Charging The Hybrid Battery - Volvo XC 90 Owner's Manual

STARTING AND DRIVING
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WARNING
No one/nothing is allowed to remain behind
the recovery vehicle while the car pulled up
onto the flatbed platform.
NOTE
If the car is equipped with a towing bracket,
there is no rear mounting for a towing eye.
Related information
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Towing (p. 389)
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Towing eye (p. 388)
European standard - EN 61851-1.
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390

Charging the hybrid battery

In addition to the fuel tank, as in a conventional
car, the car is equipped with a rechargeable bat-
tery - a so-called hybrid battery of the lithium-ion
type.
The hybrid battery is charged using a charging
cable with control unit, which is located in the
storage area under the cargo area floor, see sec-
tion "Charging cable".
NOTE
Volvo recommends a charging cable in
accordance with IEC 62196 and IEC 61851
which supports temperature monitoring.
The time it takes for the hybrid battery to be
charged is dependent on the charging current
that is used.
During the charging of the car's hybrid battery
the various indicators on the charging cable's
control unit shows the current status while charg-
ing is in progress and after it is complete.
While the hybrid battery is being charged, charg-
ing is also in progress for the car's starter battery.
If the hybrid battery's temperature is below
-10 ºC or above 40 ºC then it may mean that
some of the car's functions are changed or
unavailable because the capacity of the hybrid
batteries is reduced outside this temperature
range.
Electric operation is not possible if the tempera-
ture of the battery is too low or too high. If drive
mode PURE is then selected, the combustion
engine starts. Read more in the section "Drive
modes".
Charging with fixed control unit in
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accordance with mode 3
In certain markets the control unit is installed
within a charging station connected to the mains
power circuit. In which case, the charging cable
has no control unit of its own. Instead, it has a
special connector to be used to connect the
charging cable to the charging station. Follow the
instructions at the charging station.