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Originally Posted by Laurentiu
Also , the 50 km electric-only range is maybe included in their expected figures.
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They surely included the all-electric part - they've probably done the entire city part of the EU-cycle on electric power, and the acceleration phases in the extra-urban partly in electric and in hybrid mode .
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Let's face it, the average Joe in Europe does not travel more than 100 km daily, in most cases it's less than that.
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But if he travels further than that, he's not going to see decent mpg with this big engine.
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One thing that Diesel's aren't too adapted to is the start/stop systems; I figure out that in -10 to 20 degrees temperatures in Northern European winters, driving the car in city traffic, the start/stop system will not agree too much with the slow-warming Diesels 
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In current Volvo's, it doesn't even work below 0° C (freezing)
You could probably cure that with an extra temperature sensor inside and a switch once the engine is thoroughly warm - though it will mess up the airco.