Traction battery
Your car's traction battery powers electric propulsion and starts the engine. If the traction battery is flat, you can't start the car. To start charging the traction battery, your 12 V battery needs to be charged.
Battery care and health
How you use your car affects the traction battery's condition. Over time its capacity decreases. There are recommended user practices that can help extend the battery's service life. These user practices cover events and conditions that can cause battery damage.
Tip
There are separate sections in this manual about battery health and what you can do to recover from a low-power scenario.
Battery service and maintenance
The traction battery is a high-voltage component that only authorised technicians are equipped to service safely.
There is a separate container in the engine compartment for the traction battery cooling system. Refilling the traction battery cooling fluid should only be done by authorised technicians.
Warning
If not described in the user manual
- Contact an authorised Volvo workshop for any required repairs or servicing that is not clearly described in the user manual.
- Do not modify the car's electrical components.
High voltage
- High-voltage components can produce or conduct lethal currents and must only be handled by authorised technicians.
- Orange cables must only be handled by authorised technicians.
Traction battery specifications
Type: Litium-jon
Total energy: 18,8 kWh