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Originally Posted by Hartlepool Mariner
I have the D5 as I can get the best part of 600 miles (960km) between fuel stops which takes about 5 minutes at my local supermarket.
I drive up to 900 miles (1440km) a week, with about 5 miles of this in towns. I frequently stop at hotels with virtually no chance of charging overnight.
With the T8, I would be filling up every other day and carrying several hundred kg of potentially dangerous batteries around for virtually no benefit. I would be paying about £200 a month extra for this dubious pleasure.
If Volvo move away from diesel, this will be my first and last Volvo.
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The diesel with be with us for the foreseeable future, however , volvo will be supplementing it with and an electric motor and a battery from next year . so it is bound to improve economy .