I came to review the Volvo XC90 Recharge through slightly unusual circumstances: while I've driven dozens of hybrid vehicles over the years for testing, in mid-March I was set to undertake a charity cycling sportive in South Africa. Turns out that getting two wheels into a bike box and then into the back of a four-wheeler inevitably requires space. A lot of space, in fact. Space that I did not possess.
Volvo to the rescue, then, with the XC90 Recharge, here in its T8 AWD Plus format, an obvious choice for capacity reasons. Hello bike box carrier, or for most other people it'll be hello 7-seat capacity, or 5-seat with dog crate, which is one of this Volvo's most prominent selling points: there's a boatload of room for the whole family.
