40 recharge comes with volvo's digital services package free

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for four years although they currently won't tell you how much it will cost to

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extend the functionality past that even if you don't renew the internal lte the

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bluetooth makes it easy to tether your phone and failing that the bones of the

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car are still great the driver assists are solid with adaptive cruise control

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that's better than tesla's although not quite at the level of audi the auto lane

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centering is great although without a physical button to toggle i ended up

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just leaving it disabled also the 360 parking camera is well it's better than

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not having one but it is way too susceptible to rain and dirt of course

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you get all of the safety assists and i haven't found them to be too intrusive

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in everyday driving like this is a volvo

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you expect it to be safe and it is the seat isn't just comfortable to sit in

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but also very safe it has an anti-whiplash design that protects both

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male and female occupants equally something that a lot of automakers can't

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say if they only used an average male crash test dummy there even is an airbag

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at the side of the seat that deploys to protect a pregnant woman's tummy if you

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get t-boned volvo's equal vehicles for all initiative is seriously awesome

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because not only did they put in the research to make sure their cars are equally safe for everyone but they also

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made over 100 research reports freely available to other automakers for

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reference honestly this is the first electric car

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i've driven but at the end i'm not excited to go back to daily driving my

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golf so then should you buy it at 55 000 it's 5 grand

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less than the model y long range but with a couple options it's very easy to

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get them price comparable the xc40 recharge has 356 kilometers of range 150

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less than the model y and currently you don't get access to tesla's network of

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superchargers i've had less weirdness charging the volvo than the porsche but

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the superchargers alone could be reason enough to give musk your money or the

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knowledge that your panels won't fall off might be reason enough to get the volvo

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if your goal is to be wowed by tech then tesla or mercedes might be better

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options but if you want a no-fuss commute that well it looks like this the

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xc40 recharge may be the perfect choice

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