plug in hybrid noise when charging

[Jag_NE]

Evening all.

My neighbour has a new XC90 T8 which as most of you probably know is a plug in hybrid. Stunning looking bit of kit but it doesn't half make a racket when its charging, it sounds like a kebab shop is outside with extractors going full pelt! Google was my friend and it transpires that there are fans on the vehicle that help to cool the batteries. I fully understand that these vehicles are better for the environment from an emissions pollution perspective however it seems that the trade off is a big increase in noise pollution! Sitting in the garden or lying in bed with a window open isn't quite the same. Granted he pulls away much more quietly in the morning but I would happily trade 10 seconds of rattle twice a day versus (in the warmer weather) noise that comes and goes over a period of hours.

Is this XC specific or are plug in or full ev's similarly noisy? If the whole estate had a couple each on the drive I imagine the place would sound like an industrial estate!

[MrOrange]

Mine can be noisy when it first starts charging after it's been run on leccy but soon goes quiet. It does also make whirring noises during its "warm-up" phase on the run up to a scheduled departure.

Neither noise is intrusive though.

[jkh112]

My outlander is silent when charging at home. When I have used a DC rapid charger the fans have sometimes come on to cool the batteries.

[essayer]

My ZOE makes a high-pitched whistling noise while charging, if you were near to the car you'd hear it.
Also the fans make a right racket when preheating the cabin from cold