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However, both on the street and during a 92-mph stopping maneuver on the airstrip, the pedal feels wooden with zero initial bite, no progression, and no feedback indicating how much braking is being applied. The drilled Akebono brakes and 6-piston calipers that sit so proudly behind my tester’s 22-inch wheels imply immense braking power.
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The electric power steering doesn’t provide a lot of information to the driver about what’s going on at the wheels, but it’s accurate and light around town. Roll the powertrain mode selector to Polestar and the gas engine never shuts off (it even disables auto start-stop), which turns the XC60 into a powerful hybrid regardless of the battery’s state of charge. When driving with a light foot the hybrid powertrain can stay in all-electric mode until the battery pack’s electrons are exhausted depending on the load around town. Between the crossover SUV’s mass of 4,747 pounds and the plug-in hybrid powertrain’s hesitation, it doesn’t feel as quick as advertised (though 0-60-mph times are measured once a vehicle gets rolling, not when the throttle pedal is pressed). Volvo says the XC60 T8 Polestar Engineered can sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds. Nearly 500 pound-feet of torque will do that. Mash the accelerator from a standstill and there’s a split-second pause as the electronics and powertrain sort themselves out, then the rear end squats and the mass of Swedish metal takes off in a hurry. The hardware is in place, but the work Polestar did doesn’t translate in terms of feel or immediacy.