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Just looked on the Volvo website and unless I am missing something the quoted figures are very odd.
With an ICE car the "theoretical" range is pretty easy to calculate. My previous 1.4 TSi 150 PS Superb would do about 52 mpg on a long run and had a 14 gallon tank. That would give a range of 728 miles (but in reality only a fool would run much into the red on the gauge and you can never get the tank totally full).
Volvo quote the battery of the twin engine as 82 kWh and the energy consumption as 28 kWh/100 miles (WLTP total figure). Mr Casio says that the "theoretical" range is therefore 293 miles, 40 miles short of the advertised range.
Those figures would be obtained in a nice dry and warm lab, not out in the real world. So you would never achieve them.
Don't think you get the full amount of electricity in the battery so that's another deduction. (some brands allow you to choose the max % charge).
Just like with an ICE only a fool would run the battery "dry".
Take 30 miles off for a 90% charge, allow 20 miles safety for getting to a charge point and your range is 243 miles.
Then the real world factor, take off another 10% (more in winter).
So the range drops to about 220 miles.
Makes your 230 miles look about right.
Just found a website where they give info for the real range. EC40 twin motor combined mild weather 284 miles. Cold weather 212 miles.
Did you do any research? The info is out there.
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