Glos Guy, yes in “pure” mode you have whatever the electric motor provides. However if you use kickdown, the engine starts too, for safety reasons. I was talking to my dealer yesterday and he says we are on target for delivery mid July. We don’t change over until the 31st. The only thing affected by the chip shortage is the blind spot monitor which has been removed from option packs. I tend to find the mirrors provided work well…
Excellent news. My X1 is due the end of July as well, but I am less confident! Just as a point of interest, when I was test driving the facelifted X1 I noticed that the all round parking sensors and park assist system (all now standard) sort of work as blind spot monitors as well. You don’t get the flashing light in the door mirror, but when a car gets close to your side the parking sensor chimes go off. I found out as a car squeezed past the inside of me very close when I was in a traffic jam. It dawned on me that this would activate the same way if I inadvertently drifted out when someone was in my blind spot. If your Volvo has both front and rear sensors and park assist then I suspect it will do the same. Not perfect, but better than nothing!